Month: May 2022

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer opened an educational town hall on hate incidents and hate crimes in Laguna Woods last month with a personal memory of weeping while visiting the Dachau concentration camp in Germany. That incident became the driving force behind his campaign against hate, and led him to become a member of…

Giants manager Gabe Kapler announced his national anthem protest on Friday in the wake of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A day later, his Mets counterpart, Buck Showalter, said he supports Kapler’s action and would support his players if they chose to do the same. “I respect everybody’s views on…

Arizona Cardinals cornerback Jeff Gladney died Monday morning in a car accident in Dallas. He was 25. The former first-round pick’s agent, Brian Overstreet, confirmed Gladney’s death to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “We are asking prayers for the family and privacy at this most difficult time,” Overstreet said in a statement. A 26-year-old female passenger…

Chris Bassitt’s early career as a Mets starter has not gone unnoticed. It’s had its highs, like the four wins and one no decision he picked up in which he did not allow more than one run to score on his watch in those games. It’s had some tough lows, like the two losses plus…

After nearly five decades, “A Chorus Line” continues to be a fresh, stimulating experience when we’re lucky enough to encounter it live. This remains the ideal show and tell, a seamless, absorbing combination of visceral, exuberant choreography with a storyline delving into what makes dancers tick. In 1975, “A Chorus Line” was a bit like…

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer opened an educational town hall on hate incidents and hate crimes in Laguna Woods last month with a personal memory of weeping while visiting the Dachau concentration camp in Germany. That incident became the driving force behind his campaign against hate, and led him to become a member of…

Giants manager Gabe Kapler announced his national anthem protest on Friday in the wake of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A day later, his Mets counterpart, Buck Showalter, said he supports Kapler’s action and would support his players if they chose to do the same. “I respect everybody’s views on…

Veteran actor Bo Hopkins, known for roles in such films as “American Graffiti” and “The Wild Bunch,” is being remembered as someone who often played bad guys on screen but was a good guy in life. Hopkins died Saturday, May 28, at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys after suffering a heart attack on May…

Larry Cancro took his break the same way every day. During that 1989 season, the longtime Red Sox employee stood by Section 28, near the ramp leading to the third base deck at Fenway Park, as he watched Wade Boggs take what felt like 300 practice grounders at third base. But on this particular day,…

June 6 is the big day. That’s the day Kevin Weatherly returns to program KROQ (106.7 FM). Weatherly programmed the station for many years and oversaw some of its highest ratings ever. Now he’s got his work cut out for him if he hopes to return the station to its former glory. But that’s not…

Here’s how it goes with great players. Everything stops when they shoot for the season. Everyone meets their greatest hopes and worst fears with the ball in the air. “I was thinking, ‘Oh, no,’ ’ the opposing coach said. “When it was in the air, I thought it was the great ending,’ the Miami Heat…

The Chicago Cubs’ process for creating another World Series contender requires again overhauling the major-league roster. There is nothing disputable about the statement. Whether this is called a rebuild depends on the perspective. Don’t expect any Cubs personnel to refer to the organization’s current undertaking as such, but ultimately it’s semantics. The Cubs clearly have…

Giants manager Gabe Kapler announced his national anthem protest on Friday in the wake of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A day later, his Mets counterpart, Buck Showalter, said he supports Kapler’s action and would support his players if they chose to do the same. “I respect everybody’s views on…

The Chicago Cubs’ process for creating another World Series contender requires again overhauling the major-league roster. There is nothing disputable about the statement. Whether this is called a rebuild depends on the perspective. Don’t expect any Cubs personnel to refer to the organization’s current undertaking as such, but ultimately it’s semantics. The Cubs clearly have…

Here’s how it goes with great players. Everything stops when they shoot for the season. Everyone meets their greatest hopes and worst fears with the ball in the air. “I was thinking, ‘Oh, no,’ ’ the opposing coach said. “When it was in the air, I thought it was the great ending,’ the Miami Heat…

Chris Bassitt’s early career as a Mets starter has not gone unnoticed. It’s had its highs, like the four wins and one no decision he picked up in which he did not allow more than one run to score on his watch in those games. It’s had some tough lows, like the two losses plus…

June 6 is the big day. That’s the day Kevin Weatherly returns to program KROQ (106.7 FM). Weatherly programmed the station for many years and oversaw some of its highest ratings ever. Now he’s got his work cut out for him if he hopes to return the station to its former glory. But that’s not…

Are you a skilled trade professional or knowledgeable about effective time management? No matter what field you’re in, your expertise has value, and it can bring you solid income! Want to know how? That’s pretty easy – just turn your knowledge into an online course and start selling it online. Course selling has become a…

Former Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles, who now plays for the Indianapolis Colts, on May 23 placed his seven-bedroom, 7,664-square-foot mansion in Glencoe on the market for $3.29 million. A onetime Super Bowl MVP, Foles, 33, only played in one game for the Bears last year — a victory, no less — and was released…

In coming days, weeks, months, there will be time for reflection. Fulfillment, however, can’t be immediate, even after advancing within one victory of the NBA Finals. So, instead, you wind up with Kyle Lowry in the same dark place where so many other Miami Heat players before him have finished, including LeBron James, Dwyane Wade,…