It wasn’t going to be easy playing in the Open Division of the CIF Southern Section boys basketball playoffs. Crean Lutheran coach Nate Klitzing knew that. But a couple of tantalizingly close losses in the elite division have put “what if “ thoughts in his mind. The Saints, playing in the Open Division for the…
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Sean McVay and Aaron Donald talked about the future on Wednesday, loudly if not absolutely clearly. Speculation that the coach and defensive star would walk away from the Rams hung over the parade and rally celebrating the team’s first Super Bowl victory in Los Angeles. But they eased that worry a bit with playful comments…
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Boat captain Steve Burkhalter didn’t have to go far for his Wednesday morning whale watching excursion to spot its first gray whale. A juvenile whale took a wrong turn into the Dana Point Harbor, trekking down the inside channel to the surprise of boaters and paddlers out enjoying the water. “It was kind of right…
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The Miami Dolphins are bringing back the one of the team’s all-time greats, Sam Madison, as an assistant coach. Madison will join new coach Mike McDaniel’s staff as cornerbacks coach/pass-game specialist, a league source confirmed to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. The news was first reported by ESPN on Wednesday night. Madison was a four-time…
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If you’ve always dreamed of living in Sleeping Beauty Castle or the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland, then a new Palm Springs-area community designed by Walt Disney Imagineering could be your dream home come true. Walt Disney Imagineering — the secretive creative team behind Disney theme parks — will design the new Cotino master-planned community coming…
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After a night of wacky weather across the region, skies in Southern California were sunny and back to normal, with the weather expected to stay quiet for the rest of the week Meteorologists said Wednesday, Feb. 16, that no precipitation was expected for the rest of the week. While temperatures were still fairly cool Wednesday,…
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It’s not been easy for UCLA as of late, and it doesn’t look like it’s getting any easier. The Bruins have fallen to No. 13 in the latest AP Top 25 poll after losing three of their part four, including a frustrating loss to USC on Saturday night at the Galen Center. Jaime Jaquez Jr.,…
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By DAVID KLEPPER PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — It should have been a time of celebration: Brittan Heller would soon graduate from college and head to one of the nation’s top law programs. But when a classmate with unrequited feelings for Heller wasn’t admitted to that same school, he turned his rage on her. He wrote…
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Oregon pass rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux believes the Giants are going to draft him in the top 7 of April’s NFL Draft, according to Colin Cowherd. On “The Colin Cowherd Podcast,” Action Network CCO Chad Millman recently asked the show’s host about his most interesting conversation at The Volume Sports’ Super Bowl party in Los Angeles.…
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By MATTHEW BROWN BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a commercial development project that included a microbrewery in his Montana hometown and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement, according to a report by federal investigators released Wednesday. The investigation by the Interior Department’s…
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