Defending Supercross champion Cooper Webb (left) is introduced to the crowd prior to the season opening race of the 2022 Monster Energy Supercross series at Angel Stadium in Anaheim Saturday Jan. 8, 2022. The race returned to Anaheim after being cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily…
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1. LET LEWERKE PLAY Jake Fromm is expected to start at quarterback for the Giants, but practice squadder Brian Lewerke deserves to play. He showed fight in the preseason, and it can’t get worse than Mike Glennon and Fromm. Give the Michigan State product Lewerke a chance. 2. KEEP THE FANS’ INTEREST There probably won’t…
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The Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings already were eliminated from playoff contention entering Sunday’s season finale at U.S. Bank Stadium. But in what potentially could be his last game as Bears coach, Matt Nagy still expects his team to put forth its best effort to end the season on a three-game winning streak. The…
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1. PRESSURE JOSH ALLEN When Josh Allen is pressured, he turns into a pumpkin. Under pressure, he completes just 44% of his passes (with seven INTs) and has a passer rating of 57. If you don’t pressure him, well, good luck (28 TDs vs. 8 picks, a 70% completion percentage and a passer rating of…
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If you had plenty of money and “people” to get things done for you, one would think you would have handled life’s important matters like getting a will or trust in place. You would take care of your loved ones, your “people” and all that stuff you bought with all that money, right? Alas, that…
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RAMS (12-4) VS. 49ERS (9-7) When: 1:25 p.m. Sunday Where: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood TV/radio: Ch. 11; 710 AM, 93.1 FM, 1330 AM (Spanish) Line: Rams by 4 Notable injury designations: Rams: Nobody is questionable or doubtful; S Nick Scott (thumb) is expected to play in a cast. 49ers: QB Jimmy Garoppolo (thumb), LT Trent Williams (elbow),…
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Well, here we are, just through a busy holiday season for some and in a new year, still wearing masks. It feels as if we are running in a track and field event and Covid is in the lineup. Everyone is prepared. Set on our starting blocks. The starter raises the pistol. Covid “jumps the…
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Dancers from Naranjita Flamenco studio in Orange perform on stage during the Dia de los Reyes as people gather to meet Los Reyes Magos, the Three Kings, at the Julianne and George Argyros Plaza at the the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa on Saturday, January 8, 2022. Arts and crafts, performances and…
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LOS ANGELES — Scientists tracking two local mountain lion populations, one in the Santa Monica Mountains and another in the Santa Anas, have identified the first reproductive signs of inbreeding among these groups, which are cut off from breeding options by busy freeways. According to the UCLA-led study — which is available online and will…
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On his first visit, they treated him like the neophyte he was. They picked him off twice and sacked him two others in a 30-13 thrashing. The Ravens, led by a prime Ray Lewis and a rapidly ascending Ed Reed, would finish that season with the league’s sixth best defense. Ben Roethlisberger was a 22-year-old…
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