Elvis Andrus has played well against Cleveland throughout his 14-year career, slashing .342/.409/.518 in 87 games. He’s hoping that success continues after signing with the Chicago White Sox. “That was one of the things I saw when I signed with the team, ‘Ah, we’re going to play in Cleveland,’ ” Andrus said before Friday’s game…
Month: August 2022
Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Aug. 11-18)
Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Aug. 11 to Aug. 18. Kitchen at Dana Point Yacht Club, 24399 Dana Drive, Dana Point Closed: Aug. 17 Reason: No reason provided Thanh Long Maria Market, 12451 Westminster Ave., Santa Ana Closed: Aug. 16 Reason: Cockroach…
Cristian Arango, LAFC’s animated warrior, is setting the pace
LOS ANGELES — Throughout his soccer-playing life, Cristian Arango saw himself reflected in the fictional exploits of Tsubasa Ozora. And for the past 12 months, Arango has repeatedly delivered his best Ozora impersonations while playing forward for the Los Angeles Football Club. Regardless of where in the world people have been exposed to Ozora, whose rise…
‘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…
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…
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…
Coronavirus: Orange County reported 2,076 new cases and 29 more deaths, Aug. 19
The OC Health Care Agency reported 2,076 more cases of the coronavirus from Tuesday, Aug. 16, to Thursday, Aug. 18, increasing the cumulative total since tracking began in the county to 653,562. There were 9,977 new cases reported in the last two-week period. The county is averaging at least 22.2 new cases a day per…
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith is releasing a memoir, says ‘I’ll be damned if I’m holding back’
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…
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,…
Justin Fields finds Cole Kmet — and the offensive line makes moves: Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the Chicago Bears’ 2nd preseason win
10 thoughts after the Chicago Bears got a scoring drive from their starters on the game’s first possession and didn’t look back in a 27-11 victory against the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night at Lumen Field. 1. The Justin Fields-to-Cole Kmet connection is something most thought they would see more of last season. Kmet was…
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith is releasing a memoir, says ‘I’ll be damned if I’m holding back’
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…
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…