Month: July 2022

The Southern California News Group has hired a new Senior Digital Engagement Editor to work across its 11 news sites. Michele Raphael will manage more than 70 newsletters as well as social media and alerts, helping the newsrooms get their original, local reporting out to a wide audience of readers across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside…

Concertgoers have been snapping up tickets to the big name acts and popular tribute bands playing nightly at the OC Fair in the Pacific Amphitheater and The Hangar, but with little effort and no extra cost than general admission, fairgoers can enjoy any number of shows. And if you’ve been walking the fairgrounds all day…

Former Ravens defensive end Derek Wolfe announced Friday that he’s retiring from the NFL after signing a one-day contract with the Denver Broncos. Wolfe’s announcement comes a month after he reached an injury settlement with the Ravens, ending the defensive lineman’s tenure in Baltimore after just 14 games. Wolfe, who missed all of last season…

The Southern California News Group has hired a new Senior Digital Engagement Editor to work across its 11 news sites. Michele Raphael will manage more than 70 newsletters as well as social media and alerts, helping the newsrooms get their original, local reporting out to a wide audience of readers across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside…

What has been a consistent campaign for right-hander Tyler Wells hit a speedbump Thursday with the Orioles placing him on the 15-day injured list with lower left side discomfort. Manager Brandon Hyde said the team had yet to receive Wells’ MRI results, so the timeline for his absence is unknown. Wells left the mound with…

Orlando Magic fans will have the chance to watch the Wagner brothers play basketball again before the 2022-23 NBA starts in October. Franz Wagner and Moe Wagner were named to the German men’s national basketball team’s 16-player preliminary roster for the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 tournament, the organization announced. Dennis Schröder and Daniel Theis were other…

Days after Admiral Schofield signed his two-way qualifying offer with the Orlando Magic, the team has filled its other two-way roster slot. The Magic signed Kevon Harris to a two-way contract Monday afternoon, the team announced. Multiple league sources confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel on Monday morning before Orlando’s announcement that the Magic reached an…

Ron Marinaccio came into spring training with people talking about him. At least, pitching coach Matt Blake was talking about the right-hander out of Toms River, N.J. and his lethal changeup as one of the Yankees young, home-grown pitchers who had at least one pitch that could make an impact on the big league club…

ANAHEIM — Shohei Ohtani has come up empty twice in his bid for history. Ohtani and the Angels lost, 2-0, to the Texas Rangers on Thursday night, leaving Ohtani stuck at nine victories for the season. Babe Ruth was the last player to win 10 games as a pitcher and hit 10 home runs in…

This is how the NBA trade game is played, by sending signals without having to own up. For the Miami Heat, the latest message could not have been broadcast any clearer, that it’s Bam Adebayo or bust when it comes to where the Brooklyn Nets’ trade line stands with Kevin Durant. Monday was the latest…

ANAHEIM — Shohei Ohtani has come up empty twice in his bid for history. Ohtani and the Angels lost, 2-0, to the Texas Rangers on Thursday night, leaving Ohtani stuck at nine victories for the season. Babe Ruth was the last player to win 10 games as a pitcher and hit 10 home runs in…

What has been a consistent campaign for right-hander Tyler Wells hit a speedbump Thursday with the Orioles placing him on the 15-day injured list with lower left side discomfort. Manager Brandon Hyde said the team had yet to receive Wells’ MRI results, so the timeline for his absence is unknown. Wells left the mound with…

Orlando Magic fans will have the chance to watch the Wagner brothers play basketball again before the 2022-23 NBA starts in October. Franz Wagner and Moe Wagner were named to the German men’s national basketball team’s 16-player preliminary roster for the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 tournament, the organization announced. Dennis Schröder and Daniel Theis were other…

Days after Admiral Schofield signed his two-way qualifying offer with the Orlando Magic, the team has filled its other two-way roster slot. The Magic signed Kevon Harris to a two-way contract Monday afternoon, the team announced. Multiple league sources confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel on Monday morning before Orlando’s announcement that the Magic reached an…

This is how the NBA trade game is played, by sending signals without having to own up. For the Miami Heat, the latest message could not have been broadcast any clearer, that it’s Bam Adebayo or bust when it comes to where the Brooklyn Nets’ trade line stands with Kevin Durant. Monday was the latest…

The ball sailed into right field, carrying but not quite deep enough. Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Josh Lowe camped under it, prepared to catch what could prove to be the last fly ball at Camden Yards of Trey Mancini’s Orioles tenure. Then, the sun peeked out from the clouds in Baltimore’s afternoon sky, and…

A Ravens coach called Patrick Queen the morning of June 21 with devastating news: Jaylon Ferguson, a teammate for the past two years, a friend who’d grown up just 25 minutes away in their native Louisiana, had died hours earlier. “I was just sitting there shocked and broke out crying, really, and then I still…

Q: To me with Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro, that is a strong core. And if Victor Oladipo can come back all the way, and Kyle Lowry gets in better shape, we have a pretty solid group for the next few years, and Tyler and Bam for a lot longer. Not to mention…

The United Food and Commercial Workers union, representing more than 700 pharmacists and pharmacy workers at Ralphs, Vons, Albertsons and Pavilions stores in Southern California, has rejected the latest contract offer from employers. The UFCW, representing seven locals, said in a statement released Wednesday the contract did not meet the needs of the majority of…

DENVER — Ominous storm clouds hung over Denver on Thursday afternoon and into the evening, threatening to drop rain on Coors Field. But they never did – and the Colorado Rockies were doomed. The Dodgers scored six times in the first two innings by a variety pack assortment of methods and kept it up from…