DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Novak Djokovic arrived early Monday in Dubai after his deportation from Australia over its required COVID-19 vaccination ended the No. 1-ranked men’s tennis player’s hopes of defending his Australian Open title. The Emirates plane carrying Djokovic touched down after a 13 1/2-hour flight from Melbourne, where he had argued in…
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Magic Johnson no longer has a say in how the Lakers are run, but he still has opinions. After the Lakers’ 37-point blowout at the hands of the Denver Nuggets, the former Laker legend – who had a slightly less heralded career as an executive – blasted the team to his five million followers. “After…
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“The glee in which @GavinNewsom talks about spending billions of dollars, as if it’s an ends instead of a means, is odd. Never seen a politician giddy about spending and spending like it’s a huge success,” California Republican strategist Rob Stuzman tweeted this week. The tweet, which came as Gov. Gavin Newsom was unveiling his…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes threw for 404 yards and five touchdowns, Travis Kelce caught a TD pass and threw another one, and the Kansas City Chiefs sent Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger into his anticipated retirement with a 42-21 blowout of the Steelers in the wild-card round of the playoffs Sunday night. Byron Pringle…
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Forget finding a coach. Find the Miami Dolphins’ real problem through the lost years. When Steve Ross bought the team in 2009, incoming team president Mike Dee, a marketing guy, told football people previously reporting to vice president of football Bill Parcells to report to him. That caused “communication and collaboration” problems to cite a…
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I know, I know. You’re weary of yet another prediction column. By the time you read this, we are well into January, I’ve celebrated another sun orbit, and the Super Bowl has been moved to Texas – now there is a prediction! But I digress. I’m a bit leary to prognosticate as my crystal ball…
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While it deals with the stubborn COVID-19 pandemic, California is also contending with a smorgasbord of equally resilient social pathologies, including chronic illness, homelessness, poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness and street crime. State and local governments have created programs to ameliorate the effects of these maladies, but they generally operate in silos, each…
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The Chicago Bears have reached out to at least 13 general manager candidates and 10 coaching candidates for interviews. As they go through the interview process, we’re looking at each of the prospective hires. Brian Daboll will interviewed for the coach opening Sunday. <mark class=”hl_orange”>Brian Daboll</mark> Title: Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Age: 46 Experience Daboll…
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The Chicago Bears have reached out to at least 13 general manager and 10 coaching candidates for interviews. As they go through the process, we’re looking at each of the prospects. Leslie Frazier will interview for the head coaching position Sunday. <mark class=”hl_orange”>Leslie Frazier</mark> Age: 62 Title: Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Experience Frazier has been…
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The Chicago Bears are in the market for a new general manager and head coach. While the move to fire coach Matt Nagy was expected as the losses piled up in his fourth season, GM Ryan Pace’s fate after seven years in his role seemed less clear over the last month. Ultimately after the 6-11…
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