Month: August 2022

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers wore their City Connect uniforms on Monday night. Eric Lauer still recognized them. The 27-year-old left-hander added another start to his history of success against the Dodgers, holding them scoreless for the first five innings of a 4-0 shutout victory for the Milwaukee Brewers. The Dodgers had a stretch of…

Q: Now that Udonis Haslem has re-signed, do you think that he will be utilized more often? After all, his number of rebounds speaks something about what he can do. – Jack, Pompano Beach. A: But the overwhelming number of those rebounds came a decade ago. This is not the same player, clearly without the…

Amid their month-long slide, fans have booed owner Hal Steinbrenner, ripped GM Brian Cashman and chanted to have Aaron Boone fired. Monday, before the Yankees took on the Mets in the first game of the Subway Series at Yankee Stadium, Cashman gave Boone and his coaches a vote of confidence. “Being a manager of the…

Windows 11 got updated recently! After the developer release of Windows 11 22H2 got published in early 2022, Microsoft introduced a bunch of new features targeting its user community. That is, Windows 11 22H2 packs in a whole list of features, fixes, and improvements everyone was waiting for — including me. Surprisingly, there is a…

Associated Press DALLAS — Heavy rains across the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Monday caused streets to flood, submerging vehicles as officials warned motorists to stay off the roads. “The Dallas-Fort Worth area was pretty much ground zero for the heaviest rain overnight,” said Daniel Huckaby, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. He said that…

Several veterans didn’t play during the Jets 24-16 victory against the Atlanta Falcons Monday night. Among them were quarterback Joe Flacco, wide receivers Corey Davis and Elijah Moore, defensive end Carl Lawson and linebacker C.J. Mosley. With the Jets scheduled to have a joint practice against the Giants Thursday afternoon, Jets coach Robert Saleh thought…

Working with a remote team is all the rage now, not only for established companies but also for small startups, as well as individuals who are working on their own projects. If you’re working with a team and/or on multiple projects, then a project management tool would be best to help you organize daily tasks…

Any hopes of Kyle Hendricks starting another game for the Chicago Cubs this year officially ended Monday. Hendricks was shut down for the rest of the season because of a capsular tear in his right shoulder, which lengthened the rehab process and ultimately prevented a return in 2022. The injury stems from a chronic issue…

LOS ANGELES — It is part of the fabric of baseball, as we’ve written in This Space before, and in fact it might even qualify as one of the game’s unwritten rules: Every fan base hates its team’s bullpen sooner or later. Yes, even the fans of The Team That Has (Almost) Everything. Many of…

The Ravens will begin a new phase of preparations for the season when they return to practice Tuesday with no fans in attendance and the final reduction to a 53-man roster looming next week. After three weeks of training camp and two preseason games, most of their plans are set, but a few positional battles…

Adley Rutschman’s preseason tricep strain prevented the Orioles from capitalizing on an aspect of MLB’s new collective bargaining agreement. They’ve given themselves the opportunity to not let that pass them by with a second No. 1 overall prospect. Including Tuesday, there are 44 days left in the regular season, meaning if Baltimore were to promote…

Associated Press DALLAS — Heavy rains across the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Monday caused streets to flood, submerging vehicles as officials warned motorists to stay off the roads. “The Dallas-Fort Worth area was pretty much ground zero for the heaviest rain overnight,” said Daniel Huckaby, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. He said that…

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers wore their City Connect uniforms on Monday night. Eric Lauer still recognized them. The 27-year-old left-hander added another start to his history of success against the Dodgers, holding them scoreless for the first five innings of a 4-0 shutout victory for the Milwaukee Brewers. The Dodgers had a stretch of…

LOS ANGELES — It is part of the fabric of baseball, as we’ve written in This Space before, and in fact it might even qualify as one of the game’s unwritten rules: Every fan base hates its team’s bullpen sooner or later. Yes, even the fans of The Team That Has (Almost) Everything. Many of…

Amid their month-long slide, fans have booed owner Hal Steinbrenner, ripped GM Brian Cashman and chanted to have Aaron Boone fired. Monday, before the Yankees took on the Mets in the first game of the Subway Series at Yankee Stadium, Cashman gave Boone and his coaches a vote of confidence. “Being a manager of the…

Any hopes of Kyle Hendricks starting another game for the Chicago Cubs this year officially ended Monday. Hendricks was shut down for the rest of the season because of a capsular tear in his right shoulder, which lengthened the rehab process and ultimately prevented a return in 2022. The injury stems from a chronic issue…

Standing atop the hill, surrounded by a throng of kids half his height, Adley Rutschman looked out on the scene at Lamade Stadium. The Orioles’ rookie catcher was handed a large sheet of cardboard, then asked the kid next to him for the plan. “You ready?” Rutschman asked. “What’re we doing? Are we running on…

The St. John Bosco football team, one of the top high school programs in the nation, has reached a name, image and likeness (NIL) agreement with a Dallas-based sports performance and wellness group that might be the first ever to pay all members of a high school team. The deal was announced Monday by KONGiQ…

Around this time last season, Tyler Huntley and Trace McSorley were battling to be the Ravens’ backup quarterback. Huntley eventually won the job and appeared in seven games for injured starter Lamar Jackson, playing well enough to earn the status as a solid NFL backup. McSorley, meanwhile, was signed off the Ravens’ practice squad in…

During the coronavirus pandemic, Meals on Wheels Orange County, the county’s largest nonprofit senior nutrition and supportive service provider, doubled its output from 1 million to 2 million meals annually. But while the worst days of the coronavirus have passed, the number of meals being delivered to home-bound seniors has barely declined, said Darla Olson,…