By TIM REYNOLDS BEIJING — Usually at the midway point of an Olympic women’s bobsled race, the standings are super close. Not this one. Kaillie Humphries’ first day of Olympic competition for the United States was a runaway, putting the American in complete control of the inaugural women’s monobob race. She leads Canada’s Christine de…
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By JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO BEIJING — Kendall Coyne Schofield hasn’t entirely quit her day job while captaining the United States women’s hockey team at the Beijing Olympics. In her second year as a Chicago Blackhawks player development coach, Coyne Schofield is pulling double duty at the Games by checking in on Chicago goalie…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> After the San Juan Hills girls basketball team built a big lead by the end of the first quarter Saturday night, Beckman guard Sara Hameed led her on a 17-0 run in the second quarter to take the lead at halftime. That wasn’t the end of her heroics. The senior’s biggest…
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By PAT GRAHAM ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Freestyle skier Eileen Gu’s quest for a second gold medal at the Beijing Games ran into a slight detour when gusty wind and snow postponed the qualifying round for women’s slopestyle on Sunday. Qualifying will now take place Monday and the final the following day. The switch avoids putting…
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Scores from Saturday’s CIF-SS girls basketball playoff games, and the matchups and updated schedule for the second-round games. CIF-SS GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Games start at 7 p.m. unless noted OPEN DIVISION Saturday Pool A Etiwanda 71, Windward 58 Mater Dei 49, Rosary 44 Pool B Sierra Canyon 79, Bishop Montgomery 28 Corona Centennial 70, Orangewood…
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Scores from Saturday’s games in the CIF-SS girls soccer playoffs and the updated matchups and schedule for the second-round games Wednesday, Feb. 16. CIF-SS GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS All games 3 p.m. or 5 p.m. DIVISION 1 First round, Saturday Corona Santiago 1, Huntington Beach 0 Brea Olinda 1, La Mirada 1 (Brea Olinda wins on…
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UCLA guard Johnny Juzang (3) drives toward the basket as Southern California guard Drew Peterson (13) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong) Southern California guard Drew Peterson (13) shoots over UCLA guard Johnny Juzang (3) during the first half of…
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HOUSTON — Israel Adesanya defeated Robert Whittaker by unanimous decision to retain his title and maintain control of the middleweight division at UFC 271 on Saturday night. Adesanya (23-1) won his 11th straight middleweight fight in the UFC and remained undefeated. The judges scored it 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 in favor of Adesanya, who has won…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> Ella Giannola’s goal with one minute remaining in the second overtime period lifted the Santa Margarita girls soccer team to a 3-2 victory over San Juan Hills in a CIF-SS Division 1 first-round game Saturday at San Juan Hills High School. The Eagles (11-4-2), second-place finishers in the Trinity League, will…
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ANAHEIM >> The Esperanza girls basketball team had visions of another deep postseason run similar to last year’s race to the CIF Southern Section finals. West Torrance had other plans. The Warriors came out and shot the ball well while Esperanza struggled to make baskets, and then West Torrance withstood one final push from the…
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