Month: August 2022

The Giants lost their second-string safety tandem to injury. Giants rookie safety Dane Belton broke his collarbone intercepting a Daniel Jones pass in the end zone on Saturday. And third-string safety Jarren Williams was waived/injured with a hamstring. Belton, 21, had his left arm in a sling on the sidelines of practice Monday. The fourth-round…

When I was growing up in Orange County, there was an annual GLASS Conference that had a night for attenders and guests at Disneyland. As a teenager in the early 1970s, spending that evening with friends at “the happiest place on Earth” was a big deal, even for us locals. I bring it up as…

In the last few months, things have changed a lot in the front-end development fields. And this is going to be our main focus in this month’s round of the series. If you’re a front-end developer, I’m sure you’ll appreciate what we have on the list. This post features a new JavaScript runtime contending with…

Scott Effross appeared poised to take on a bigger bullpen role during the final two months of the season. With the Chicago Cubs positioned to move as many of their veteran pitchers as possible before Tuesday’s 5 p.m. trade deadline, Effross appeared the obvious choice to take on more late-inning, high-leverage opportunities and perhaps even…

Moments after Sunday’s loss to the San Francisco Giants, Willson Contreras sat in the visitors dugout at Oracle Park when it hit him. He realized this was the Chicago Cubs’ last game before Tuesday’s 5 p.m. trade deadline. If, as expected, Contreras is traded, Sunday marked his final game with the only organization he has…

With less than 24 hours to go before the MLB trade deadline, the Yankees are gearing up for the playoffs. They beefed up their pitching within hours on Monday afternoon before they took on potential postseason contender Seattle at the Stadium. They added Frankie Montas to the rotation and then added Lou Trivino and Scott…

MIAMI — Buck Showalter, as usual, was in good spirits prior to Saturday’s game. Part of it might be a return to his home state of Florida, or the generally relaxed nature that most players and coaches exude on the road, but the main reason is definitely how well his team has been playing. On…

The calendar shows that summer has another seven weeks remaining, but the high school football season officially begins this week. Many Orange County teams are scheduled to hold their first practices of the 2022 season Monday. Those are teams that will play their season-opening games Aug. 18-20, which is called Week 0 by the CIF…

MIAMI — Buck Showalter, as usual, was in good spirits prior to Saturday’s game. Part of it might be a return to his home state of Florida, or the generally relaxed nature that most players and coaches exude on the road, but the main reason is definitely how well his team has been playing. On…

In the last few months, things have changed a lot in the front-end development fields. And this is going to be our main focus in this month’s round of the series. If you’re a front-end developer, I’m sure you’ll appreciate what we have on the list. This post features a new JavaScript runtime contending with…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Football standouts Vaka and Hoi Hansen are returning to the Trinity League. The brothers, expected to be major contributors at Los Alamitos this fall, have enrolled at St. John Bosco, they confirmed over the weekend. Last season, the Hansens helped Servite beat St.…

When I was growing up in Orange County, there was an annual GLASS Conference that had a night for attenders and guests at Disneyland. As a teenager in the early 1970s, spending that evening with friends at “the happiest place on Earth” was a big deal, even for us locals. I bring it up as…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Mets are in the nation’s capital for three games with the Washington Nationals. As of Monday morning, Juan Soto is still here too. From a sheer convenience standpoint, there’d be no better time for Billy Eppler to pounce. Dealing for Soto would give the Mets that one more bat they’ve been…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Dan Albano ranks the top 10 quarterbacks in Orange County for the 2022 high school football season: TOP 10 QUARTERBACKS 1. Malachi Nelson, Los Alamitos: The USC commit enters the fall as the No. 2-ranked senior passer in the nation by 247Sports, and…

Quashan Lockett was in the car headed home on June 30 when a news alert flashed on his phone that USC and UCLA were joining the Big Ten. His initial reaction mirrored that of so many others, but with a twist: Just two weeks earlier, Lockett had been hired by the Pac-12 conference office for…

DEL MAR — Trainer Michael McCarthy heaved a sigh of relief after longshot Master Piece withstood a lengthy trainer’s objection and won the $250,000 Grade II Eddie Read Stakes on Sunday at Del Mar. After Master Piece won the 1 1/8-mile turf race by 3 1/4 lengths, Philip D’Amato, trainer of runner-up Hong Kong Harry,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Mets are in the nation’s capital for three games with the Washington Nationals. As of Monday morning, Juan Soto is still here too. From a sheer convenience standpoint, there’d be no better time for Billy Eppler to pounce. Dealing for Soto would give the Mets that one more bat they’ve been…

In the last few months, things have changed a lot in the front-end development fields. And this is going to be our main focus in this month’s round of the series. If you’re a front-end developer, I’m sure you’ll appreciate what we have on the list. This post features a new JavaScript runtime contending with…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Football standouts Vaka and Hoi Hansen are returning to the Trinity League. The brothers, expected to be major contributors at Los Alamitos this fall, have enrolled at St. John Bosco, they confirmed over the weekend. Last season, the Hansens helped Servite beat St.…

When I was growing up in Orange County, there was an annual GLASS Conference that had a night for attenders and guests at Disneyland. As a teenager in the early 1970s, spending that evening with friends at “the happiest place on Earth” was a big deal, even for us locals. I bring it up as…