Day: August 19, 2022

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…

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.…

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…

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…

Deshaun Watson will miss 11 games and be fined $5 million for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. Thursday’s announcement comes after the NFL and NFLPA reached an agreement on the punishment for the Cleveland Browns quarterback. Watson will also undergo a “professional evaluation by behavioral experts and will follow their treatment program,” the league…

Flames badly damaged a boat in Dana Point Harbor on Thursday, Aug. 18, but firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze and no injuries were reported. The 31-foot Sea Ray was in a slip at Dock L when the fire was reported at about 1:30 p.m., Orange County Sheriff’s Sgt. Todd Hylton said. One person was aboard…

The link in the NBC Sports Chicago tweet Wednesday begged to be opened. “Tony La Russa calls White Sox leadership meeting, fuels win streak.” Could it really be that the White Sox manager was responsible for the five-game winning streak against the Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros after calling a meeting of his key players?…

A year later, not much has changed about the Ravens’ preseason battle at left guard. Same early-preseason favorite: Ben Powers. “Probably Ben has been the most consistent guy there right now,” coach John Harbaugh said after practice Wednesday, “so he’s got to keep rolling from there and see what happens.” Same competition in training camp:…

ATLANTA — Mets’ right-handed pitcher Taijuan Walker, last seen throwing just two innings on Tuesday night before leaving with back spasms, took some time out of his treatment to explain how he’s feeling. “A lot better than expected,” he reported. “Tuesday, I would say, was a lot, a lot of pain. One of the worst…

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…

A year later, not much has changed about the Ravens’ preseason battle at left guard. Same early-preseason favorite: Ben Powers. “Probably Ben has been the most consistent guy there right now,” coach John Harbaugh said after practice Wednesday, “so he’s got to keep rolling from there and see what happens.” Same competition in training camp:…

Deshaun Watson will miss 11 games and be fined $5 million for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. Thursday’s announcement comes after the NFL and NFLPA reached an agreement on the punishment for the Cleveland Browns quarterback. Watson will also undergo a “professional evaluation by behavioral experts and will follow their treatment program,” the league…

Flames badly damaged a boat in Dana Point Harbor on Thursday, Aug. 18, but firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze and no injuries were reported. The 31-foot Sea Ray was in a slip at Dock L when the fire was reported at about 1:30 p.m., Orange County Sheriff’s Sgt. Todd Hylton said. One person was aboard…

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,…

  A T-34 airplane taxis at Camarillo Airport during the Wings Over Camarillo media day, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, to promote the airshow, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 20 and 21 at Camarillo Airport. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer) Judy Phelps will pilot her Pitts Special Biplane at the Wings Over Camarillo…

What a time to be alive and following college sports. All the intrigue and upheaval of this moment is making the NBA free agency season register as a minor, did-you-feel-something tremor on the Richter scale. Still all the major Whoa-Nellie! seismic activity shaking up the college athletics landscape is starting to feel sort of predictable:…

By RALPH RUSSO (AP) The Big Ten’s new $7 billion media rights deal will string the conference’s top football games across three major networks each week, creating an NFL-style television schedule on Saturdays. The Big Ten announced Thursday it has reached seven-year agreements with Fox, CBS and NBC to share the rights to the conference’s…

Q: So in regards to the Tyler Herro extension, is Tyler going to be bummed he’s having to wait on it? Or do you think he wants another season to try and play his way to a max deal? I think the Heat are holding off more than just to preserve a trade chip. I…

The 2022 high school football season begins in Southern California tonight with a set of Thursday games for Week 0. Follow along tonight, Thursday, Aug. 18, for live updates from Southern California News Group reporters including scores, stats, video and much more from the sidelines. Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital…