Day: May 10, 2022

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Makenzie Butt, Fountain Valley, So., 1B: Butt hit two home runs in the fifth inning to lead the top-seeded Barons to an 11-2 triumph against Barstow in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs. Kylie Loertscher, El Toro, So., P: Loertscher…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes on Wall Street ended a choppy day of trading with a mixed finish Tuesday, after an afternoon rally in technology companies helped reverse an early slide. The S&P 500 closed 0.2% higher, snapping a three-day losing streak, after swinging between a gain…

Three different players could have won NBA Most Valuable Player this season. But the candidate that best fit my definition of “value” this season, and whose value has been substantiated through two playoff rounds, did not hoist the award on Monday. Denver’s Nikola Jokic took the crown, according to ESPN, over Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid and…

If there’s a difference between what Ryan Mountcastle showed at the beginning of the season to now, the obvious distinction is in the results. But at a more minute level, manager Brandon Hyde ignores those results, focusing on how anxious and jumpy the Orioles first baseman looked early on compared with the control he now…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Rosters for the Orange County Softball Coaches Senior All-Star Classic on May 25 have been announced. The nine-inning game for will be played at 6 p.m. at Bill Barber Park’s Deanna Manning Stadium in Irvine. The game is sponsored by Premier Girls Fastpitch.…

Three weeks after the position came open, UCLA has already found the new leader for its decorated gymnastics program. Former Cal assistant coach Janelle McDonald, who holds two decades of coaching experience, has been named the Bruins’ new head coach. “Janelle has been exemplary at connecting with and developing young people at every level of…

So far, so good. Thank you very much. “All people were texting me in the offseason: ‘How are you gonna deal with all the personalities?’” Nneka Ogwumike, the Sparks’ All-Star forward, recounted recently. Perhaps by winning? For all the intrigue fostered by the Sparks’ roster overhaul this offseason, the very early returns – they’re 2-0…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ HAVANA (AP) — The elegant Hotel Saratoga was supposed to reopen in Havana Tuesday after a two-year pandemic break. Instead, it was a day of mourning for the 42 people known to have died in an explosion that ripped apart the building and of continued searching for yet more victims. Emergency workers…

By MATT O’BRIEN, KELVIN CHAN and TOM KRISHER LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk said he will reverse Twitter’s permanent ban of former President Donald Trump should the Tesla CEO conclude his deal to acquire the social media company for $44 billion. Musk, speaking virtually at a Future of the Car summit hosted by the Financial…

By Dave Gil de Rubio Last year’s “Made of Rain” was officially 29 years in the making as the follow-up to the Psychedelic Furs’ seventh studio album, 1991’s “World Outside.” During that time, grunge, rap-rock and a number of other music scenes arose and petered out, five American presidents served and the internet turned the…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Makenzie Butt, Fountain Valley, So., 1B: Butt hit two home runs in the fifth inning to lead the top-seeded Barons to an 11-2 triumph against Barstow in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs. Kylie Loertscher, El Toro, So., P: Loertscher…

Three different players could have won NBA Most Valuable Player this season. But the candidate that best fit my definition of “value” this season, and whose value has been substantiated through two playoff rounds, did not hoist the award on Monday. Denver’s Nikola Jokic took the crown, according to ESPN, over Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid and…

Three weeks after the position came open, UCLA has already found the new leader for its decorated gymnastics program. Former Cal assistant coach Janelle McDonald, who holds two decades of coaching experience, has been named the Bruins’ new head coach. “Janelle has been exemplary at connecting with and developing young people at every level of…

If there’s a difference between what Ryan Mountcastle showed at the beginning of the season to now, the obvious distinction is in the results. But at a more minute level, manager Brandon Hyde ignores those results, focusing on how anxious and jumpy the Orioles first baseman looked early on compared with the control he now…

By Dave Gil de Rubio Last year’s “Made of Rain” was officially 29 years in the making as the follow-up to the Psychedelic Furs’ seventh studio album, 1991’s “World Outside.” During that time, grunge, rap-rock and a number of other music scenes arose and petered out, five American presidents served and the internet turned the…

So how goes the war between the state and many — but not all — California cities over housing policy? The war broke out a couple of years ago when the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) ramped up pressure on local governments to accommodate more housing construction, citing “decades of underproduction underscored…

The Chicago Bears’ new draftees and dozens of undrafted free agents and tryout prospects gathered in the Walter Payton Center on Friday in Lake Forest for the first practice of rookie minicamp. The rookies got their first taste of NFL learning, and coach Matt Eberflus said his staff threw a lot at them to see…

Despite an offer of free tuition, Californians are shying away from community colleges. Although public investments in two-year public institutions have animated many political leaders at the state and federal levels, it may be time for California’s 73 community college districts to downsize and adapt to an environment where there’s reduced demand for their services.…

Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles ended the draft with 11 new players, but that wasn’t enough to fill his roster needs. So he set out to add depth by signing a number of undrafted free agents. Poles said he wanted his staff to sell players on being able to compete for opportunities. “It is…

Three weeks after the position came open, UCLA has already found the new leader for its decorated gymnastics program. Former Cal assistant coach Janelle McDonald, who holds two decades of coaching experience, has been named the Bruins’ new head coach. “Janelle has been exemplary at connecting with and developing young people at every level of…