Q: Ira, you point to Dewayne Dedmon as a playoff-rotation player for the Heat to address the rebounding. But last year he was with the Heat when they were crushed on the glass by the Bucks in the playoffs. — Wes. A: But the Heat last year also were trying to get by with Trevor…
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Vince Velasquez made his major-league debut in Chicago. Pitching for the Houston Astros, Velasquez allowed three hits, struck out five and walked four in five scoreless innings against the White Sox on June 10, 2015. The right-hander, who signed a one-year deal with the Sox after the lockout, gets the start Tuesday in the home…
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The Chicago Bulls return to the postseason Sunday for the first time in five years, but at this point even the most optimistic fans have written them off. They head into Game 1 in Milwaukee having lost 15 of their last 22 games, and Giannis Antetokounmpo and the defending champion Bucks are healthy and ready…
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Chicago Cubs manager David Ross is inherently focused on the here and now with his team. But one perk of the lockout meant Ross spent time on the back fields at the Cubs complex in Mesa, Ariz., and got a glimpse of the future. Some of those players got time in Cactus League games, too,…
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By JOE McDONALD BEIJING (AP) — Some residents of Shanghai were allowed out of their homes as the city of 25 million eased a two-week-old shutdown Tuesday after a video posted online showed what was said to be people who ran out of food breaking into a supermarket. About 6.6 million people can go outdoors,…
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By DEEPA BHARATH “Good morning! Happy morning!” Rabbi Avraham Wolff exclaimed, with a big smile, as he walked into the Chabad synagogue in Odesa on a recent morning. Russian missiles had just struck an oil refinery in the Ukrainian city, turning the sky charcoal gray. Hundreds were lining up outside his synagogue hoping to receive…
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By WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is visiting corn-rich Iowa on Tuesday to announce he’ll suspend a federal rule preventing the sale of higher ethanol blend gasoline this summer, as his administration tries to tamp down prices at the pump that have spiked during Russia’s war with Ukraine. Most gasoline sold in…
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Good morning, Chicago. After three games in Detroit, the White Sox have their home opener today at 3:10 p.m. against the Mariners at Guaranteed Rate Field. The temperature is expected to reach the low 60s, which would be quite the warmup after playing in the low 40s for part of the weekend at Comerica Park.…
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The Miami Dolphins brought in a former first-round pick who hasn’t played in the NFL since 2018 for a workout on Friday. Reuben Foster, a former Alabama standout the San Francisco 49ers selected with the 31st pick in the 2017 NFL draft, worked out with the Dolphins on Friday morning, according to a league source.…
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The Ravens’ defensive line improved with the recent re-signing of free-agent defensive end Calais Campbell, but not to the point where Baltimore can ignore interior defenders in this month’s NFL draft. Campbell, 35, agreed to a two-year deal reportedly worth $12.5 million and could earn as much as $16 million with incentives. His addition will…
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