Beard or no beard? Heard from a bunch of Clippers fans on Twitter, and 70% of them indicated – in my absolutely unscientific poll – that they thought their team’s roster would look better with a beard. Or the Beard. Clippers fans might be contrarians, but they’re not dumb. James Harden, the one-time Lakewood Artesia…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mookie Betts is getting his prep work in before the Home Run Derby. One day after being voted into the National League’s starting lineup for the All-Star Game and confirming that he would accept an invitation to compete in the Derby, Betts led off the game with a home run and…
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La’veyah Mosely was playing with her friends and family on the day after Independence Day last summer. That’s their family tradition, Mosely said: Shooting off fireworks and playing in the street on July 5. During the celebration, a neighbor picked up an unexploded firework from the ground. He believed it was a sparkler, and handed…
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Associated Press Did mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin have inside help from the military and political elite in his armed rebellion that rattled Russia? A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising are still unknown. Uncertainty also swirls around the…
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ANAHEIM — It might have taken a few days longer than expected for Anthony Rendon to get back in the lineup, but it happened quickly as soon as he gave the green light. The Angels activated Rendon before Friday’s game. The veteran third baseman did not face any live pitching in the minors or even…
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Ryan Hollingshead was and was not caught off guard by being named to the Major League Soccer All-Star team for the first time Tuesday. “It’s one of those things where you’re never really surprised and you’re really surprised,” said the 32-year-old defender, a 10-season MLS veteran. “I think I’ve been putting in seasons as an…
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By Collin Binkley | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through higher education with a landmark decision that struck down affirmative action and left colleges across the nation searching for new ways to promote student diversity. Leaders of scores of universities said Thursday that they were disappointed by what they see…
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The founder and chief executive officer of the defunct California Technical Academy in Riverside has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for scamming $105 million in the largest post-9/11 GI Bill fraud case at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Michael Bostock, 54, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced Monday, June 26, in U.S. District…
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The consensus box of Los Alamitos horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Saturday, July 1, 2023. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter…
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ANAHEIM — David and Dominic Fletcher had dreamed about the moment they would share a major league field together. When it finally arrived on Friday, it was bittersweet. Their father, Tim, had died suddenly less than three weeks earlier. He was 60. “This would have been one of his proudest moments,” said Dominic, an Arizona…
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