I’m ticked off at the department store ads showing back to school clothes with bare midriffs. Do they think that is allowed under any dress code? To the reader ticked off at the absence of TV coverage for the Little League World Series in Williamsport. Duh! It had to start before they could put it…
Month: August 2022
‘Do I deserve this?’ After doubt and depression, NBA star Carmelo Anthony of Baltimore is finding the answers
A black SUV pulled up in front of a youth detention center in Northeast Washington on a hot August afternoon. NBA veteran Carmelo Anthony hopped out of the car, wearing a hoodie, sweatpants and a crisp pair of Nike Air Force 1s. It was the entrance of a future Hall of Famer, but Anthony carried…
Packing up supplies for a good school year
Alice Haseman, left, gets help making a card from Sales Director Debbie Marroquin at Park Plaza senior living in Orange, CA on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. Twenty-four students at Palymra Elementary School in Orange will be receiving the backpacks filled with school supplies and a note of encouragement. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)…
‘Everybody has a different sense of confidence’: Why Roquan Smith’s return matters for the Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears have entered game-week preparation mode at Halas Hall, utilizing their regular-season practice and meeting routine to gear up for Saturday’s preseason finale against the Cleveland Browns. The team practiced Tuesday afternoon in Lake Forest and will return to the field Wednesday and Thursday. Here are four things we learned Tuesday. 1. Roquan…
Bishop Moore’s Ben DeLuca, Hagerty’s Jeff Driskel survive NFL 80-man rosters
It may have come as a surprise to many NFL insiders, but not likely to Ben DeLuca. The former Bishop Moore standout safety survived the next-to-last round of cuts Tuesday to earn a spot on the Los Angeles Chargers 80-man roster. NFL teams have until Saturday to finish trimming their rosters to the season limit…
Chicago Bears Q&A: Who wins — Roquan Smith or Ryan Poles? Has the offensive line become a strength?
With one preseason game remaining and 53-man roster decisions not far behind, the season is fast approaching for the Chicago Bears. The Tribune’s Brad Biggs reaches into the mailbag to answer questions about Roquan Smith’s contract situation, Matt Eberflus’ decision to play starters Saturday in Cleveland and — believe it or not — whether the…
Big hits elude the Chicago White Sox once again in a 5-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles
The Chicago White Sox had the right person at the plate in cleanup batter José Abreu, who leads the American League in hits. The Baltimore Orioles had Félix Bautista, who has a 100 mph fastball, on the mound. The bases were loaded with two outs in the eighth inning Tuesday at Camden Yards. The Sox…
ASK IRA: Does Kevin Durant door closing open one for Heat with Donovan Mitchell?
Q: Ira, you and others have said the Heat were holding off on Donovan Mitchell in case assets have to be available for Kevin Durant. Does the Nets’ statement change that? – Henry. A: First, I’m still not sold that the Kevin Durant issue is settled. Yes, perhaps for the moment, but the Nets’ first…
With a bright orange championship belt, the latest Orioles tradition decides the player of the game
The fog machine and strobe lights were working at full strength, turning the Orioles clubhouse Friday into a misty room of celebration. Baltimore had just scored 15 runs against the Boston Red Sox, providing ample reasons for a festive atmosphere. But through that smoke and blaring music, outfielder Ryan McKenna called for attention. In his…
Barricade situation resolved in South Laguna Beach neighborhood
Police asked residents in a South Laguna Beach neighborhood to stay in their homes Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 23, while officers tried to get a 31-year-old man who had barricaded himself in a family member’s home to come outside, authorities said. Laguna Beach police were called to the home at 10:20 a.m. after their 9-1-1 dispatch…
‘Everybody has a different sense of confidence’: Why Roquan Smith’s return matters for the Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears have entered game-week preparation mode at Halas Hall, utilizing their regular-season practice and meeting routine to gear up for Saturday’s preseason finale against the Cleveland Browns. The team practiced Tuesday afternoon in Lake Forest and will return to the field Wednesday and Thursday. Here are four things we learned Tuesday. 1. Roquan…
Big hits elude the Chicago White Sox once again in a 5-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles
The Chicago White Sox had the right person at the plate in cleanup batter José Abreu, who leads the American League in hits. The Baltimore Orioles had Félix Bautista, who has a 100 mph fastball, on the mound. The bases were loaded with two outs in the eighth inning Tuesday at Camden Yards. The Sox…
Barricade situation resolved in South Laguna Beach neighborhood
Police asked residents in a South Laguna Beach neighborhood to stay in their homes Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 23, while officers tried to get a 31-year-old man who had barricaded himself in a family member’s home to come outside, authorities said. Laguna Beach police were called to the home at 10:20 a.m. after their 9-1-1 dispatch…
Bishop Moore’s Ben DeLuca, Hagerty’s Jeff Driskel survive NFL 80-man rosters
It may have come as a surprise to many NFL insiders, but not likely to Ben DeLuca. The former Bishop Moore standout safety survived the next-to-last round of cuts Tuesday to earn a spot on the Los Angeles Chargers 80-man roster. NFL teams have until Saturday to finish trimming their rosters to the season limit…
Packing up supplies for a good school year
Alice Haseman, left, gets help making a card from Sales Director Debbie Marroquin at Park Plaza senior living in Orange, CA on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. Twenty-four students at Palymra Elementary School in Orange will be receiving the backpacks filled with school supplies and a note of encouragement. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)…
Arlington Heights residents favor a Chicago Bears stadium — but not tax help, a libertarian poll finds. But the mayor is wary of the questioning.
A new poll commissioned by a self-described libertarian group found that a majority of Arlington Heights residents surveyed support the Chicago Bears moving from Soldier Field to their village, but oppose any tax subsidy to help the team do so. The poll, released Tuesday, found that 72% of respondents approved of the Bears’ proposal to…
Trayce Thompson drives in 4 runs as Dodgers pound Brewers
LOS ANGELES — Unless that Cash Considerations fella turns into an All-Star, this is going to go down as one very lopsided trade. Back in June, Trayce Thompson was putting up a .992 OPS at Triple-A with his second organization of the season and his ninth in the past five years. But somehow the dreadful…
Nets’ statement further cools speculation of possible Kevin Durant-Miami Heat trade
For the past two months the Miami Heat have gone from a destination of choice for Kevin Durant, to a team on the outside looking in when it came to a potential trade, to the Heat themselves making it known they were prepared to move forward with the roster in place. Now it appears the…
Yankees hold on to beat Mets in wild game, sweep Bronx portion of Subway Series
Sometimes a baseball game makes a lot of sense. A clean scorecard and box score can tell the whole story, showing exactly what happened and making it abundantly clear why one team beat the other. Then sometimes you get a game like the one the Yankees and Mets played on Tuesday night, where a base-running…
After Ryan Mountcastle’s home run early, Félix Bautista slams door late in Orioles’ 5-3 win over White Sox
As Omar Little’s whistle from “The Wire” played and a flashing light sequence followed at Camden Yards, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde stood on the mound with catcher Adley Rutschman and Baltimore’s infielders, waiting for closer Félix Bautista to reach the mound in a precarious eighth-inning situation. With the Orioles up two and two runners on…