By RALPH D. RUSSO IRVING, Texas (AP) — Cincinnati will play Alabama and Michigan will face Georgia on New Year’s Eve after being selected to the College Football Playoff as a surprise-free field of four was set Sunday. Fourth-seeded Cincinnati becomes the first team to break through college football’s glass ceiling and reach the CFP…
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By JOHN HANNA and CAL WOODWARD TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98. His wife, Elizabeth Dole, said in…
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The USC men’s basketball team remained perfect – barely. The No. 20 Trojans survived a trip to Pullman, Washington, to come away with a 63-61 victory over a tough Washington State team on Saturday afternoon. The win kept the Trojans (8-0, 2-0 Pac-12) as one of 12 undefeated Division I teams, but it wasn’t easy.…
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The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for races on Sunday Dec. 5, 2021 at Los Alamitos. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Related Articles Eda digs in to claim…
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Eda, the even-money favorite, looked beaten halfway down the stretch at Los Alamitos on Saturday, but the Bob Baffert-trained filly found a second gear and scored a half-length victory in the $300,000 Grade I Starlet Stakes. The victory was Baffert’s fifth consecutive in the Starlet, a 1 1/16-mile race for 2-year-old fillies, and gives him…
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Those who led the push for cityhood in Lake Forest in the late 1980s and early ’90s envisioned a town where families would flock and residents would feel tight-knit and included, with community centers and holiday celebrations to bring people together. Now, 30 years later, “I think we fulfilled that vision,” said Helen Wilson, Lake…
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Follow along for live updates before, during and after USC’s road game at Cal on Saturday Dec. 4, 2021. It will be the season finale for both teams after their originally scheduled game in early November was postponed because of a coronavirus outbreak within the Cal program. Donte Williams will coach the Trojans tonight before…
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A photo of a solitary basketball hoop gave the Clippers’ fan base — already in good spirits following the previous night’s 119-115 victory over the Lakers — an extra jolt of optimism Saturday. That’s because Nicolas Batum tweeted the photo, which depicted one of the practice baskets at the Clippers’ training facility in Playa Vista,…
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A crash involving an ice cream truck and two other vehicles in Buena Park sent three people to a hospital Saturday, Dec. 4. The collision happened near of Stanton Avenue and Poinsettia Drive at about 4:30 p.m., Buena Park police said. The truck’s front end was obliterated as it rolled over and came to rest…
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IRVINE – Northwood had just lost in the CIF Southern California Regional Division 5-A game when Northwood coach JC Clarke decided to look on the bright side. “I’m glad I don’t have to take an eight-hour trip to Northern California,” Clarke said. Plans for such a trip ended Saturday with the Timberwolves’ 14-7 loss to…
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