Two weeks into the season and already we can make some definitive assessments: GERRIT COLE IS NOT A $324M PITCHER Not that any player is worth that kind of crazy money, but the Yankees broke the bank for Cole because they knew they had to have a dominant No. 1 starter if they were ever…
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Let’s get something straight with the Nets: This isn’t about one of them. This is about both of them. All of them really. The whole Brooklyn Nets thing. It starts with Kevin Durant and Dr. Kyrie Irving, of course. Package deal, just like always. They came here together, for big change, with big expectations, and…
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The exact details of John Means’ left elbow prognosis await further testing over the next few days, but the fallout of what is expected to be a lengthy absence for the Orioles’ lone rotational mainstay is already rippling. Baltimore lacks established big league starting pitchers, which in many ways is by design as executive vice…
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Harry Styles stood at the top of the stage, the singer-songwriter swallowed up in a fluffy black coat at the start of his headlining set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Friday, April 15. But not for long. In an instant, he was off, running down the curved white staircase that surrounded…
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In his eighth NBA season, Zach LaVine is in the playoffs for the first time. And the Chicago Bulls guard’s excitement is mixed with dogged relief. “It’s about time,” LaVine said with a laugh Wednesday after practice. As the Bulls prepare for Game 1 against the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday, they need LaVine to assume…
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LOS ANGELES — It should have been a hollow moment, and to a degree, I’m sure it was. The Clippers were one quarter away from an appointment in Phoenix on Sunday night. They’d put together another of the comebacks for which they’ve become known, and they had New Orleans on the ropes … and then,…
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Pop star Harry Styles headlined the first evening of the three-day Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio on Friday, April 15, but he’ll be treating his fans to free manicures for all three days during both festival weekends. Styles’ apparel, skin care and nail polish company, Pleasing, made its festival debut at Coachella…
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SAN JOSE — A.J. McKee said his featherweight title rematch with Patricio Pitbull was going to be icing on the cake But it was the former champion who proved that revenge is sweet. Pitbull cooked up the perfect recipe to reclaim his championship belt, patiently picking his spots to win a unanimous decision and hand…
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IRVINE — The bullpen has been the strength of UC Irvine’s baseball team in 2022, but the vagaries of baseball warn you how quickly that can change. The Anteaters took a 3-0 lead into the ninth inning on Friday night at Cicerone Field with closer Troy Taylor on the mound. But a walk and four…
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LOS ANGELES ― As long hitting streaks go, Trea Turner’s 26-game run has been easy to overlook. It has spanned two regular seasons, bridging a postseason in which Turner failed to register a hit in six games. Aside from a two-homer game in a narrow victory over the Milwaukee Brewers last October, the streak has…
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