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By JOHN PERROTTO | AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — Dave Parker, a hard-hitting outfielder who was set to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame next month, has died, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced Saturday. He was 74. No further details about Parker’s death were immediately available. The Pirates informed the crowd of his death just before the start of their game against the New York Mets and held a moment of silence. Nicknamed “the Cobra,” the 6-foot-5 Parker made his major league debut in 1973 and played 19 seasons, 11 for the Pirates. He was the NL MVP in…
By HOWARD FENDRICH | AP Tennis Writer LONDON — It’s become part of Novak Djokovic’s routine now, particularly at Grand Slam tournaments: He shows up and gets asked — at the start of the event, during the event, after the event or sometimes all three — whether this will be his final appearance there. Happened again Saturday at Wimbledon, and his response was the same, it tends to be, which essentially amounts to: Who can tell? “Whether it could be my ‘last dance,’” the 24-time major champion began, repeating the phrase used by the reporter who posed the question, “I’m…
The Ducks have traded goalie John Gibson to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for goalie Petr Mrázek, a 2027 second-round pick and a 2026 fourth-rounder, both teams confirmed on Saturday. For the second time in less than a year, the Ducks dealt away their longest-tenured player after sending Cam Fowler to the St. Louis Blues in December. Gibson, 31, performed well when available last season but was in and out of the mix with injuries, all while pending restricted free agent Lukáš Dostál’s star ascended rapidly. Toward the end of the campaign, General Manager Pat Verbeek was dealing with…
By JOE REEDY | AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to acquire guard Lonzo Ball from the Chicago Bulls for forward Isaac Okoro according to a person with knowledge of the agreement. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Saturday because the trade can not be finalized until the start of the new league year on July 6. Ball averaged 7.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 35 games this past season after missing the 2022-23 and 2023-24 campaigns because of a left knee injury. The 27-year old Ball underwent a…
The Kings have traded defenseman Jordan Spence to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for the 67th overall pick in this year’s draft and a sixth-rounder next year, both teams announced Saturday. The Kings turned around and traded pick 67 to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a 2026 third-round pick (originally owned by the Dallas Stars) and No.125 in this year’s draft. It was an unceremonious end to the 24-year-old Spence’s Kings tenure after he redeemed the 2019 draft class, which was supposed to be a banner year for the Kings. Instead, Spence’s selection in the fourth round was the…
If you want a hint why Southern Californians feel antsy about their finances, consider that local job growth is 62% slower than what’s been typically seen in the post-Great Recession era. My trusty spreadsheet, filled with state job figures, found 8 million people at work in May in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. That’s up 38,200 in the past 12 months, but down from 50,400 additions in the previous year and a median 101,300 annual pace since 2010. Local bosses are hiring slowly as they deal with numerous challenges, including high financing costs, skittish consumers and unorthodox…
Some works of art could be said to be perfectly timed. “Guernica” called attention to the horrors of war as practiced by fascist Spain in awful harmony with fascist Germany. It was and is propaganda of the highest order The Eiffel Tower, considered an ugly abomination until about five minutes after it was erected, came along at the perfect moment, the dawn of real modernism in 1889, for a big piece of metal to be understood as public art. “Police State,” the recent performance art piece by Nadya Tolokonnikova of the genius anti-Kremlin collective Pussy Riot, is slightly overly perfectly…
California has turned into a remake of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” the 1969 movie about two outlaws struggling to understand changing times while they’re chased by a super-posse over a cliff. The Democrats who dominate state and local politics have been able to stage their train robberies without opposition for a long time. Even when Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, he had his own super-posse chasing him over fabricated Russian collusion allegations. California Democrats laughed and filed 123 lawsuits to stop his policies. But times have changed. Now the federal government is coming after California. For…
ANAHEIM — That season-long balance delivered by a healthy pitching staff and the offense’s penchant for home runs was unable to tip the scale in the Angels’ favor on Friday night. At the exact midway point of the season, the Angels slipped a game under .500 with a 15-9 loss to the Washington Nationals that was more beer-league softball than interleague duel. At 40-41 the Angels still have comfortably distanced themselves from a franchise-worst 99-loss season in 2024, but this was not part of the revival. Even an Angels’ offense that powered its way to nine runs on 11 hits…
Kings first-round draft pick Henry Brzustewicz poses with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman during the 2025 NHL Draft on Friday night, June 27, 2025, at L.A. Live’s Peacock Theater. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/SCNG) Kings first-round draft pick Henry Brzustewicz, left, poses with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman during the 2025 NHL Draft on Friday night, June 27, 2025, at L.A. Live’s Peacock Theater. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/SCNG) Henry Brzustewicz, right, hugs family and friends after the Kings selected him with the 31st pick in the first round of the 2025 NHL Draft on Friday night, June…