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• Mikkel Boedker’s two goals help Sharks devour penalty-prone Ducks

  22-01-2018 05:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim Ducks’ Josh Manson, front, collides with San Jose Sharks’ Justin Braun during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)San Jose Sharks’ Tomas Hertl, left, of the Czech Republic, and Anaheim Ducks’ Josh Manson chase the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson makes a save during the first perio
  
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• Alexander: Lakers have gone from puncher’s chance to punchline

  26-04-2024 09:44 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Even for those who fervently believe in what we call Lakers Exceptionalism, it is time to face facts.
  This series, this exercise in futility against the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets, might as well be over now. It likely will officially end Saturday night in downtown L.A., in much the same manner that the previous 11 meetings between the teams have been decided.
  If the script holds, the Lakers will stay close for a while. Eventually, though, the Nuggets will put toget
  
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• Five Orange County divers, Edison boys and girls swimming claim titles

  26-04-2024 08:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowTaylor Fox of San Juan Hills won her third consecutive Division 1 title to lead Orange County divers at the CIF-SS championships in Mission Viejo on Thursday.
  The county also crowned two boys champions in Nolan Rooker of San Clemente in Division 1 and Grant Schneider of Capistrano Valley Christian in Division 4.
  Orange County notched two titles on Wednesday on the first day of the championships at Marguer
  
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• Stagecoach 2024: Is Backwoods Barbie actually Beyoncé? Mysterious act has fans speculating

  26-04-2024 08:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Tucked between Brandi Cyrus and DJ Rick Dominguez on Saturday’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival schedule lies a mysterious name: Backwoods Barbie.
  It’s not abnormal for the festival to bake some lesser-known artists into the schedule. It is, however, abnormal for an artist with almost no digital footprint and virtually no findable music to score a Saturday night slot that lasts more than an hour.
  Before the theories commence, here’s what we could dig up on Backwoods Barbie:
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• NFL draft: Rams’ first-round pick Jared Verse ready to kick off post-Aaron Donald era

  26-04-2024 07:51 via ocregister.com
  
  HERMOSA BEACH — Fate can be funny sometimes. When Jared Verse was an unknown outside linebacker at Albany, his head coach was Greg Gattuso, who had been the defensive line coach at Pittsburgh during the freshman season of one Aaron Donald.
  Gattuso arranged a Zoom call between Donald and his Albany defensive linemen, and Verse had the opportunity to pick the brain of the Rams’ dominant defensive tackle.
  “The biggest thing I took away from the questions I asked him was he said yo
  
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• Lakers fall flat against Nuggets in Game 3, on brink of being swept again

  26-04-2024 07:10 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — For all of the talk about adjustments and what the Lakers needed to do between Monday’s Game 2 loss in Denver and Thursday night’s Game 3 at Crypto.com Arena to keep themselves from falling into an even deeper hole in their first-round playoff series, star forward LeBron James’ message was simple.
  “There’s only so much we can talk about,” he said after the team’s Wednesday practice in El Segundo. “We got to go out and be about i
  
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• Trabuco Hills baseball sweeps Mission Viejo to join three-way tie for South Coast League title

  26-04-2024 06:55 via ocregister.com
  
  MISSION VIEJO — Entering this week, the Trabuco Hills baseball team was tied for third place in the South Coast League standings and needed to win all three of its games this week to grab a share of the league championship.
  Trabuco Hills completed the sweep of Mission Viejo with a 3-0 win Thursday at Mission Viejo High.
  The Mustangs earned a share of the South Coast League championship with Tesoro and Dana Hills. Dana Hills beat Capistrano Valley Thursday to earn its share of the league ch
  
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• Lakers looking to maintain their pace from start to finish

  26-04-2024 05:48 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Lakers coach Darvin Ham had a clear message for his team ahead of Game 3 of their first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night: don’t lose the pace in the second half.
  Among the common themes in Games 1 and 2 in Denver, which the Nuggets won to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, was the pace of play dropping in the second half of both games – which favored the Nuggets.
  Game 1 had a pace (possessions per 48 minutes) of 99 in the
  
