Kory Minor is no longer the football head coach at St. Margaret’s, he announced Tuesday. Minor coached the Tartans for five seasons. His departure, Minor said, was “a little bit of both” when asked if it was his decision or the school’s decision. “There are possibly big opportunities out there for me,” said Minor, who…
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I never considered myself a historian. I never set out to be one, frankly. When you become a working journalist, you are consumed with the here and now, and you sometimes forget or gloss over the events that have led to the current path. Yet as I researched and wrote my book about the Dodgers…
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A 28-year-old Mission Viejo man who crashed his souped-up Camaro into another vehicle at nearly 100 miles per hour, killing the other driver, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years to life in prison. An Orange County Superior Court jury last month found Afiff Kevin Doaifi guilty of second-degree murder for the March 2017 crash on…
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Arrows that have mysteriously landed on homes, in yards and along nearby streets are troubling residents of a southeast Huntington Beach neighborhood. Police began receiving calls from homeowners near Brookhurst Street and Indianapolis Avenue some two weeks ago about arrows lodged in their rooftops and floating in swimming pools, according to Huntington Beach Police spokeswoman…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now This week’s CIF-SS high school girls basketball polls, released Tuesday, Dec. 13. CIF-SS GIRLS BASKETBALL POLLS (Selected by CIF-SS Girls Basketball Committee) DIVISION 1 1 Sierra Canyon 2 Etiwanda 3 Mater Dei 4 Sage Hill 5 Santiago/Corona 6 Ontario Christian 7 Chaminade 8T…
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Mike Murphy started his high school basketball coaching career at Southern California Christian. The Flames won three games in that 1990-91 season. They won six games the following season. “So it never dawned on me that I would win 700 games,” Murphy said this week. Murphy got his 700th win Saturday when the Raiders defeated…
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Rams coach Sean McVay provided updates Tuesday on injured star players Aaron Donald and Cooper Kupp. There’s a possibility Donald returns for one of the final four games this season, McVay told reporters, and didn’t rule Donald out for Monday night against the Green Bay Packers. The All-Pro defensive lineman has missed the past two…
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LOS ANGELES — From Paul George’s side of the court, Kawhi Leonard appeared close to being in midseason form – diving for loose balls, cutting to the basket, burying 3-point shots. “It’s the same Kawhi, I think he’s just playing more, he’s getting more reps,” Goerge said after Leonardposted season highs of 25 points, nine…
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Vertical construction could start soon on the $5 million renovation of Downtown Disney that will reimagine the west end of Disneyland’s outdoor shopping mall with a new midcentury modern design. Disneyland filed building permits valued at $5.4 million in early December with the city of Anaheim for Downtown Disney construction, according to city records. Sign…
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON — The U.S. is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust weapons to shoot down incoming Russian missiles, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The approval is likely to come later this week…
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