Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now FOUNTAIN VALLEY — If there’s an early theme to the Orange County softball season, it might be parity. Lower ranked teams have defeated lofty rivals in the O.C. Top 25 to prompt excitement that wide-spread competitiveness exists. Fullerton fueled the concept Friday by…
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Andrew Shean pitched a no-hitter and had 10 strikeouts for University in a 9-0 rout of St. Margaret’s on Friday in a Pacific Coast League game at University High. Shean has not allowed a run in 14 consecutive innings pitched and has allowed just one run this season. He has 20 strikeouts in 15⅓ innings…
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INGLEWOOD — This wasn’t as much fun. In the Clippers’ victory against one of the NBA’s best teams earlier in the week, they were healthy, locked in and more importantly having fun. You could sense it in the way Kawhi Leonard scored, how James Harden did his thing, the times when Ivica Zubac dominated inside…
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Three members of the pioneering British band UK Subs were detained and denied entry into the United States at LAX airport, according to a social media post by the band’s bassist, Alvin Gibbs. The situation meant only the group’s singer was able to perform at the LA Punk Invasion festival in Los Angeles. “Some of…
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LOS ANGELES — Starting forwards LeBron James and Rui Hachimura could return for the Lakers’ home game against the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night. James and Hachimura were upgraded to questionable on the team’s Friday evening injury report after missing the last several games. The 40-year-old James missed the previous seven games because of a…
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President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for the elimination of the U.S. Department of Education was met with uncertainty Friday at some Southern California school districts, where educators and activists worry any federal funding cuts could impact already cash-strapped budgets and threaten programs for disadvantaged students. Among the most vocal critics of the president’s plan…
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NEWPORT BEACH — Welcome to “March Madness” on the PGA Tour Champions. Like the NCAA Tournament in college basketball, the first round of the 2025 Hoag Classic at Newport Beach Country Club on Friday fittingly featured some “madness” of its own. Though there are eight World Golf Hall of Famers in the field, including two-time…
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THERMAL — Kyle Kirkwood is looking for ways to improve at the Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix and his team used Friday’s practice session at the new road course to move in that direction. The driver of the No. 27 Andretti Global Honda finished in fifth place in the NTT IndyCar Series season opener in…
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Have an idea about what to call the two eaglets that hatched in the nest overlooking Big Bear Lake in recent weeks? Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit that operates two web cams that livestream the nest to the world, announced Friday the naming contest for the chicks is open. Suggestions are due by…
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George Foreman goes on the attack against Axel Schulz during the second round of their IBF heavyweight championship fight in Las Vegas on April 22, 1995. Foreman won in a 12-round majority decision. (AP Photo/Jeff Scheid) Former heavyweight champion George Foreman seems bored with the physical examination he is being given by boxing commission doctor…
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