Now that Arlington International Racecourse has closed, horse racing in Illinois enters a new fight for survival Saturday, as the thoroughbred season opens at Hawthorne Race Course. The new season brings some optimism, as race winners will get more money, and more horses have consolidated at Hawthorne in west suburban Stickney. But the shortened, splintered…
Day: April 3, 2022
Ilie Sanchez scores in LAFC’s win over Orlando City
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Ilie Sanchez scored for Los Angeles FC on Saturday in a 4-2 victory over Orlando City. Sanchez put LAFC (4-0-1) ahead for good at 3-2 in the 51st minute. LAFC also got one goal each from Kwadwo Opoku, Jesus Murillo and Brian Rodriguez. Alexandre Pato and Joao Moutinho racked up one…
Bill would boost paid family leave replacement pay
Low-wage earners who most need paid family leave can’t afford to take time off. A new bill seeks to raise their replacement pay. María Elena Durazo, a Democratic senator from Los Angeles, is renewing the fight for equitable paid family leave, hoping to make it a realistic option for more low-income Californians. After Gov. Gavin…
North Carolina takes out Coach K, Duke in Final Four
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, left, greets North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis after their national semifinal game on Saturday night in New Orleans. North Carolina outlasted Duke, 81-77, in a thrilling game that brings an end to the coaching career of Krzyzewski, who is retiring. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski leaves…
How to keep pets safe in the garden
Like it or not, gardening involves a lot of killing things. Responsible gardeners want to accomplish this in the safest way possible by minimizing their pesticide and herbicide use and targeting it toward the specific problem. This is especially important when children and/or pets are present. The internet is full of recipes for homemade weed…
ASK IRA: Is there still time for Heat’s playoff mix to be shuffled?
Q: Do you think Caleb Martin is out of rotation? I know they want spacing with these different lineups, but I think Caleb offers more than Duncan Robinson overall. — Jeffrey. A: I think that still is TBD. The givens in the nine-man rotation that Erik Spoelstra appears to prefer are Bam Adebayo, P.J. Tucker,…
Tiger Woods is arriving at Masters Sunday, unsure of playing
By DOUG FERGUSON AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A comeback unlike any other for Tiger Woods might start at the Masters. Just over 13 months since Woods damaged his right leg so badly he said doctors considered amputation, he tweeted he was headed to Augusta National on Sunday without yet deciding whether to play. “I will…
LPGA: Jennifer Kupcho takes 6-shot lead into Mission Hills major finale
By JOHN NICHOLSON RANCHO MIRAGE — Jennifer Kupcho started fast and kept on going Saturday in The Chevron Championship to take a six-stroke lead into the last round ever at Mission Hills in the major championship. Kupcho shot an 8-under 64 on anther hot and sunny afternoon in the Coachella Valley for a tournament-record 16-under…
Laguna Woods students learn to release their inner clowns
By Jamie Johnson Correspondent As a youngster, Lorraine Chambers wanted to run away with the circus. Now she’s fulfilling that dream: She’s a student in the Clown College put on by the Laguna Woods Senior Clown Alley. “Being a clown is a bucket list item,” Chambers said. “When I was 14 years old, I wrote…
North Carolina takes out Coach K, Duke in Final Four
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, left, greets North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis after their national semifinal game on Saturday night in New Orleans. North Carolina outlasted Duke, 81-77, in a thrilling game that brings an end to the coaching career of Krzyzewski, who is retiring. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski leaves…
ASK IRA: Is there still time for Heat’s playoff mix to be shuffled?
Q: Do you think Caleb Martin is out of rotation? I know they want spacing with these different lineups, but I think Caleb offers more than Duncan Robinson overall. — Jeffrey. A: I think that still is TBD. The givens in the nine-man rotation that Erik Spoelstra appears to prefer are Bam Adebayo, P.J. Tucker,…
Ilie Sanchez scores in LAFC’s win over Orlando City
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Ilie Sanchez scored for Los Angeles FC on Saturday in a 4-2 victory over Orlando City. Sanchez put LAFC (4-0-1) ahead for good at 3-2 in the 51st minute. LAFC also got one goal each from Kwadwo Opoku, Jesus Murillo and Brian Rodriguez. Alexandre Pato and Joao Moutinho racked up one…
LPGA: Jennifer Kupcho takes 6-shot lead into Mission Hills major finale
By JOHN NICHOLSON RANCHO MIRAGE — Jennifer Kupcho started fast and kept on going Saturday in The Chevron Championship to take a six-stroke lead into the last round ever at Mission Hills in the major championship. Kupcho shot an 8-under 64 on anther hot and sunny afternoon in the Coachella Valley for a tournament-record 16-under…
With thoroughbreds no longer running at Arlington ― which Bears may call home ― struggling racing industry pins hopes on Hawthorne
Now that Arlington International Racecourse has closed, horse racing in Illinois enters a new fight for survival Saturday, as the thoroughbred season opens at Hawthorne Race Course. The new season brings some optimism, as race winners will get more money, and more horses have consolidated at Hawthorne in west suburban Stickney. But the shortened, splintered…
Rich Archbold: Allen Wolfe’s Grand Prix of Long Beach spirit lives on with award to Honda’s T.E. McHale
Allen Wolfe and T.E. McHale had three things in common: They loved newspapering. They loved auto racing. And they were beloved by all who knew them. It is only fitting, then, that their paths will cross at this year’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach — though it will be posthumously. Wolfe, the Press-Telegram’s late,…
Jimmy Butler fueling Heat’s latest power play in Erik Spoelstra’s rotation remix
The Miami Heat’s approach to depth at power forward has taken a decidedly unique turn. Then again, perhaps that was to be expected, considering coach Erik Spoelstra refuses to acknowledge he even utilizes a power forward. As part of the Heat’s rotation remix that had them on a three-game winning streak going into Sunday night’s…
Heat’s Tyler Herro revels in turning 50; Mario Chalmers’ G League run ends on high note
Tyler Herro had been waiting a while to turn 50. The feeling, the 22-year-old Miami Heat guard said, aged well. “Yeah, I’ve been paying attention to it the last week or so, trying to get to 50,” he said of the Heat reaching that season victory milestone with Saturday night’s 127-109 decision over the Chicago…
State “anti-woke” law rattles employer diversity programs: are they on the way out?
Come July 1, Florida employers who mandate diversity training programs to their workers would be well advised to take note of what those programs say — and how they say it. The so-called “Stop Woke Act” passed by the Legislature this month and soon to be signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, restricts how…
Spitting Buffalo nickels: The Bills Stadium deal is worse than it first looked
A closer reading of Gov. Hochul’s billion-dollar election-year giveaway to her beloved Buffalo Bills shows the deal is even worse than we thought. The memorandum of understanding signed by New York State, Erie County and the Bills lays out in section after section state taxpayers being clipped, blocked, blitzed and sacked. Hochul more than fumbled,…
LPGA: Jennifer Kupcho takes 6-shot lead into Mission Hills major finale
By JOHN NICHOLSON RANCHO MIRAGE — Jennifer Kupcho started fast and kept on going Saturday in The Chevron Championship to take a six-stroke lead into the last round ever at Mission Hills in the major championship. Kupcho shot an 8-under 64 on anther hot and sunny afternoon in the Coachella Valley for a tournament-record 16-under…