LOS ANGELES — If the Lakers still needed a measuring stick before the trade deadline, the Milwaukee Bucks arrived right on time. A systematic dismantling unfolded Tuesday night, one which left absolutely no doubt where the Lakers stand two-thirds of the way through the season: far below the top tier. The Bucks attacked the Lakers in…
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STANFORD — Johnny Juzang scored 23 points, including a momentum-changing four-point play and Jaime Jaquez, Jr. added 16 to help No. 12 UCLA beat Stanford, 79-70, on Tuesday night. The Bruins (17-4 overall, 9-3 Pac-12) ended a two-game slide. Spencer Jones scored 20 points to pace Stanford (14-9, 7-6 Pac-12), which has lost three of…
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Norway’s Birk Ruud won the men’s freeski big air gold medal, powered by a 1,980-degree jump — 5 1/2 rotations — that no competitor could match. Colby Stevenson of the United States came closest, earning a silver medal. It represents an inspirational comeback story for Stevenson, 24. In 2016, he had a near-fatal car accident…
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Orange Lutheran girls water polo coach Nestor Nunez, who received a three-game suspension late in the regular season for multiple red cards, is no longer coaching the Lancers’ girls or boys teams, the Trinity League school told its players and families on Tuesday. In a letter from school administrators, the Lancers were told that “due…
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A former Costa Mesa resident was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $1.4 million in restitution after defrauding three victims, California Department of Insurance officials announced Tuesday. Karyl Lynn Reed, 58, was arrested last October in Texas and extradited for trial in Santa Ana after prosecutors accused her of…
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By HOWARD FENDRICH BEIJING (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin’s second race at the Beijing Games was over even more quickly than her first. The 26-year-old American skidded out of control about five seconds into the opening run of the slalom Wednesday and was out of the event, just like that. That was even…
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While a recall effort in Westminster took one step forward, another fizzled in neighboring Huntington Beach. On Saturday, Feb. 5, activists looking to oust Westminster Councilman Carlos Manzo left petitions bearing 2,873 unverified signatures – about 700 more than legally required but well under what is recommended by voting experts – at City Hall. But…
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The FBI quietly arrested a man living in Pomona late last month after he apparently attempted to sell gun attachments to a local group of anti-government extremists to make their firearms more deadly and easier to conceal, according to court documents. Matthew Edward Chen was arrested on Jan. 28, about a week after he sold…
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Jessie Diggins, the U.S. cross-country star, showed she is not a one-Olympics wonder Tuesday when she captured the bronze medal in the women’s freestyle sprint at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Center. Her medal was her second in two Games, but the first individual Olympic medal for an American woman in cross-country skiing. The unquestioned…
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The Memphis Grizzlies really have the Clippers’ number this season. To be fair, at 38-18, Memphis has much of the league figured out. The Clippers, though, for certain. With Tuesday’s 135-109 victory at FedExForum, Ja Morant and Co. improved to 4-0 against Coach Tyronn Lue’s squad this season. The Clippers (27-29) were mostly listless, undisciplined…
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