It didn’t take long for the Orlando Magic’s draft lottery celebration to turn into speculation. Moments after the Magic won the draft lottery Tuesday in Chicago, questions quickly started to surround the winner of the No. 1 pick in the June 23 NBA draft. What will be the Magic’s approach to having the top pick?…
Month: May 2022
Benches clear again between White Sox, Yankees as Josh Donaldson drama continues; Bombers get the win
Josh Donaldson laughed to himself as he walked off the field. The Yankees designated hitter had just slid into second base. He was easily out, colliding just a little with White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson. They walked past each other, Anderson said something and Donaldson turned away, ran off the field and smiled. Obviously, Donaldson…
Who’s the best fit for Orlando Magic with No. 1 in 2022 draft?
It didn’t take long for the Orlando Magic’s draft lottery celebration to turn into speculation. Moments after the Magic won the draft lottery Tuesday in Chicago, questions quickly started to surround the winner of the No. 1 pick in the June 23 NBA draft. What will be the Magic’s approach to having the top pick?…
Benches clear again between White Sox, Yankees as Josh Donaldson drama continues; Bombers get the win
Josh Donaldson laughed to himself as he walked off the field. The Yankees designated hitter had just slid into second base. He was easily out, colliding just a little with White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson. They walked past each other, Anderson said something and Donaldson turned away, ran off the field and smiled. Obviously, Donaldson…
Orioles promote top prospect Adley Rutschman to majors in most significant move of rebuild thus far
From the moment he was selected with the first pick of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, Adley Rutschman was the face of the Orioles’ rebuild. Starting Saturday, he’ll finally be the face of their major league roster. The Orioles will promote Rutschman, a 24-year-old catcher, and he’s expected to make his major league debut…
Pedestrian struck and killed on 55 Freeway in Tustin
A person was struck and killed Saturday, May 21 on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway in Tustin, authorities said. The crash occurred about 1:10 a.m. on the northbound at 17th Street, the California Highway Patrol reported. Witnesses said a person was walking in the No. 3 of the northbound freeway prior to the crash, possibly…
Costa Mesa man accused of sitting in Mike Pence’s chair pleads guilty to role in Capitol riot
A 23-year-old Costa Mesa man who allegedly sat in Vice President Mike Pence’s seat while storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 Insurrection has admitted to helping to disrupt a joint session of Congress. Christian Alexander Secor pleaded guilty to a felony count of obstructing an official proceeding during a hearing on Thursday in…
Chapman University celebrates the success of thousands of grads
A soon-to-be graduate of Chapman University’s School of Pharmacy gives the thumbs up as she walks during the procession just prior to the graduation ceremony at Wilson Field in Orange on Friday, May 20, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG) Dean Ron Jordan, left, of the School of Pharmacy poses for a photograph…
How Eduardo Escobar and the Mets celebrated his 10 years playing in the major leagues
DENVER — Eduardo Escobar was summoned by teammate Max Scherzer to stand next to him in the Mets clubhouse pregame on Thursday, hours before Pete Alonso walked it off against the Cardinals to complete their 10th series win of the year. While Scherzer and Escobar stood in the center of the clubhouse, the remainder of…
Adley Rutschman is so consistent he’s almost ‘boring’. That’s what the Orioles love about him.
There were times last season Buck Britton had to take a step back and realize what he was seeing. Then the manager of the Double-A Bowie Baysox, he watched Orioles top prospect Adley Rutschman play for 80 games. And over the course of those 80 games, the spectacular consistency from Rutschman would sometimes become less…
Mike Lupica: How good are these Yankees? We’ll find out over the next month
Things are always more interesting around here when the Yankees look like the YANKEES again, which means looking like they have a chance to be great again. That hasn’t happened in a while, maybe not since the American League Championship Series of 2019, one the Astros won with that buzzer-beating walk-off homer from our old…
Drivers of a Porsche, pickup are killed in separate collisions in Orange
A Porsche driver and a pickup driver were killed in separate collisions in Orange on Friday night. At around 9:50 p.m., a Honda Civic with two occupants was stopped at a red light at Collins Avenue, preparing to turn north onto Glassell Street, when a Dodge Ram rear-ended the Civic, according to Orange Police Department.…
Orioles promote top prospect Adley Rutschman to majors in most significant move of rebuild thus far
From the moment he was selected with the first pick of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, Adley Rutschman was the face of the Orioles’ rebuild. Starting Saturday, he’ll finally be the face of their major league roster. The Orioles will promote Rutschman, a 24-year-old catcher, and he’s expected to make his major league debut…
Costa Mesa man accused of sitting in Mike Pence’s chair pleads guilty to role in Capitol riot
A 23-year-old Costa Mesa man who allegedly sat in Vice President Mike Pence’s seat while storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 Insurrection has admitted to helping to disrupt a joint session of Congress. Christian Alexander Secor pleaded guilty to a felony count of obstructing an official proceeding during a hearing on Thursday in…
Who’s the best fit for Orlando Magic with No. 1 in 2022 draft?
It didn’t take long for the Orlando Magic’s draft lottery celebration to turn into speculation. Moments after the Magic won the draft lottery Tuesday in Chicago, questions quickly started to surround the winner of the No. 1 pick in the June 23 NBA draft. What will be the Magic’s approach to having the top pick?…
Mike Lupica: How good are these Yankees? We’ll find out over the next month
Things are always more interesting around here when the Yankees look like the YANKEES again, which means looking like they have a chance to be great again. That hasn’t happened in a while, maybe not since the American League Championship Series of 2019, one the Astros won with that buzzer-beating walk-off homer from our old…
Pedestrian struck and killed on 55 Freeway in Tustin
A person was struck and killed Saturday, May 21 on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway in Tustin, authorities said. The crash occurred about 1:10 a.m. on the northbound at 17th Street, the California Highway Patrol reported. Witnesses said a person was walking in the No. 3 of the northbound freeway prior to the crash, possibly…
JSerra baseball reigns in CIF-SS Division 1 with win over Notre Dame
FULLERTON – JSerra has fielded some excellent baseball teams over the past dozen years. League champions, top-ranked teams and teams that went deep into the playoffs with talented rosters. The Lions played in a CIF Southern Section championship game for the first time last season and lost to Harvard-Westlake in the Division 1 final. “And…
Final-hour rally yanks Wall Street from maw of bear market
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rumbled to the edge of a bear market Friday after another drop for stocks briefly sent the S&P 500 more than 20% below its peak set early this year. The S&P 500 index, which sits at the heart of most workers’ 401(k)…
Attorney General says worth asking court if Mission Viejo council terms should have been extended
The state’s top prosecutor said there is a “strong public interest” in having a court decide if the terms of three Mission Viejo City Council members were extended by two years without the public’s say. Attorney General Rob Bonta’s opinion released Thursday, May 19, allows a Mission Viejo resident to file a lawsuit asking a…