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One of the main themes for the USC football team during spring practice has been the emergence of new leaders, both in the form of veterans taking on a more of a supervisory role and young players coming into their own. USC head coach Lincoln Riley relayed that message after Thursday’s practice, highlighting the togetherness the players have shown when asked what kind of team identity was forming over the last few weeks. “It’s a very together team right now. … There seems to be a real genuine bond with these guys right now that’s fun to see,” Riley said.…
SAN BERNARDINO — Two years ago, the Etiwanda boys golf team went winless in Baseline League play and won just one match overall. Thursday afternoon at Shandin Hills Golf Club, a lineup of six juniors took to the fairways looking to try and finish their worst-to-first story. Behind an even-par-round of 36 from Chintan Shah, the Eagles did just that with a 192-202 win over Los Osos to secure the first league title in program history. Etiwanda avenged a 198-210 loss to the Grizzlies just over three weeks ago at Sierra Lakes Golf Club. Etiwanda 12-over-par team score also the…
CORONA — The bleachers at Centennial High School were packed with Major League Baseball scouts and front office personnel Thursday afternoon. That usually means one thing: Corona senior Seth Hernandez was scheduled to be on the mound. Corona’s Joshua Sur misses a catch in a Big VIII League baseball game against Centennial during the bottom of the seventh inning on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Corona’s Seth Hernandez pitches against Centennial in a Big VIII League baseball game on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Corona’s Anthony Murphy celebrates as he…
INGLEWOOD — Clippers coach Tyronn Lue has allowed himself at times to think about the what-ifs of past postseasons, times when the Clippers came up short or didn’t qualify at all. But, as he pointed out, that was then, and this is now where the Denver Nuggets stand in their way of advancing in this season’s Western Conference playoffs. And now meant figuring out how the Clippers could play better in Game 3 on Thursday night than they did in the first two games of their best-of-seven first-round series. “We got to play better. We have to play better. That’s…
ANAHEIM — When they were finally able to put the Pittsburgh Pirates to bed on Thursday night, the Angels handed out neck pillows and airline blankets. After ending a 17-inning scoreless streak, while not leading for the first 26 innings of the 27-inning series, the Angels avoided a sweep with a 4-3 victory on Zach Neto’s go-ahead home run in the eighth inning. The reward? To board a red-eye flight for the opener of a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins that starts Friday. It will be a race to see what happens first: the sun rising in the Midwest…
EL SEGUNDO — The Chargers selected running back Omarion Hampton from the University of North Carolina with their first-round pick, (22nd overall), in the NFL draft on Thursday night. Hampton satisfies their need for a playmaker who can help them establish a sound ground game. Hampton will be paired with running back Najee Harris, who signed with the Chargers as a free agent. Harris topped 1,000 yards in each of his first four seasons in the NFL while with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hampton rushed for 1,660 yards and 15 touchdowns as a senior with the Tar Heels in 2024. The…
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge nominated by President Donald Trump ordered his administration to facilitate the return of a man who was deported to El Salvador last month despite having a pending asylum application. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher in Maryland ruled Wednesday that the government violated a 2019 settlement agreement when it deported the 20-year-old man, a Venezuelan native identified only as Cristian in court papers. Gallagher cited another federal judge’s order for the government to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland and was accidentally deported to his native El Salvador…
ANAHEIM — In the midst of an offensive downturn that has the Angels sliding at a rapid pace, Manager Ron Washington remains in full support of his players. Does Mike Trout’s low batting average show his profile as a hitter is changing? “Let’s wait until we get some baseball under us …,” Washington said, in part. With Nolan Schanuel starting this season with similar numbers to last year, is he making progress? “Of course he’s making progress. He’s a contact hitter,” Washington said. The heat has been on the Angels of late for some particularly gruesome numbers. They averaged 2.4…
The some 3,000 mines in San Bernardino County attract adventurers. YouTube videos and Facebook pages are devoted to rappelling in and exploring their shafts. Website authors wax nostalgic about the hunt for gold and silver deposits in the 1800s. But these same mines, mostly now abandoned, pose a high risk for thrill seekers. Two such men were pulled uninjured from an abandoned, 250-foot vertical mineshaft near Twentynine Palms on Saturday, April 19, by San Bernardino County Fire Department crews that are trained to rescue victims of earthquakes, cave-ins and other disasters. The men had rappelled to the bottom but couldn’t…
By TARA COPP WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, two people familiar with the line told The Associated Press. The existence of the unsecured internet connection is the latest revelation about Hegseth’s use of the unclassified app and raises the possibility that sensitive defense information could have been put at risk of potential hacking or surveillance. Known as a “dirty” internet line by the IT industry, it connects directly to the public internet where…