For Orlando Magic guard R.J. Hampton, volunteering to play in the Las Vegas summer league was a simple decision. To coach Jamahl Mosley, Hampton stepping forward was an embodiment of the kind of team he’s looking to build. “That’s what we want [from] all our guys,” Mosley said after Sunday’s pre-summer league practice. “We talk…
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It was back on June 7 that Chicago White Sox general manager Rick Hahn first was asked about the possibility of a summer sell-off. “I really hope I don’t have to sit here in six weeks and eat these words,” he said. “But I don’t foresee us being in sell mode come the (trade) deadline,…
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The Chicago White Sox consulted with Major League Baseball on whether to play Monday night’s game with the Minnesota Twins after shootings at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park killed six and wounded more than two dozen others. “There was a conversation with MLB and they decided that we would play,” Sox manager…
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A man was shot and left in critical condition on Sunday night in La Habra, authorities said early Monday morning, July 4. After a brief pursuit, a watch commander with La Habra Police said officers quickly detained two men in connection with the shooting. They don’t believe any additional suspects remain outstanding, a press release…
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CLEVELAND — When the Yankees first got Clay Holmes from the Pirates, there was hardly a ripple of a reaction. The big right-hander had underwhelmed with Pittsburgh. A converted starter who walked a lot of batters, Aaron Boone wanted to get him into a game right away, just to get an idea of what they…
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The Yankees’ bullpen is currently two of the best relievers in the entire game and six question marks. While Clay Holmes and Michael King have been beyond fantastic, injuries have decimated the rest of the bullpen. Relief pitching and left field are the only true weak spots on this team, and with an extremely top-heavy…
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By MICHAEL TARM and ROGER SCHNEIDER HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — At least five people are dead and 19 were taken to hospitals after a shooting at a July Fourth parade in a Chicago suburb, and officers are searching for a suspect, police said Monday. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the parade began around 10…
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The 17-year-old daughter of Mark Budzinski, the Toronto Blue Jays’ first base coach, reportedly died when she fell off a raft in a Virginia river Saturday and was struck by a boat propeller. Officials have not publicly identified the victim, but a 17-year-old girl was killed Saturday after falling off an inflatable tube in the…
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Almost half of older adults — more than 26 million people 65 and older — have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But how concerned should they be? Not very, say some experts. Prediabetes — a term that refers to above-normal but not extremely high blood sugar levels — isn’t a disease,…
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