Editor’s note: This is the Sunday, December 4, edition of the “Game Day with Kevin Modesti” newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Good morning. I’m not sure where that USC game ended and that USA game began. The games Friday night and early Saturday morning were weirdly similar, with the…
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For the first time, Newport Beach has its own animal shelter and will be solely in charge of its stray and abandoned pets. The City Council this week accepted a $3 million facility that is being built with donations and funding raised by the Friends of Newport Beach Animal Shelter, better known as FONBAS. The…
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Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State were chosen Sunday to play in the College Football Playoff, giving the Big Ten multiple teams in the four-team field for the first time. The defending national champion and top-ranked Bulldogs and fourth-seeded Buckeyes will meet Dec. 31 at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta. The second-seeded Wolverines and third-ranked…
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A man in his 50s jumped to his death from a parking structure at Disneyland on Saturday, Dec. 3, Anaheim police said. The man’s death was reported just before 9 p.m., said Sgt. Shane Carringer, a spokesman for the Anaheim Police Department. A representative for the theme park did not respond to a request for…
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This year has been quite challenging for investors. We have experienced a volatile stock market, staggeringly negative fixed-income returns, high inflation, aggressive policy tightening by the Federal Reserve and the global effects of the Russian war on Ukraine. Due to these circumstances, many people have experienced a decline in their personal net worth and may…
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By RALPH D. RUSSO Alabama is going to get one last look from the College Football Playoff selection committee. Whether the Crimson Tide deserves it is debatable, at best, but after both TCU (12-1) and Southern California (11-2) lost the committee has to at least talk about making Alabama (10-2) the first team with two…
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By STEVE REED CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Clemson Tigers are back in a familiar spot — atop the Atlantic Coast Conference. And they may have found a quarterback to keep them there. Freshman Cade Klubnik came off the bench to complete 20 of 24 passes for 279 yards and a touchdown and ran for a…
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Conference champions have been crowned for 2022 and the final College Football Playoff rankings will be announced Sunday (on ESPN at 9 a.m. PT). The rankings will determine which four teams will compete in the two semifinal games, the Peach Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31. Two teams appeared to have punched their…
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LAGUNA BEACH — Granada Hills Charter ran for 484 yards and seven touchdowns Saturday in a 56-55 win over Laguna Beach in the CIF Southern California Division 4-A Regional championship game at Laguna Beach High. There were 11 lead changes between the two teams and three in the fourth quarter. Granada Hills (12-2) was the…
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VAN NUYS — At the start of every weight room session this season, Laguna Hills football players did 16 pushups, a symbolic representation of the number of games the Hawks would need to play for a chance to win a state championship. Laguna Hills will indeed play in that 16th game. That’s because the Hawks’…
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