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ANAHEIM — On a night of milestones, the Ducks had plenty to celebrate before the puck dropped and even more after the final horn sounded in their 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night at Honda Center.Leading the way was goaltender John Gibson, whose 500th career game was a masterpiece as he made 26 saves to topple the NHL’s third-best team by points percentage and move the season series to 2-0 in the Ducks’ favor. Gibson, who debuted for the Ducks in 2014, has now played 53 more games than any other goalie in franchise history as he…
INGLEWOOD — Three days after losing one of their best players in a trade, the Lakers played as though nothing had changed.They played as though they didn’t miss 10-time big man All-Star Anthony Davis, who was sent to the Dallas Mavericks as part of the stunning trade that brought Luka Doncic to the Lakers. They played as though they didn’t lose two starters in what some have deemed the biggest trade in NBA history.Instead, the Lakers looked like a team confident in moving forward without Davis and guard Max Christie, who was included in the trade for Doncic, and ran…
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers found a taker for Ryan Brasier.The Dodgers have reached agreement on a trade that will send the veteran reliever to the Chicago Cubs. The Dodgers are expected to receive a player to be named later or cash considerations.After exploring trades involving Brasier but getting no traction, the Dodgers designated Brasier for assignment last week in order to clear a roster spot for the signing of free agent reliever Kirby Yates.A veteran of eight major-league seasons with three teams (the Dodgers, Angels and Boston Red Sox), Brasier was acquired at midseason in 2023 after the Red…
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports WriterKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid first met Brett Veach after he’d been recommended for an internship with his Philadelphia Eagles.One of Veach’s many tasks? Running out for the occasional lunch order.Cheeseburgers were common.All these years later, Veach is still delivering the goods for Reid, only now as the general manager of a Chiefs franchise that is chasing an unprecedented third consecutive Super Bowl title. Veach is the one who Reid freely credits with rebuilding the roster each year, and whose collection of players will face the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday…
Cal Poly Pomona’s first woman and first Black president on Tuesday, Feb. 4, announced her retirement at the end of the school year after about 10 years at the helm.Soraya M. Coley said in a Tuesday letter to the campus that she was “filled with deep gratitude for having this opportunity to serve.”“However, I knew that ‘one day’ my work would conclude,” Coley wrote. “The time would come for me to step aside and enjoy precious time with my husband Ron, who retired several years ago. And that time is now.”In 2014, Coley became the university’s sixth president, first woman…
By STEVE PEOPLES and NICHOLAS RICCARDIWASHINGTON (AP) — Outraged Democrats are testing the limits of their diminished power as they try to stop the stunning power grabs of President Donald Trump and his chief lieutenant, Elon Musk.Musk’s maneuvers, which include the hostile seizure of taxpayer data and the apparent closure of the government’s leading international humanitarian aid agency, have energized many Democrats, who have been mired in a post-election funk and struggled to identify a cohesive strategy in the earliest days of Trump’s presidency.Democratic members of Congress threatened to try to bring Trump’s agenda, including his Cabinet nominations, to a…
LOS ANGELES — At first, when he joined Cincinnati’s staff in 2020, Perry Eliano was confused by the Bearcats’ director of recruiting. Well – not by him. More by the fact, really, that nobody inside the building called Chad Bowden by his first name.Back then, they all called Bowden “GM.”Perhaps, on the surface, it was a unique moniker for a 20-something kid just a couple of years removed from college life and a GA job. But Eliano quickly found it was an unofficial title of respect, given to a football mind and a recruiter who Eliano called “relentless.” For one junior…
By SETH BORENSTEINWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, turning to the man who was his acting NOAA chief in 2019 when Trump altered an expected hurricane impact map in what became known as the “Sharpiegate” scandal.After Alabama meteorologists had contradicted an earlier Trump tweet warning of Alabama being in a storm’s path, the Jacobs-led agency chastised them. That eventually drew criticism of Jacobs and his political higher-ups in a Department of Commerce inspector general’s report on Sharpiegate.NOAA oversees the National Weather Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, the National…
Luka Doncic hardly is the first superstar to be traded to or from a local team, but the newest Laker brings with him such a rare combination of a sensational track record and so much promise for the future that this feels different.Doncic, who was acquired Saturday from the Dallas Mavericks, was introduced Tuesday at the team’s practice facility in El Segundo, sparking comparisons to other game-changing players who arrived in the region via trade.Here’s a chronological look at 15 trades that shook the local sports scene, starting with the first by the Lakers that led to a championship and…
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and STEPHEN GROVESWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate was heading towards a confirmation vote for Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general Tuesday evening, potentially putting a longtime ally of Donald Trump at the helm of a Justice Department that has already been rattled by the firings of career employees seen as disloyal to the Republican president. Bondi, a former Florida attorney general and corporate lobbyist, is expected to oversee a radical reshaping of the department that has been the target of Trump’s ire over the criminal cases it brought against him. She would enter with the FBI,…