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LOS ANGELES — At a Newport Beach hotel in April, in a conference room packed full of USC luminaries and donors and donor luminaries, Lincoln Riley first uttered the words he has come to restate profusely over the past couple of weeks: “This is a business.”He was speaking as part of a USC coaches’ panel at a fundraising event hosted by third-party collective House of Victory, with sheer zeal. He had taken this very job, he professed to the room, in large part because of how well-positioned USC was “to take advantage of this.” The implication there, on a night…
CSUN’s Marcus Adams Jr., right, handles the ball while under pressure from USC’s Saint Thomas during the first half on Wednesday night at the Galen Center. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) USC’s Desmond Claude (1) goes up for a layup as CSUN’s Festus Ndumanya, right, defends during the first half on Wednesday night at the Galen Center. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) The USC bench reacts to a 3-point shot by USC’s Matt Knowling (3) during the first half of their game against CSUN on Wednesday night at the Galen Center. (Photo by David…
ANAHEIM — In their biggest victory of the season to date, the Ducks dominated early and rallied late to beat the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets, 3-2, on a Troy Terry goal with 24.2 seconds left on Wednesday night at Honda Center.The Ducks had won just one of their previous six games while the Jets entered the evening with the league’s best point total and best goal differential. That didn’t stop the Ducks from dominating possession, scoring chances and nearly every barometer for most of a match that saw them circle the wagons and surmount a 2-1 deficit with two goals in…
UNLV wide receiver Jacob De Jesus flips after running for a touchdown during the first half of the LA Bowl against Cal on Wednesday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/SCNG) Cal tight end Jack Endries lunges short of the goal line during the first half of the LA Bowl against UNLV on Wednesday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/SCNG) Cal wide receiver Josiah Martin (17) celebrates with fellow receiver Mavin Anderson after scoring a touchdown during the first half of the LA Bowl against UNLV on…
A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who allegedly advanced on the deputy while clutching rocks in each hand during a confrontation along a set of train tracks in Redlands on Monday, officials said.The encounter took place just before 7:30 a.m. on a rail line between Nevada and California streets, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.A deputy was called to a report of a trespasser on the tracks when he encountered Jefte Vargas Ramirez, 37, of Redlands, the agency said in a written statement.Vargas Ramirez became “confrontational” when the deputy told him to leave…
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider South Carolina’s move to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the latest abortion-related case since the justices overturned Roe v. Wade. The court agreed to take up the state’s appeal of a lower-court ruling focused on whether Medicaid patients can sue over their right to choose their own qualified provider. The case will be argued in the spring. South Carolina moved in 2018 to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood. The organization uses Medicaid funding for family planning health services rather than abortions,…
INGLEWOOD — His brilliantly colored shoes dazzle us. His local charity work touches us. His grooming products consume us. Yet, through all of James Harden’s off-court endeavors, his dynamic basketball skills continue to wow NBA fans.At 35, Harden isn’t slowing down. Not in business or basketball. Not in his work with overlooked communities or line of beard kits and certainly not in leading the Clippers this season.With six-time All-Star Kawhi Leonard sidelined with lingering knee issues and nine-time All-Star Paul George gone to the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency, Harden has stepped up as the team’s leader this season. Not…
By DEVI SHASTRI and SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Community members in Wisconsin continued to wrestle with grief and called for change in the aftermath of a school shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others. Several hundred people gathered outside the Wisconsin State Capitol for a vigil Tuesday night to honor those slain at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison the day before, with some passing candles to each other and standing close against the winter chill. Among those in attendance was Naomi Allen, 16, who was in a nearby classroom Monday…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense is expected to face his first public questioning from U.S. senators on Jan. 14. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., told reporters Wednesday that the committee is planning to hold Pete Hegseth’s hearing in mid-January as the former Fox News host and veteran has visited Senate offices in an effort to rally Republicans around him. Some senators have questioned his fitness for the role amid allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct. Hegseth has told senators that he wouldn’t drink while defense secretary and pushed back on…
EL SEGUNDO — When it comes to the Lakers’ defense and their improvement on that end of the court, multiple people within the organization point to a responsibility that can be in the hands of several players on any given possession.“The low man and the low-man presence and the high-shift presence that we talked about all season, that, to me, is what’s probably improved the most,” Lakers head coach JJ Redick said after the team’s practice on Wednesday. “Our low man is consistently in there.”The low man – the defender closest to the rim on the weak side of the…