This time last year, the roles were reversed. The Nets finished the 2020-21 regular season with the No. 2 seed, while the Boston Celtics defeated the Washington Wizards in the first game of the play-in tournament to secure the East’s No. 7 spot. The Nets, with a roster headlined by Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and…
Read more
For many people a chair is just a chair, but for Argentine architect Martin Huberman, one particular type of chair is a vital part of his country’s artistic contribution to the world, and he wants people to have a close encounter with his creation at the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival. Using hundreds of…
Read more
Bam Adebayo was back Saturday at Miami Heat practice essentially feeling the same way he felt the previous six days he spent in NBA health-and-safety protocols . . . perfectly fine. And, with that, the versatile center was back in the mix ahead of Sunday’s 1 p.m. NBA playoff opener against the Atlanta Hawks at…
Read more
Michael Jordan scored a playoff-record 63 points against the Celtics at Boston Garden in April 1986, a performance Larry Bird famously described as “God disguised as Michael Jordan.” Jordan’s heroics still weren’t enough for the Chicago Bulls to stave off the Celtics in a 135-131 double-overtime loss, and they wound up getting swept in a…
Read more
On Friday afternoon the Mets won handily by pounding the ball all over Citi Field. On Saturday afternoon, they mustered just three hits in the first seven innings and followed up that cathartic win by losing 3-2 to one of the worst teams in the league. The snoozer against the Diamondbacks showed that even this…
Read more
Shortly before big-league camp broke three weeks ago, Chicago Cubs pitcher Ethan Roberts tried using a new grip for his slider. The suggestion came from assistant pitching coach Daniel Moskos. Given Roberts’ natural supinated wrist position for his fastball release and how well the right-hander can spin a baseball, Moskos thought Roberts’ slider wasn’t his…
Read more
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Orange County high school baseball standings through Friday, April 15. TRINITY LEAGUE League Overall Orange Lutheran 10-2 18-3 JSerra 6-6 12-9 Servite 5-6 11-8 Santa Margarita 4-5 16-6 St. John Bosco 4-5 14-8 Mater Dei 3-8 11-9 SURF LEAGUE League Overall Huntington Beach…
Read more
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Orange County high school softball standings through Friday, April 15. TRINITY LEAGUE League Overall Mater Dei 5-1 16-9 Orange Lutheran 4-2 17-8 JSerra 4-2 17-8 Santa Margarita 1-5 5-16 Rosary 1-5 12-13 SURF LEAGUE League Overall Huntington Beach 6-0 14-6 Los Alamitos 4-2…
Read more
ALL-COUNTY GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM GIRLS WRESTLER OF THE YEAR Neila Fritts, Capistrano Valley, Senior Neila Fritts had a way to get what she wanted if someone was in her way. The way was a move called “The Freight Train Double.” “One of my favorite things to do,” she said, “is kind of run right at…
Read more
Kyle Lowry and Trae Young are moving toward each other Sunday from opposite directions in time. Young is 23, a risen talent, with the future spread before him and Atlanta no matter what happens this playoff series. Lowry is 36, a pit bull of a point guard, who knows more than any kid. What he…
Read more
