THOUSAND OAKS – Can the Rams win the Super Bowl again? I say they can. They say, “Defend the what now?” Or put them under oath and it’ll be: “I do not recall.” Because the first rule of the Super Bowl Champions Club is… you do not talk about your Super Bowl championship. You don’t…
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Angel City Football Club’s first season has included community work, all with a focus on growing women’s soccer. Monday is another opportunity. Angel City will host the Mexican national team in the first Copa Angelina (6 p.m. at Banc of California Stadium), highlighting the “rich Mexican culture in Los Angeles through entertainment, community outreach and…
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Politicians who claim to have an elevated moral purpose risk being branded as hypocrites if they fail to live up to the standards they set for others. California Gov. Gavin Newsom runs that risk as he denounces the Republican governors of other states, particularly Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas, as “bullies”…
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In his State of the Union Address on January 16, 1982, President Ronald Reagan promised, “I will seek no tax increases this year, and I have no intention of retreating from our basic program of tax relief…I will stand by my word.” But seven months later, on August 16th, Reagan went on national television and…
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ANAHEIM — Tucker Davidson’s greatest accomplishment on Sunday was that he was still pitching in the seventh inning. It certainly didn’t seem as if he’d make it that far after he gave up five runs in the second, but Davidson righted himself and pitched efficiently enough to at least save the bullpen in the Angels’…
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ST. PETERSBURG — Andrew Benintendi was diagnosed with a broken hook of the hamate bone. The Yankees left fielder is not ready to rule out a comeback before the end of the season, but the typical rehab for baseball players with this is at least three to four weeks of immobilization before baseball activities are…
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Former Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester and his wife, Farrah, on Thursday sold their five-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot mansion and side lot in Chicago’s Graceland West neighborhood for $3.5 million. Lester, 38, was with the Cubs from 2015 until 2020, and was a key part of the 2016 World Series-winning team. He now is retired from…
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THOUSAND OAKS — Ernest Jones understands the days of NFL teams consistently playing two or more inside linebackers are fading, but the Rams’ second-year linebacker wants to bring back the smashmouth approach that Ray Lewis and other legends played with before defenses evolved to keep pace in today’s pass-heavy league. “I want to make the…
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ST. PETERSBURG — Aaron Judge hit his 53rd home run of the season and scored the Yankees’ only other run to beat the Rays 2-1 at Tropicana Field on Sunday and stop the Bombers’ skid. It was the first win in four games for the Yankees (80-54) and they ended this miserable road trip 6-4 at…
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When Chicago Bears rookies convened for their first minicamp in May, their introduction to franchise history came from one of the team’s most prolific creators of takeaways. In Charles Tillman’s speech to the newcomers and later in private conversations, he offered advice on how to be a professional, on the way players must change their…
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