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• LA Rams fans converge on Hermosa to celebrate NFL Draft

  26-04-2024 05:38 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Rams celebrated having a first round NFL draft pick for the first time since 2016 with a fan extravaganza on Thursday evening, April 25, in Hermosa Beach.
  Fans who attended the extravaganza watched the broadcast of the draft, which took place in Detroit, while also enjoying football-related activities, music — including a performance by rapper Gunna — and appearances from Rams players.
  The party will continue at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, at the Hermosa Beach Pier.
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• El Modena baseball shuts out Foothill to grab share of Crestview League title

  26-04-2024 05:29 via ocregister.com
  
  El Modena’s London Aldridge, right, rounds third and sprints toward home with encouragement from the third base coach to score a run in the fifth inning against Foothill in a Crestview League baseball game in Orange on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  ORANGE – El Modena’s baseball team was not distressed by its loss to Foothill earlier this week.
  That’s because the Vanguards knew Nick Santivanez would be their starting pitcher
  
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• Cypress baseball gets late scare, but holds off Pacifica to win 12th straight league title

  26-04-2024 05:15 via ocregister.com
  
  GARDEN GROVE — A comfortable lead suddenly turned tenuous for the Cypress baseball team in the final inning of its Empire League finale against Pacifica on Thursday at Pacifica High School.
  A four-run lead shrunk to two and the Mariners had the bases loaded with no outs when Connor Artasere came in to pitch. He got three consecutive outs to secure a 5-3 victory for the Centurions.
  After losing their first league game, 4-3, against Tustin on March 13, the Centurions (18-9-1, 9-1) won nine l
  
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• UCLA women’s basketball lands Washington State transfer Charlisse Leger-Walker

  26-04-2024 05:10 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA women’s basketball has landed transfer Charlisse Leger-Walker. The former Washington State guard announced the move on social media on Thursday evening.
  “Catch me in Pauley,” Leger-Walker said in a post on X.Catch me in Pauley #gobruinspic.twitter.com/G9smZJ4Hof
  — Charlisse LW (@Char_legerwalks) April 26, 2024The 5-foot-10 guard who calls Waikato, New Zealand, home started in 21 games in her senior season and averaged 13.2 points and 6.5 rebounds per game in addition
  
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• NFL draft: Rams take Florida State edge rusher Jared Verse in first round

  26-04-2024 04:32 via ocregister.com
  
  HERMOSA BEACH — The Rams finally broke their streak of no first-round picks, selecting Florida State edge rusher Jared Verse at No. 19 on the first night of the NFL draft on Thursday.
  Verse, 23, is the prototypical build for an edge rusher at 6-foot-4 with a 79.5-inch wingspan. He had nine sacks in back-to-back seasons in 2022 and 2023, and adds to a core on the defensive front that includes outside linebacker Byron Young and defensive tackle Kobie Turner.
  General Manager Les Snead spoke o
  
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• NFL Draft: UCLA’s Laiatu Latu drafted by Colts

  26-04-2024 03:56 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA edge rusher Laiatu Latu will begin his NFL career as a member of the Indianapolis Colts.
  Latu was drafted with the 15th overall pick in the first round to become the first defender taken after the draft started with 14 straight offensive players being picked in Detroit.
  He becomes the 36th Bruin drafted in the first round and the first since quarterback Josh Rosen (Cardinals) and tackle Kolton Miller (Raiders) were selected in the 2018 draft.
  Latu is coming off a season in which he was name
  
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• New Mater Dei football coach Raul Lara receives positive reviews from colleagues

  26-04-2024 03:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowA counselor. Proven winner. Respectful.
  Those were the assessments Raul Lara received from his colleagues Thursday after Mater Dei announced that he is the team’s new football coach.
  “He’s a counselor,” said Merle Cole III, a former offensive coordinator under Lara at Long Beach Poly. “He holds kids accountable (and) … works with the kids.”
  Lara’s resume in
  
