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Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat during his Triple Crown year in 1973 and electrified the sport, died Friday at his home near Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada. He was 84. According to his longtime friend and business partner Leonard Lusky, his death was due to natural causes. Turcotte, who despite being in a wheelchair since…
Players placing bets on games is taboo. Innumerable sports fans were educated on this point in 1989 when hits king Pete Rose received a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball for betting on games while he was a manager. Or upon watching βEight Men Out,β the 1988 film about MLBβs Black Sox Scandal in which…
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THURSDAYβS WEEK ZERO RESULTS CITY SECTION Nonleague Granada Hills 50, North Hollywood 16 SOUTHERN SECTION Nonleague Aliso Niguel 38, Beckman 3 Apple Valley 20, Orange Vista 6 Beaumont 58, San Jacinto 14 Big Bear 41, Riverside Prep 7 Bolsa Grande 66, Savanna 0 Chino Hills 40, Glendora 0 Citrus Hill 35, Redlands…
DENVERΒ βΒ When the Dodgers arrived in Colorado on Sunday night they had a golden opportunity to pad their narrow division lead against with the worst team in the majors. Unfortunately, even with Thursdayβs 9-5 win over the Rockies, the Dodgers only managed a split of the four-game series. They now head to San Diego for a…
A look at two of this weekβs top high school football games: FRIDAY Mission Viejo vs. Santa Margarita at Trabuco Hills Carson Palmer debuts as head coach for Santa Margarita, which has perhaps the toughest schedule in Southern California. It wonβt be easy taking down quarterback Luke Fahey and the Diablos, but the return of…
It was a night when defenders draped over Kelsey Plum, her path to the rim often crowded. And when she turned to the officials for relief, the whistles were elusive. But when it mattered most β that being with 3.3 seconds to play and the Sparks trailing by one β Plum lowered her shoulder and…
A former Miami Heat security officer has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge in connection to stealing team memorabilia worth millions of dollars and selling the items to online brokers. Retired Miami police officer Marcos Tomas Perez appeared Tuesday at U.S. Superior Court for the Southern District of Florida and issued a guilty…
The high school football season begins this weekend with Week 0 games. Letβs examine storylines and questions to be answered: What will it take for a team other than Mater Dei or St. John Bosco to reach the Southern Section Division 1 final? The answer is luck, because itβs not happening. Every season since 2016,…
DENVERΒ βΒ Mookie Betts was back at shortstop and Teoscar HernΓ‘ndez remained in right field for the Dodgers on Tuesday, a day after two questionable fielding plays in the outfield led to two runs in a 4-3 walk-off loss to the last-place Colorado Rockies. HernΓ‘ndezβs defense has increasingly become a matter of concern for manager Dave Roberts…
Eighth in a series of stories profiling top high school football players by position. Today, Jalen Flowers, Palos Verdes defensive back. Jalen Flowers made a spectacular one-handed interception in a one-on-one drill during the spring. He didnβt run off the field waving his arms wildly or proclaim heβs the greatest lock-down cornerback since Deion Sanders….