Month: August 2022

My relationship with the just-completed U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach goes all the way back to the first event in 1959. It was called the West Coast Championship back then. In 1961, they changed the name to the United States Championship. Through the years, it morphed into the current title of U.S. Open.…

Left-hander DL Hall is traveling to St. Petersburg, Florida, to join the Orioles on Friday, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation told The Baltimore Sun, potentially adding an electric arm to the club’s pitching staff for the season’s final stretch. It’s not yet clear when, or if, Hall will make his major league…

Thursday night might have been just a preseason game for the Ravens, but for rookie tight end Isaiah Likely, he felt “like a little kid on Christmas.” Baltimore’s 23-10 victory over the Tennessee Titans at M&T Bank Stadium was Likely’s first taste of an NFL game. And even though Likely admitted he had jitters pregame,…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Injuries to Giants guards Shane Lemieux and Jamil Douglas may have decimated the depth of an already thin offensive line. Lemieux, the club’s starting left guard, suffered a toe injury during the game’s first series. He needed a walking boot to stand on the sideline after. And Douglas, a free agent signing…

LOS ANGELES — More witnesses are expected to be called to the stand Friday in the federal civil trial of a lawsuit brought by Lakers star Kobe Bryant‘s widow and another family whose loved ones perished in the January 2020 helicopter crash that took nine lives. The plaintiffs allege that Los Angeles County’s first responders…

Thursday night might have been just a preseason game for the Ravens, but for rookie tight end Isaiah Likely, he felt “like a little kid on Christmas.” Baltimore’s 23-10 victory over the Tennessee Titans at M&T Bank Stadium was Likely’s first taste of an NFL game. And even though Likely admitted he had jitters pregame,…

The Ravens, playing without most of their starters, extended their preseason winning streak to 21, led by a precise performance from backup quarterback Tyler Huntley and spectacular plays from rookie pass catchers Isaiah Likely and Shemar Bridges. Here are five things we learned from Thursday night’s game: After an uneven beginning to training camp, Tyler…

There was a time when businesses needed to buy expensive barcode software to create barcodes for their products. But it’s not the case anymore as you can easily create barcodes from product codes through Google Sheets. This feature is especially useful for startups and small-medium-sized businesses that run on a limited budget and resources. In…

Westminster City Council members decided against putting the renewal of a local tax measure on the November ballot after a nearly seven-hour meeting with ample community support for it. However, council members have agreed to reconsider the measure once more before the deadline to place items on the November ballot passes. In 2016, Westminster residents…

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MIKE STOBBE | Associated Press NEW YORK — The polio virus has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday. The presence of the poliovirus in…

A Major League Baseball postseason game tends to follow a familiar pattern. Mirroring a trend that has taken over the regular season, starting pitchers are often yanked at the first sign of trouble, as one misplaced pitch over the middle could be the difference between advancing to the next round and going home. Because of…

I have never understood people who blow it — that is, people who appear to enjoy great success and have many reasons to be happy but fritter away their bliss on irrational choices and petty grievances. I have never understood the guy who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, then used it…

Back then, everyone knew Joey Krehbiel as “The Rocket.” No one threw faster than the 10-year-old right-hander did in Florida’s Seminole Youth Athletic Association, nor looked as cool skateboarding around the parking lot before and after games or flipping his flowing hair in perfect Justin Bieber fashion. Brett Phillips was in awe. Krehbiel was a…

Thursday night might have been just a preseason game for the Ravens, but for rookie tight end Isaiah Likely, he felt “like a little kid on Christmas.” Baltimore’s 23-10 victory over the Tennessee Titans at M&T Bank Stadium was Likely’s first taste of an NFL game. And even though Likely admitted he had jitters pregame,…

The Ravens, playing without most of their starters, extended their preseason winning streak to 21, led by a precise performance from backup quarterback Tyler Huntley and spectacular plays from rookie pass catchers Isaiah Likely and Shemar Bridges. Here are five things we learned from Thursday night’s game: After an uneven beginning to training camp, Tyler…

Westminster City Council members decided against putting the renewal of a local tax measure on the November ballot after a nearly seven-hour meeting with ample community support for it. However, council members have agreed to reconsider the measure once more before the deadline to place items on the November ballot passes. In 2016, Westminster residents…

Back then, everyone knew Joey Krehbiel as “The Rocket.” No one threw faster than the 10-year-old right-hander did in Florida’s Seminole Youth Athletic Association, nor looked as cool skateboarding around the parking lot before and after games or flipping his flowing hair in perfect Justin Bieber fashion. Brett Phillips was in awe. Krehbiel was a…

There was a time when businesses needed to buy expensive barcode software to create barcodes for their products. But it’s not the case anymore as you can easily create barcodes from product codes through Google Sheets. This feature is especially useful for startups and small-medium-sized businesses that run on a limited budget and resources. In…

Q: It’s gross that we have to have the Celtics logo on our court. – Steven. A: To those late to the program, among the ways the NBA plans to honor the life of the late Bill Russell this season, is, according to the league, “every NBA court will display a clover-shaped logo with the…

The Ravens might have some depth issues at wide receiver. During Baltimore’s 23-10 preseason-opening victory over the Tennessee Titans Thursday night, Tylan Wallace suffered a knee sprain while coach John Harbaugh said James Proche II has a soft tissue injury that could keep him out for a week or two. With 5:10 to go in…