Stephen A. Smith promises he didn’t hold back in a new memoir about his life. The boisterous ESPN personality covers his childhood in New York City, his career as a journalist and issues he’s faced along the way in “Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes,” publisher 13A announced Tuesday. The book…
Day: August 19, 2022
High school football: Scores from Thursday’s games, Friday’s schedule
The results from Thursday’s high school football games and the schedule for Friday’s games. THURSDAY’S RESULTS CIF-SS NONLEAGUE Adelanto 26, Castaic 7 Aquinas 28, Etiwanda 21 Bellflower 39, Pioneer 0 Bishop Amat 29, Valencia 6 Cantwell-Sacred Heart 38, Bassett 0 Capistrano Valley 45, Tustin 13 Carter 20, Los Osos 16 Chino Hills 13, Glendora 7…
‘Just a brutal day’: Chicago White Sox close homestand with a lopsided 21-5 loss to the Houston Astros, settling for a 4-game split
The Chicago White Sox had an opportunity to inch closer to first place ahead of a big series against the division-leading Guardians in Cleveland. Instead, they closed out a homestand with a clunker Thursday against the Houston Astros. The Sox surrendered four home runs, including two two-run homers to Alex Bregman, in a lopsided 21-5…
Cardinals WR Marquise Brown on trade from Ravens: ‘Sometimes they really didn’t need me’
When the Ravens face the Cardinals on Sunday night, wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown won’t be playing. But he will be a talking point. The Ravens traded Brown, Eric DeCosta’s first-ever draft pick as general manager, to Arizona for a first-round pick on the opening night of April’s draft. Sunday’s nationally televised game will be…
Justin Herbert makes most of Chargers’ joint practices with Cowboys
COSTA MESA — Justin Herbert didn’t play in the Chargers’ exhibition opener against the Rams last Saturday at SoFi Stadium, the first of three preseason games before the regular season begins Sept. 11. He also won’t play Saturday against the Dallas Cowboys or Aug. 26 against the New Orleans Saints. Keenan Allen and Mike Williams,…
Mortgage lenders are starting to go broke amid rate spike
By Carmen Arroyo, Steven Church and Maxwell Adler | Bloomberg The US mortgage industry is seeing its first lenders go out of business after a sudden spike in lending rates, and the wave of failures that’s coming could be the worst since the housing bubble burst about 15 years ago. There’s no systemic meltdown coming…
Grieving widower who lost wife, daughter in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash ‘fearful all the time’ over photos of victims bodies
A grieving widower said it is impossible to rest easy knowing that, at any moment he could see graphic images showing the bodies of his wife and young daughter, who died in the same helicopter crash as NBA superstar Kobe Bryant. Christopher Chester is a co-plaintiff in a federal civil lawsuit alongside Bryant’s widow, Vanessa…
Kennedy football tripped up in opener by Jordan’s late rally
ANAHEIM — The young Kennedy football team was in control for much of the second half of its nonleague contest against Long Beach Jordan on Thursday night at Western High School. But the situation changed quickly when the Panthers scored two late touchdowns and came away with a 30-21 victory. The season-opening contest for both…
Dodger’s first baseball pledges $500,000 to build clubhouse for El Modena High alma mater
Dodger first baseman Freddie Freeman has some ideas for making El Modena High’s baseball players just a little more comfortable and ready to win more championships. And he’s using his own money to do it. “I want to help them build a clubhouse and bring kids that hopefully want to come to El Modena,” he…
Cardinals WR Marquise Brown on trade from Ravens: ‘Sometimes they really didn’t need me’
When the Ravens face the Cardinals on Sunday night, wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown won’t be playing. But he will be a talking point. The Ravens traded Brown, Eric DeCosta’s first-ever draft pick as general manager, to Arizona for a first-round pick on the opening night of April’s draft. Sunday’s nationally televised game will be…
Kennedy football tripped up in opener by Jordan’s late rally
ANAHEIM — The young Kennedy football team was in control for much of the second half of its nonleague contest against Long Beach Jordan on Thursday night at Western High School. But the situation changed quickly when the Panthers scored two late touchdowns and came away with a 30-21 victory. The season-opening contest for both…
‘Just a brutal day’: Chicago White Sox close homestand with a lopsided 21-5 loss to the Houston Astros, settling for a 4-game split
The Chicago White Sox had an opportunity to inch closer to first place ahead of a big series against the division-leading Guardians in Cleveland. Instead, they closed out a homestand with a clunker Thursday against the Houston Astros. The Sox surrendered four home runs, including two two-run homers to Alex Bregman, in a lopsided 21-5…
Justin Herbert makes most of Chargers’ joint practices with Cowboys
COSTA MESA — Justin Herbert didn’t play in the Chargers’ exhibition opener against the Rams last Saturday at SoFi Stadium, the first of three preseason games before the regular season begins Sept. 11. He also won’t play Saturday against the Dallas Cowboys or Aug. 26 against the New Orleans Saints. Keenan Allen and Mike Williams,…
High school football: Scores from Thursday’s games, Friday’s schedule
The results from Thursday’s high school football games and the schedule for Friday’s games. THURSDAY’S RESULTS CIF-SS NONLEAGUE Adelanto 26, Castaic 7 Aquinas 28, Etiwanda 21 Bellflower 39, Pioneer 0 Bishop Amat 29, Valencia 6 Cantwell-Sacred Heart 38, Bassett 0 Capistrano Valley 45, Tustin 13 Carter 20, Los Osos 16 Chino Hills 13, Glendora 7…
Elvis Andrus reportedly is joining the Chicago White Sox to give the team depth at shortstop
Injuries to All-Star Tim Anderson and Leury García have tested the Chicago White Sox’s depth at shortstop. The team reportedly is signing Elvis Andrus to help. Andrus cleared waivers and is expected to join the Sox on Friday for a key three-game series against the first-place Guardians in Cleveland, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported Thursday. Asked…
Millikan football’s Myles Jackson throws 6 TD passes in rout of Santa Ana
SANTA ANA – Millikan opened the 2022 high school football season impressively, dominating on offense and defense in a 62-13 win over Santa Ana on Thursday at Santa Ana Stadium. Rams junior quarterback Myles Jackson passed for 402 yards and six touchdowns. He completed 21 of 26 passes with one interception on a deflected pass.…
OC Board of Education unusually divided over new trustee pick
It took nine nominations and six different votes before Orange County Board of Education members agreed attorney Jorge Valdes would join them as their newest colleague on the dais. The four-member board — which typically votes in sync on nearly everything — deadlocked repeatedly on Wednesday, Aug. 17, with three abstaining at different times. Three…
Oswaldo Cabrera having time of his life after Major call-up
Oswaldo Cabrera is embracing all of it. He made a special salute when the crowd chanted his name during roll call Wednesday night and Thursday when he got his first major league hit, a double, the 23-year old mimed ripping the pin out of a grenade and lobbing it. Cabrera, who also had a single on…
Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, Aug. 18
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, Aug. 18 Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. THURSDAY’S SCORES FOOTBALL NONLEAGUE Capistrano Valley 45, Tustin 13 Millikan 62, Santa Ana 13 Ontario Christian 35, St.…
Justin Herbert makes most of Chargers’ joint practices with Cowboys
COSTA MESA — Justin Herbert didn’t play in the Chargers’ exhibition opener against the Rams last Saturday at SoFi Stadium, the first of three preseason games before the regular season begins Sept. 11. He also won’t play Saturday against the Dallas Cowboys or Aug. 26 against the New Orleans Saints. Keenan Allen and Mike Williams,…