ARLINGTON, Texas — Cincinnati quarterback Desmond Ridder and the breakthrough Bearcats aren’t caught up in what their unprecedented playoff appearance could eventually mean for other non-Power Five teams. This is their journey. After a season-long debate about whether the outsider deserved a spot in the College Football Playoff, and being the only team to win…
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Just about everything about this season has been a joyride for No. 2 Michigan, the first team to start unranked in the AP Top 25 and reach the College Football Playoff. “We’re happy to be here, but not just happy to be here,” Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said. Reaching the playoff in…
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The pandemic’s homebuying binge has boosted the number of million-dollar Orange County neighborhoods by 12 in a year and 18 over 24 months — as the market lost 17 “affordable” communities in 12 months, leaving just a half dozen. My trusty spreadsheet, filled with November homebuying stats from DQNews/CoreLogic for 83 Orange County ZIP codes,…
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The City Council next week will consider extending its contract with the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach for five years, while requiring reduced set up and tear down time, prioritizing the 2028 Summer Olympics, and making the association a stakeholder in development discussions on portions of the race track. The city’s contract with the…
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Investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person of interest after an individual came forward with information regarding the disappearance and death of Kerry Patterson, a 15-year-old girl from Fullerton, Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials said. Patterson was last seen on June 26, 1980 walking in the area of Parks Junior High…
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Joe Judge has built a stronger culture than existed previously with the Giants. Players like Logan Ryan, Blake Martinez, Julian Love, Graham Gano and Andrew Thomas are leaders by their words, example or both. Judge’s suspension of Golden Tate last season for showing up Daniel Jones on Monday Night Football was the kind of tone-setting…
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Saturday’s sold-out Rose Bowl Game between Ohio State and Utah is expected to be played on New Year’s Day in front of a full stadium, according to Pasadena Tournament of Roses Executive Director and CEO David Eads. “Right now we continue to move forward with planning for this year’s Rose Bowl Game,” Eads said. “Both…
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INGLEWOOD — Rams coach Sean McVay said Thursday he wasn’t “officially” ruling out Cam Akers playing Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens. But McVay said Akers’ return from an Achilles tendon tear suffered in July wouldn’t be accelerated by the fact the Rams are down a running back with Darrell Henderson going on injured reserve. “This…
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Pasadena reported its highest-ever single-day rise in coronavirus cases on Thursday, Dec. 30, according to Dr. Ying-Ying Goh, but the city’s Public Health Officer confirmed that the city’s annual Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game would likely return Saturday. Pasadena reported 477 confirmed and 16 probable COVID-19 cases Thursday, almost double the previous one-day high…
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Originally Published: 30 DEC 21 17:51 ET By Maggie Fox, CNN (CNN) — A traveler isolated for Covid-19 at a quarantine facility in New Zealand managed to infect three others across a hallway, researchers reported Thursday. Closed-circuit camera footage, genetic testing and careful contact tracing show that the only conceivable way the virus could have…
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