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• New Mater Dei football coach Raul Lara earns positive reviews from colleagues

  26-04-2024 03:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowA counselor. Proven winner. Respectful.
  Those were the assessments Raul Lara received from his colleagues Thursday after Mater Dei announced him as its next football coach.
  “He’s a counselor,” said Merle Cole III, a former offensive coordinator under Lara at Long Beach Poly. “He holds kids accountable (and) … works with the kids.”
  Lara’s resume includes recent st
  
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• San Bernardino cheers ‘hometown hero’ Jayden Daniels, No. 2 pick in NFL draft

  26-04-2024 03:12 via ocregister.com
  
  He may not have been able to hear them all the way in Detroit, but that didn’t stop some of Jayden Daniels‘ biggest fans from roaring with approval when the Washington Commanders announced him as their first-round NFL draft pick Thursday, April 25.
  Daniels, a Cajon High School graduate, LSU quarterback and winner of the 2023 Heisman Trophy, was the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft at Campus Martius Park in Detroit Thursday.
  The high-energy crowd of about 100 erupted in cheers every time D
  
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• NFL draft: Chargers select Notre Dame lineman Joe Alt with 5th pick

  26-04-2024 03:06 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — In the end, the Chargers didn’t trade the fifth pick in the NFL draft Thursday. They didn’t pick a standout wide receiver such as Malik Nabers of LSU to replace Keenan Allen or Mike Williams. They also didn’t get the chance to select Marvin Harrison Jr. of Ohio State, the fourth pick.
  The Chargers did take Joe Alt, a mammoth offensive lineman from Notre Dame, in keeping with the preferred method of operation of new General Manager Joe Hortiz and new Coach Jim
  
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• Chargers select Notre Dame lineman Joe Alt with 5th pick in draft

  26-04-2024 03:06 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — In the end, the Chargers didn’t trade the fifth pick in the NFL draft Thursday. They didn’t pick a standout wide receiver such as Malik Nabers of LSU to replace Keenan Allen or Mike Williams. They also didn’t get the chance to select Marvin Harrison Jr. of Ohio State, the fourth pick.
  The Chargers did take Joe Alt, a mammoth offensive lineman from Notre Dame, in keeping with the preferred method of operation of new General Manager Joe Hortiz and new Coach Jim
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, April 25

  26-04-2024 03:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, April 25
  Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  THURSDAY’S SCORES
  BASEBALL
  TRINITY LEAGUE
  St. John Bosco 8, Orange Lutheran 2
  SURF LEAGUE
  Los Alamitos 5, Huntington Beach 1
  WAVE LEAGUE
  Corona del Mar
  
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• NFL draft: LSU QB Jayden Daniels taken No. 2 overall by Commanders

  26-04-2024 02:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer
  DETROIT — The Washington Commanders selected Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jayden Daniels with the second pick in the NFL draft on Thursday night.
  The decision to go with Daniels, the AP’s College Football Player of the Year for his stellar season with LSU, was made after Chicago led off by taking USC QB Caleb Williams as expected. Washington went with Daniels, a former star at Cajon High in San Bernardino, over North Carolina’s Drake Maye
  
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• USC’s Caleb Williams selected first overall by the Chicago Bears in the NFL draft

  26-04-2024 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — By the time the Bears sent out an armada to USC’s Pro Day, general manager Ryan Poles shaking Caleb Williams’ parents hands and newly-acquired receiver Keenan Allen watching intently, the fate of USC’s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback seemed set.
  And indeed, a very-thinly-kept-secret became reality on Thursday night, when Williams was officially selected with the first overall pick of the 2024 NFL draft by the Bears, stepping into a situation where he&rsqu
  
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• NFL draft: USC’s Caleb Williams selected by Bears with No. 1 pick

  26-04-2024 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Not a twitch of muscle. Not a hint of movement.
  Ryan Poles’ face was perfectly still, sitting in the Bears’ draft room on Thursday night, as mere minutes ticked away towards a decision that would shape a town in dire need of a savior. The staff next to him, sitting in rolling chairs and couches, didn’t budge. Not a word was said, in this peek inside their war room on NFL Network, the atmosphere more akin to a third-grade classroom’s silent reading time
  
