The Orlando Magic, owners of the Nos. 1, 32 and 35 picks in the NBA draft, will have multiple chances to add to their roster on June 23. After taking a step forward in their pre-draft evaluations during the mid-May NBA draft combine in Chicago, the Magic are hosting prospects for workouts ahead of the draft. This story is part of a series on players the Magic either...
NHL: San Jose Sharks will whittle list of GM candidates to between three and five in the next week
The male victim was taken to a hospital and treated for injuries.
A's pitcher Paul Blackburn had never completed the seventh inning, but threw eight shutout innings Friday night against Cleveland.
With their backs firmly against the wall, the Warriors needed their hobbled superstar to carry them to a victory. And boy, did Stephen Curry ever deliver. Curry scored 43 points — and grabbed 10 rebounds, too — to help the Warriors come from behind to take Game 4 of the NBA Finals from the Boston […]
Curry scored 43 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a come-from-behind, series-tying win.
Uber has released a list of items that passengers left behind in cars and it includes some truly bizarre things, like tater tots and grandma's teeth.
In a three-game Subway Series at Yankee Stadium from June 16-18, 1997, the Mets won a surprising opener behind Dave Mlicki, an unheralded righty who threw the first of two career shutouts. But the Yanks took the final two games, the finale on a walk-off single by Tino Martinez against a Met who grew up in the city and still calls it home. The Mets aspired to make a...
History says the antacids should be part of any California homebuyer's move-in kit.
A couple of days later 77- year-old Tony La Russa came under renewed fire from ever-critical White Sox fans and media for ordering an intentional walk to the Dodgers’ Trea Turner with a 1-2 count. As La Russa explained it, once a wild pitch by lefty White Sox reliever Bennett Sousa allowed the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman to advance to second base with two outs in the...
Jazz Chisholm led off Friday’ s game in Houston with a home run. He bunted on the first pitch Thursday and stole second. Seriously, it was a big deal to baseball traditionalists.“ Mercy,” respected baseball writer Jose de Jesus Ortiz tweeted.“ Even by the‘ Let the kids play’ standards his antics during his home run trot were something.”.
The lawsuit centers on the arrest of Jane Shetterly, who police allege was sexually abusing a student she was supposed to be tutoring.
Redistricting, changing demographics are causing political shifts
Good to Eat Dumplings is in its soft opening, bringing Taiwanese-style dumplings, bao and other dishes to the East Bay.
This is about some things a slow thinker from pro football named Jack Del Rio said the other day. Del Rio, sounding as if he played without a helmet when he was in the league, was trying to explain his core beliefs, such as they are, about his country in the aftermath of the police murder of George Floyd. “I can look at images on the TV, people’ s livelihoods are being destroyed,...
TODAY’S WORD — ABOLITION (ABOLITION: ab-uh-LISH-en: The act of ending or annulling.) Average mark 32 words Time limit 40 minutes Can you find 47 or more words in ABOLITION? The list will be published Monday. YESTERDAY’S WORD — VERDANT ling lingo lion lobbing lobby logy loin long lying oily only bilbo bingo blob blog bogy […]
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Claire Holt, 34; Shia LaBeouf, 36; Peter Dinklage, 54; Hugh Laurie, 63. Happy Birthday: Take on whatever or whoever gets in your way. Push for what you believe in, and gravitate toward like-minded people. Offer your skills and services to a cause or group that shares your concerns. Take it […]
“Simple Saturday” columns focus on basic technique and logical thinking. “Card sense” is the ability to visualize and manipulate an array of cards. Some people are born with it, but it can be learned. Today’s 3NT is makeable when West leads a helpful low spade. South correctly puts up dummy’s jack, winning. How should he […]
I don't want it in my house, but I don't think Goodwill would take it.
After watching Ravens backup quarterback Tyler Huntley run with the starting offense for three straight weeks in the absence of star Lamar Jackson, it doesn’ t appear he has narrowed the talent gap. In other words, Huntley, a 2020 undrafted free agent entering his third season, is still a stop-gap measure. Jackson hasn’ t practiced in the team’ s voluntary offseason...
My date implied they know more about my culture than I do because they studied it.
Is this some millennial thing I should just shrug off?
Her 'advice' to my teenage daughter was wildly inappropriate.
ANAHEIM– The offense was thumping, Tylor Megill was throwing high heat, and the good vibes returned to the Mets dugout as they snapped their two-game losing streak. Brandon Nimmo and Mark Canha led the offensive effort, each posting three-RBI nights, in the Mets’ 7-3 win over the Angels in the series opener on Friday at Angels Stadium. It was his first time leaving the...
Curry's 43 points helps the Warriors take Game 4 of the NBA Finals and even the series.