ANAHEIM – This could be a make-or-break juncture in the Angels’ season. And by those standards, Sunday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks might have been about as must-win as you can get for the first weekend of July. You will never hear that in a major league clubhouse, of course. The message there is about…
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COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Rhyne Howard hit six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 43 points to help the Atlanta Dream set their single-game scoring record and the beat the Sparks 112-84 on Sunday. Nneka Ogwumike led Los Angeles (7-10) with 25 points. Dearica Hamby scored 18 with eight rebounds, Auzra Stevens added 13 points and…
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ANAHEIM ― The Angels avoided a series sweep the hard way. Facing the best pitcher on the best team in the National League West, on a day when they mustered only six hits, the Angels escaped their home confines with a 5-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks to snap their four-game losing streak. Three hits…
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LAKEWOOD — South Los Angeles has produced some of the best athletes to ever compete at the college or pro level, but there might have not been a coach with as much impact on those athletes as Ladislao “Lalo” Mendoza. The long-time coach at Verbum Dei Jesuit High School in Los Angeles produced pros such…
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The next two weeks won’t be JD DuBois’ first time leading a summer league team. But as an Inglewood native who graduated from Westchester High and played at Loyola Marymount while getting his bachelor’s degree, serving as the Lakers head coach for summer league is even more meaningful. “First and foremost,” said DuBois, who’s going into…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A year ago at this time, Tony Gonsolin was preparing to go to the All-Star Game and the Dodgers were piling up wins no matter where they played. Times have changed. Gonsolin has yet to look like that All-Star pitcher this year. The Kansas City Royals chased him from the game…
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ANAHEIM — Shohei Ohtani was selected to the American League pitching staff, the only Angels player added to the roster Sunday for MLB’s annual All-Star Game July 11 in Seattle. Uniquely, Ohtani was already on the AL roster. On Thursday, he was chosen in an online poll to start at designated hitter, his third consecutive…
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Standing before a backdrop of the American flag, Lisa Hart opened her June 14 “ThisDay” broadcast on Laguna Woods Village TV at 9 a.m. sharp. She announced that it was Flag Day, detailing the holiday’s history, before telling viewers that it was her last day as host of the daily show. Hart will move her…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Validation delayed was not validation denied for Will Smith. The Dodgers catcher was named to his first All-Star team Sunday as a reserve, joining left-hander Clayton Kershaw, who was named to the National League’s pitching staff for the game July 11 in Seattle. Three Dodgers — Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and…
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Daniil Zhydkov performs a move as his group went onto win during the SNIPES Pro-Breaking Tour National Breakdancing Competition at JiangHu Bistro in Alhambra on Saturday, July 1, 2023. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG) Kids look on during the SNIPES Pro-Breaking Tour National Breakdancing Competition at JiangHu Bistro in Alhambra on Saturday, July…
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