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• Rattlesnake season: Some tips to avoid getting bitten

  26-04-2024 02:28 via ocregister.com
  
  In California, rattlesnakes bite about 800 people in a typical year; only one or two of those attacks are fatal. The threat usually begins in April and will decrease by September.
  Rattlesnakes are not confined to rural areas. They have been found near urban areas, rivers, lakes and golf courses. Rattlesnakes do not always rattle before striking defensively.
  Safety tips from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife:
  Never go barefoot or wear sandals when walking through wild areas.
  When hik
  
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• With Caleb Williams’ selection, USC holds the crown for most No. 1 NFL picks

  26-04-2024 02:19 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Not long after he’d led a USC to a win in the 2002 Orange Bowl, the soon-to-be-drafted Carson Palmer sat down with newly-minted agent David Dunn, who pointed out a specific point on the pre-draft timeline: this is when you’ll get picked apart.
  This was a lay-everything-out conversation, and so Dunn went through scheduling with Palmer on a variety of topics. Visits. Flights. And, most importantly, that gem of reassurance – that Palmer was going to face heaps
  
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• At UC Irvine, hundreds turn out to demonstrate in support of Palestine

  26-04-2024 02:03 via ocregister.com
  
  During the two hours protesters at UC Irvine chanted and marched on campus calling for the university to divest financial ties from Israel on Thursday, there was zero visible presence of officers in uniform.
  That’s a far cry from the mass pro-Palestinian protest at USC yesterday, where over 200 people showed up and ultimately resulted in nearly 100 arrests Wednesday evening.
  The protest at UCI on April 25 comes amid a growing number of demonstrations that have recently swept across U.S. co
  
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• A US-led effort to bring aid to Gaza by sea is moving forward. But big concerns remain

  26-04-2024 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By LOLITA C. BALDOR, JULIA FRANKEL and JON GAMBRELL
  JERUSALEM — The construction of a new port in Gaza and an accompanying U.S. military-built pier offshore are underway, but the complex plan to bring more desperately needed food to Palestinian civilians is still mired in fears over security and how the humanitarian aid will be delivered.
  The Israeli-developed port, for example, has already been attacked by mortar fire, sending high-ranking U.N. officials scrambling for shelter this week,
  
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• Robber shot by police tried to re-enter Fullerton bank with apparent explosive, body-worn camera footage shows

  26-04-2024 01:50 via ocregister.com
  
  A bank robber who told tellers that he was armed with a bomb and later attempted to flee with $58,000 was fatally shot by police in Fullerton after trying to reenter the bank with the alleged explosive, newly released body-worn camera footage shows.
  Around 5 p.m. on March 26, a 911 caller reported that a man in a mask had entered a Wells Fargo Bank, located at 141 W. Bastanchury Road, and demanded money from the teller under threat of a bomb in a white box that he was carrying, according to the
  
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• Angel City FC riding momentum into meeting with Kansas City

  26-04-2024 01:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The last two weeks haven’t been an offensive masterclass for the Angel City Football Club.
  However, the end result of two games (on the road against Chicago and at home against North Carolina) were both wins after the club started the season winless through the first three games.
  Friday night, Angel City FC (2-2-1, seven points) will look for a third consecutive win against the first-place Kansas City Current at BMO Stadium (7 p.m., Amazon Prime Video).
  “We have a lot to reflect
  
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• Kings leaned on veteran strength to even series with Oilers

  26-04-2024 01:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The Kings simply set out to win a playoff series for the first time in a decade, but they’ve already created themes of resilience, reversal and retribution as they evened their matchup and pickpocketed home ice from the talent-rich Oilers ahead of Friday’s Game 3 at home.
  “Coming out of Edmonton, a super-loud barn with a great fan base, to get one here is huge for us. That was the emphasis for us, to take back home-ice advantage,” said forward Quinton Byfield, who had two
  
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