The first welcoming tweet Friday probably was the tipoff. So damn EXCITED!!!!!!!! Congrats and welcome Coach DHam!! #LakeShow — LeBron James (@KingJames) May 28, 2022 “So damn EXCITED!!!!!!!! Congrats and welcome Coach DHam!! #LakeShow,” wrote LeBron James, adding five clapping hands and two hearts, one purple and one gold. If the superstar isn’t just excited…
Day: May 28, 2022
Gleyber Torres homers, anchors defense in 2-0 Yankee win over Rays
ST. PETERSBURG — Jameson Taillon isn’t about going out and proving anybody wrong. He’s here to prove the Yankees right. The right-hander is about showing the Yankees decision-makers that believing in him and the other starters when others doubted them was the right decision. Friday night, he showed that by throwing eight scoreless innings, combining…
Loaded fields set for Edison and Mission Viejo passing tournaments as summer football nears
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now With the end of the spring sports season rapidly approaching, Orange County’s top-two summer passing tournaments will soon be in sight, loaded with many of the top football teams and players in the area. Edison’s Battle at the Beach and Mission Viejo’s South…
Gleyber Torres homers, anchors defense in 2-0 Yankee win over Rays
ST. PETERSBURG — Jameson Taillon isn’t about going out and proving anybody wrong. He’s here to prove the Yankees right. The right-hander is about showing the Yankees decision-makers that believing in him and the other starters when others doubted them was the right decision. Friday night, he showed that by throwing eight scoreless innings, combining…
Alexander: New Lakers coach Darvin Ham is already ahead of the game
The first welcoming tweet Friday probably was the tipoff. So damn EXCITED!!!!!!!! Congrats and welcome Coach DHam!! #LakeShow — LeBron James (@KingJames) May 28, 2022 “So damn EXCITED!!!!!!!! Congrats and welcome Coach DHam!! #LakeShow,” wrote LeBron James, adding five clapping hands and two hearts, one purple and one gold. If the superstar isn’t just excited…
Angels outfielder Juan Lagares’ offseason was no day at the beach
ANAHEIM ― The most recent photo on Juan Lagares’ Instagram feed was posted on April 19. He’s at a beachside cantina near his home in the Dominican Republic, sipping a beverage. His 8-year-old son is unseen, but father and son were together on the shore that afternoon. It was a good day. It’s not a…
UC Irvine baseball shakes off slow start, beats Cal State Fullerton
FULLERTON — It was a wild Friday night at Goodwin Field. But only UC Irvine enjoyed the outcome. The Anteaters rallied from a three-run first-inning deficit to earn a 7-3 victory over Cal State Fullerton that evened their three-game Big West Conference series going into Saturday’s season finale. Fullerton pitchers endured a rough night, with…
Arte Moreno says won’t fight Anaheim’s cancellation of Angel Stadium sale
The collapse of Anaheim’s deal to sell Angel Stadium to Angels owner Arte Moreno’s company looks like it will conclude without going to court. Officials for SRB Management, the partnership Moreno formed to buy the 150-acre stadium site, notified the city late Friday that they won’t fight the City Council’s decision this week to void…
Dolphins Q&A: Which rookie will have biggest impact? Will Miami still add another key veteran?
Here’s the latest installment of our Miami Dolphins Q&A, where South Florida Sun Sentinel writers David Furones and Omar Kelly answer questions from readers. Q: If you had to guess, which rookie would you say will make the biggest contributions to the team this year? — @ayopyr on Twitter A: Channing Tindall seems like the…
Megan Faraimo, UCLA rally past Duke in NCAA Super Regional opener
LOS ANGELES — UCLA pitcher Megan Faraimo stood with two gloves on her head during a postgame interview, plus two armfuls of bats with even more coming from her teammates. “These Bruins are silly gals,” Faraimo said, laughing. “It was fun, but a little bit heavy.” The moment of levity was forced by Faraimo. After…
As Kyle Stowers pushes for a debut with the Orioles, the path into Baltimore’s talented outfield is tough to find
As Kyle Stowers poured over video, looking for an explanation for his rut, he didn’t find any cause for concern from his swing. His hand placement was as it always was, as was his load. But once he turned his attention lower — looking to his legs — he found the answer. So much of…
Orioles storm back, erase pair of 6-run deficits to beat Red Sox, 12-8
For all the platitudes the Orioles give about their mentality — how they never give up — Friday night at Fenway Park was real, tangible evidence to support those statements. The Orioles trailed 6-0 after the second inning and 8-2 after the sixth inning. The Red Sox had jumped all over right-hander Kyle Bradish, scoring…
Orioles storm back, erase pair of 6-run deficits to beat Red Sox, 12-8
For all the platitudes the Orioles give about their mentality — how they never give up — Friday night at Fenway Park was real, tangible evidence to support those statements. The Orioles trailed 6-0 after the second inning and 8-2 after the sixth inning. The Red Sox had jumped all over right-hander Kyle Bradish, scoring…
Gleyber Torres homers, anchors defense in 2-0 Yankee win over Rays
ST. PETERSBURG — Jameson Taillon isn’t about going out and proving anybody wrong. He’s here to prove the Yankees right. The right-hander is about showing the Yankees decision-makers that believing in him and the other starters when others doubted them was the right decision. Friday night, he showed that by throwing eight scoreless innings, combining…
Arte Moreno says won’t fight Anaheim’s cancellation of Angel Stadium sale
The collapse of Anaheim’s deal to sell Angel Stadium to Angels owner Arte Moreno’s company looks like it will conclude without going to court. Officials for SRB Management, the partnership Moreno formed to buy the 150-acre stadium site, notified the city late Friday that they won’t fight the City Council’s decision this week to void…
Angels outfielder Juan Lagares’ offseason was no day at the beach
ANAHEIM ― The most recent photo on Juan Lagares’ Instagram feed was posted on April 19. He’s at a beachside cantina near his home in the Dominican Republic, sipping a beverage. His 8-year-old son is unseen, but father and son were together on the shore that afternoon. It was a good day. It’s not a…
Dolphins Q&A: Which rookie will have biggest impact? Will Miami still add another key veteran?
Here’s the latest installment of our Miami Dolphins Q&A, where South Florida Sun Sentinel writers David Furones and Omar Kelly answer questions from readers. Q: If you had to guess, which rookie would you say will make the biggest contributions to the team this year? — @ayopyr on Twitter A: Channing Tindall seems like the…
San Bernardino pastor’s checkered past haunts quest for City Council seat
Tina Satterwhite doesn’t follow San Bernardino city politics, but she knows Terry Elliott. Elliott is a local church pastor who has leveraged his service as a police chaplain and public safety commissioner into a coveted endorsement from the San Bernardino Police Officers Association as he campaigns to unseat 2nd Ward City Council incumbent Sandra Ibarra…
Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school
By JAKE BLEIBERG, JIM VERTUNO and ELLIOT SPAGAT UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, witnesses said Wednesday, as investigators worked to track the massacre that lasted upwards of 40 minutes and ended when the 18-year-old…
Lansner’s mailbag: Are Democrats to blame for high inflation?
“Mailbag” offers insight into comments and emails I get from my readers — good, bad or in-between — and my thoughts about their feedback. Inbox: Readers think I’m missing a big piece of the highest-in-four-decades inflation story: politics. The feedback runs from “the real root cause of this hellish inflation is due to the policies…