HENDERSON, Nev. — The hometown kid only needed one shot, one dribble and one second to become a hero in March. Turned out, Jadon Jones didn’t need the dribble to deliver on his promise. Jones drilled a deep game-winning 3-pointer as time expired to give top-seeded Long Beach State a 67-64 victory over fifth-seeded UC…
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The Clippers’ peanut-butter-and-jelly bites giveaway – meant as an appreciative gesture from PB&J aficionado Reggie Jackson to fans who have audibly supported him for much of his tenure in L.A. – got the veteran point guard thinking aloud Wednesday about those people. “I’ve played for a lot of fanbases – or not a lot, but…
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Orlando Magic coach Jamahl Mosley had more options of lineups to use during Friday’s home 118-110 victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves than he’s had all season. Of the Magic’s 16 players (14 players signed to standard contacts and two on two-way deals), only two — Jonathan Isaac and Bol Bol — weren’t available. It was…
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Fake news is now a civic issue in Westminster. City officials spent part of the March 9 city council meeting debating a resolution from Councilman Tai Do condemning Vietnamese-language “fake news.” One outlet, Do said, has spread what he termed inflammatory lies that put his colleagues Kimberly Ho and Carlos Manzo in danger. The resolution…
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Ivica Zubac’s 24 points and 12 rebounds weren’t enough on Friday in Atlanta, as the Clippers let the game get away late, falling 112-106 to split the season series with the Hawks and lost for the third time in four games. A contest between two conference finalists from a season ago played out, for the…
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CYPRESS >> The Cypress baseball team broke out the bats once again in a 6-5 nonleague victory over Ocean View on Friday at Cypress High School. The Centurions (7-2-2), who are ranked No. 5 in Orange County, have scored 29 runs over the past three games. Cypress scored four of their six runs against the…
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The USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins will compete for a third time this season with the opportunity to advance to the Pac-12 Tournament Championship Game. The semifinal matchup is just the seventh time in which UCLA has faced USC in the conference tournament. The last tournament meeting was 2017. How to watch: USC…
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The concerns coming in about the dominance of Cleveland Cavaliers in the first two games of this three-game series were largely overstated, considering Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo missed both. So Friday night, Butler and Adebayo made their statements, with the mostly whole Miami Heat looking a whole lot better, this time with a 117-105…
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Observations and other notes of interest from Friday night’s 117-105 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers: — Markieff Morris again was on the court pregame, continuing his drill work with assistant coach Caron Butler. — That work had come with Morris awaiting NBA clearance to return from the neck injury sustained in his Nov. 8 run-in…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Utah-bound pitcher Brooklyn Carreon fired a two-hitter and drove in a pair of runs to lead Whittier Christian’s softball team past Canyon 3-0 on Friday night and into the semifinals of the Dave Kops Tournament of Champions in Bullhead City, Ariz. Carreon also…
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