At SoFi Stadium in Inglewood for Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals fans could be seen and heard riding up with songs by Super Bowl halftime show performers cranked at full volume from their vehicles. A fire-red lowrider filled with enthusiastic patrons decked out in Rams gear bounced down Prairie…
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LOS ANGELES — Kevin Demoff, the Rams’ chief operating officer, boldly went there. “I absolutely believe that we can own this market,” Demoff said. Demoff spoke with conviction. After all, the Rams are participating and hosting the L.A. area’s first Super Bowl in 29 years. It was the perfect outcome that Demoff and the Rams…
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It’s a safe bet many Californians would love to update their homes or businesses if they could. New windows, a new roof, perhaps new furniture and equipment are needed, but the inflationary cost of goods, coupled with the financial strain many are experiencing due to California’s COVID restrictions, have put desired upgrades out of reach.…
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Rogers Hammerstein, a television reality-show producer of some renown, is pounding his thumbs on top of his iPhone screen, writing a rather too-long group text to a bunch of industry pals. Two years into the pandemic, what had been a regular Saturday morning gang whose members met for breakfast at Art’s Delicatessen in Studio City…
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It’s officially Super Bowl Sunday. Defensive tackle Aaron Donald and the Rams will take on quarterback Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. It’s the Rams’ second appearance since coach Sean McVay was hired in 2017. The Rams’ offense features a veteran core led by quarterback Matthew Stafford, receiver Cooper Kupp…
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Maybe Doc was onto something? When the Clippers traded point guard Eric Bledsoe to Portland on Feb. 4, it meant Reggie Jackson was the only player on their roster with significant experience as a primary ball-handler – well, beside Terance Mann. Thank former Clippers coach Doc Rivers for that. Under Rivers, Mann, now a the…
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Sunday’s Super Bowl 56 matchup between the NFC’s Los Angeles Rams and the AFC’s Cincinnati Bengals will have some local flavor. Here is a list of players and coaches with Maryland ties to look out for at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California: Rams running back Jake Funk Funk, a seventh-round pick in the 2021 draft,…
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Q: The trees in Claremont were ravaged by the wind storm in January, which left large oaks and pines blown down. If trees did survive, many were stripped of leaves, especially on the north side where the winds came from. Citrus, which are not deciduous and therefore were in leaf, were buffeted; my grapefruit, lime…
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By PAUL NEWBERRY BEIJING (AP) — Erin Jackson has never viewed herself as some sort of trailblazer. She just likes to skate really, really fast, whether it’s on wheels or blades. Yet the 29-year-old from balmy Ocala, Florida knew this moment was special, her chance to really make an impact on the generations that follow.…
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By DAVE SKRETTA, Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Figure skater Kamila Valieva will testify by video at an appeal hearing Sunday that will decide if the 15-year-old Russian star can still compete at the Beijing OIympics despite an ongoing doping case. Just 30 minutes ahead of the hearing’s scheduled 8:30 p.m. start in Beijing, Court…
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