RALEIGH, N.C. — UCLA placed first in the second session of its NCAA Regional on Thursday, recording a season-high away score of 197.800 to beat second-place Michigan by four-tenths of a point. The Bruins earned the meet’s highest event scores on vault (49.400), uneven bars (49.475) and floor exercise (49.625) to advance to Saturday’s regional…
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The Clippers needed everything Paul George gave them – and more. Especially against DeMar DeRozan, who hit the Clippers with a season-high 50 points on Thursday night, when the Clippers stumbled to a 135-130 overtime loss to the Chicago Bulls before a sellout crowd of 21,519 fans at United Center. It was the first time…
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Nine hours before tipoff against the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks, Bruce Brown said he is “really confident” in the Nets’ ability to flip the switch entering the playoffs. When asked why, Brown responded plainly. “Just because we’re a really good team,” he said. The average NBA team can’t coast their way through the regular season…
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The poise and pride of the four graduate students and two redshirt seniors on the UCLA women’s basketball team helped get the Bruins to the WNIT Final Four and kept them neck-and-neck with South Dakota State on Thursday night. During the toughest moments of the Bruins’ 62-59 semifinal loss in Brookings, South Dakota, the experience…
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ANAHEIM >> The Canyon softball team has been on an offensive roll lately and that surge has continued this week in the Michelle Carew Classic. The Comanches collected 10 hits and got outstanding pitching and hitting from senior Kylee Magee in a five-inning, 8-0 victory over Cathedral Catholic of San Diego in the second round…
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The Orlando Magic have brought back a familiar face for the season’s final stretch. The Magic signed Devin Cannady to a 10-day contract late Thursday evening from their G League team, the Lakeland Magic, ahead of their Friday home game against the Toronto Raptors. This will be the second stint in Orlando for Cannady, who’ll…
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By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Christian Pulisic and Tyler Adams had relief on their faces as they headed straight from the stadium for a charter jet to Europe and weekend club games. “This is whatever I’ve always wanted to be, and right now emotions are a bit crazy,” Pulisic…
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The Nets are a championship contender whether or not Ben Simmons plays a game this season. And as of now it remains unclear whether the star forward will actually play a game this season, since his back started bothering him weeks ago. The ambiguity of Simmons’ future availability, however, makes him a wild card on…
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The daughter of a man who died of cardiac arrest after Rialto paramedics refused to enter a care facility where he was a patient has filed a $100 million wrongful death claim against the Fire Department. Bridgette Angulo alleges in her claim, filed Jan. 27 with the city, that the paramedics’ failure to immediately enter…
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Gov. Hochul this week announced a deal with the National Football League and the Pegulas, the owners of the Buffalo Bills, to spend more than $1 billion in public funds on a new NFL stadium. But that’s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to the Hochul administration’s love of spending taxpayer…
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