By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer PHOENIX — Chris Jones claims to have very little memory of a relatively benign game in 2017, when the Kansas City Chiefs welcomed the Philadelphia Eagles to Arrowhead Stadium for the second game of the regular season. Jason Kelce remembers it quite well. The veteran Philadelphia center spent the…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now ORANGE — Villa Park forward Rylie Whittaker didn’t want to face JSerra again in penalty kicks. The sophomore wanted her revenge in regulation Wednesday night, and her determination showed in a spectacular, game-winning goal late in the first round of the CIF-SS Division…
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CLAREMONT — The bump up to Division 3 proved to be a challenge for the Webb girls soccer team. The Gauls completed their first challenge in this year’s CIF Southern Section playoffs, but only barely. Senior Abbey Cook scored in the 92nd minute to lift Webb to a 2-1 overtime victory over Brea Olinda on…
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LOS ANGELES — This was an up-close glimpse of what could have been. A veteran point guard taking and making shots, in essence, making himself at home on the Crypto.com Arena floor. Kyrie Irving, the mercurial point guard, showed up in Los Angeles on Wednesday – not as a member of the Clippers but wearing…
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HUNTINGTON BEACH — Kaz Hampton had come close this season to breaking the Edison school record for most 3-pointers in a game, but he finally got over the hump Wednesday evening. The senior scored 29 points and made a school record nine 3-pointers to lead the Chargers to a 68-48 victory over Villa Park in…
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LOS ANGELES — Why not? That’s famously Russell Westbrook’s slogan, right? The genesis of it, he told USA Today once, came back during high school, when he and his friends “were just doing a lot of dumb stuff …” like, say, “‘Let’s run in the middle of the street.’ ‘Why not?’” OK, kids, let me…
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An already deep Western Conference was jolted by a seismic shift late Wednesday night. The Phoenix Suns are acquiring star forward Kevin Durant in a trade with the Brooklyn Nets, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was first to report. Phoenix is sending Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four first-round draft picks and a 2028 pick swap…
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ORANGE — A woman was injured Wednesday when her Toyota SUV crashed at a hospital parking structure in Orange. The crash was reported shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday in the parking garage for Children’s Health of Orange County at 1201 W. La Veta Ave., according to Sgt. Phil McMullin of the Orange Police Department. The…
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By Thomas Buckley | Bloomberg Walt Disney’s Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger announced plans for a dramatic restructuring of the world’s largest entertainment company that includes cutting 7,000 jobs and $5.5 billion in cost savings. The reductions include lower spending on programming and $2.5 billion in non-content-related cuts. About $1 billion of the savings are…
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LOS ANGELES — Through his first season at USC, Boogie Ellis developed a reputation for being an isolation player. When the ball reached his hands, Ellis was more likely to dribble and try to create a shot for himself than initiate the offense. And in fairness, that’s what USC recruited Ellis from Memphis to do.…
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