This is difficult for me to admit, because I’m almost never wrong. In fact, I made a habit of pointing out to people how much better their lives would be if they only took my advice, because it’s nearly always sage, wise, correct, judicious, practical and experienced. However, once in a while, there is the…
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By KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Anjan Roy was studying with friends at Missouri State University when he got an email that turned his world upside down. His legal status as an international student had been terminated, and he was suddenly at risk for deportation. “I was in literal shock, like, what the…
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Fifty years after the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the diaspora it set in motion continues to shape the American gastronomic landscape, especially in Orange County, home to the world’s largest Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam. While the initial wave of South Vietnamese immigrants carved out a thriving Little Saigon district in Garden…
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SANTA ANA — The St. John Bosco baseball team used clutch hitting from junior left fielder Noah Everly and quality pitching from senior Trevor Heishman to pull off a 3-2 victory at Mater Dei in a Trinity League game that lasted 10 innings Tuesday night. Everly went 4 for 5 at the plate with two…
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LOS ANGELES — Hear me out, but what if defense … wins championships? Defense definitely won a first-round playoff game Tuesday night. Maybe that notion will help you cope with how offensive you’ve mostly found the Lakers’ offense through two games this postseason. Maybe it will even give you some hope for a run to…
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ANAHEIM — Momentum is only as good as the next game’s starting pitcher. The Angels demonstrated why that is one of baseball’s ultimate truisms on Tuesday night. All the good feelings from their comeback victory on Sunday vanished amid a poor performance from their starting pitcher. Right-hander José Soriano gave up five runs and didn’t…
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Lakers star LeBron James drives to the basket as the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Nickeil Alexander-Walker defends during the second half of Game 2 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/SCNG) Lakers head coach JJ Redick calls out from the sideline during the first…
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LOS ANGELES — Heading into the final week of spring practice, the USC football team continues to progress as a whole, getting a better feel for one another while integrating new players and coaches into the program. One group in particular that has been making significant headway are the wide receivers. Standout receivers Makai Lemon…
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CHICAGO — The surrounding neighborhood has been thoroughly gentrified, but Wrigley Field can still show its rough side. Nine innings were barely enough to contain one of the worst starts of Dustin May’s career, a five-run inning from each team and a game-tying home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. But…
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LOS ANGELES — Remember the State Farm commercial from a few years ago in which a very-caffeinated and disheveled JJ Redick, who at the time was in the first season of his broadcasting career with ESPN, was in a dark room rambling about how the pick-and-roll is the Pythagorean theorem but in reverse? Redick shed…
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