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• Freer without an agent, Doughty prepares to give Kings more hard time

  01-07-2018 23:43 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES — Drew Doughty and Dustin Brown were roomies, back when all the hockey players had roomies.
  They used to talk about agents, and whether you really need a middleman to do contracts in a salary-cap age. Accounting degrees are not always required to measure the size of the pie, or how big a slice you are.
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• Lakers ticket prices skyrocket after LeBron James commits

  01-07-2018 23:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Follow the money, and the money will lead you to the best in the world – LeBron James.
  Sunday afternoon the NBA’s most coveted free agent reached a four-year, $153.3 million agreement with the Los Angeles Lakers.
  The economic boom James creates wherever he plays includes sold-out arenas, fully-booked restaurants, and sky-rocketing ticket prices.
  How does James’ arrival to the Staples Center affect ticket prices?
  Within 20 minutes of LeBron’s agreement, the lowest Lakers s
  
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• Bonsignore: LeBron James is the latest superstar to make his way to Tinseltown

  01-07-2018 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Figuratively speaking, the lightning bolt that arrived late Sunday afternoon could be seen streaking across skies covering one continent after another. Between the Lakers world-wide prestige and the international fame and popularity of LeBron James, the unification of two of the most influential brands in the world shook the entire sports universe to its core.
  But amid the jubilation and satisfaction here in Los Angeles over the best basketball player in the world choosing to wear the iconic pur
  
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• Cory Juneau, Yuto Horigome win titles on Dew Tour final day

  01-07-2018 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Cory Juneau competes in the men’s Pro Park Final at the Dew Tour in Long Beach on Sunday, Jul 1, 2018. Juneau ended up winning the event. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)
  Yuto Horigome won the men’s Pro Street Final at the Dew Tour in Long Beach on Sunday, Jul 1, 2018. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsNicole Hause competes in the women’s Pro Park Final which she won first place at the Dew Tour in Long Beac
  
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• Dodgers will turn to Max Muncy at second base more often in search for offense

  01-07-2018 23:09 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Even as they slugged their way through June — setting a franchise record for home runs in a calendar month and leading the majors in home runs and OPS – the Dodgers did so with a gaping hole in their lineup.
  Going into Sunday’s games, the Dodgers’ second basemen had combined for a .201 batting average (27th in the majors), three home runs (tied for last), a .293 on-base percentage (20th), a .288 slugging percentage (last) and .581 OPS (27th).
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• LeBron James joining the Lakers leads to instant reaction

  01-07-2018 22:59 via ocregister.com
  
  The Western Conference became a whole lot tougher Sunday when it was announced that LeBron James will leave the Eastern Conference for the first time in his career and join the Lakers.
  “Thank you Northeast Ohio for an incredible 4 seasons,” James posted on his Instagram story with a photo. “This will always be home.”
  The Cleveland native spent 11 of his 15 seasons in the NBA with the Cavaliers and led the organization to its first championship in 2016 during his second st
  
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• Whicker: LeBron James is a Laker, so let the party begin, if not the parade

  01-07-2018 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The King is coming. The Court will be named later.
  LeBron James announced his utterly predictable move to the Lakers on Sunday, a four-year, $153.3 million deal that will end the club’s five-year exile from the NBA playoffs and might even bring the Lakers their first league championship since 2010.
  There is little question that James is an NBA colossus. No perimeter player in basketball history has dared to dream of being that big, quick, visionary, levitational or indestructible.
  His arri
  
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• Report: Ducks sign defenseman Luke Schenn to 1-year contract

  01-07-2018 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  On an otherwise quiet first day of NHL free agency, the Ducks filled a need when they signed veteran defenseman Luke Schenn to a one-year contract, according to a report.
  Canadian network TSN said Schenn signed for $800,000. The Ducks did not announce the signing but are expected to do this week.
  Schenn, 28, joins the list of players who have been part of the Ducks and Kings organizations. He is considered to be a hard-nosed, defensive-minded, third-pair player, the type of defenseman the Ducks
  
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• This week’s Sports TV best bets for July 2-8

  01-07-2018 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  BEST BET OF THE WEEKFIFA World Cup, Russia, Fox, FS1, TelemundoRound of 16, Monday-Tuesday, July 2-3Quarterfinals, Friday-Saturday, July 6-7
  The World Cup menu starts Monday with a sublime beverage – Horchata, Atole or Café de Olla – and then finish up Tuesday with bangers and mash. The Round of 16 continues at the futbol spectacular with the game of the tourney to date, Brazil meeting the de facto home team Mexico (7 a.m., Fox, Telemundo). El Tri will be looking to advance to
  
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• Heisler: After 8 years of being nobody, the Lakers are the Lakers again

  01-07-2018 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Imagine that, it happened.
  Eight years after winning their last title, five years since their last playoff game, the Lakers climbed out of the obscurity that had come to blight their very existence, landing LeBron James, still the best player in the game at the advanced age of 33.
  How long James remains the best remains to be seen.
  Also remaining to be seen is how much he can do for him.
  Even if the Lakers land center DeMarcus Cousins, too, they won’t be favored in a Western Conference tha
  
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• Walking with the pros at Park Hyatt Aviara, the golfer’s paradise in Carlsbad

  01-07-2018 19:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Golfer Christie Kerr at the LPGA Kia Classic at Park Hyatt Aviara Resort & Golf Club.
  Golf great Arnold Palmer once said, “Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.” When the legend designed the undulating golf course at Park Hyatt Aviara, did he know his creation would leave an indelible mark on coastal Southern California? Did he realize this place would lure people from around the globe to discover the hidden beauty of Carlsbad?
  When Palmer envisioned
  
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• LeBron James agrees to 4-year, $154 million contract with Lakers

  01-07-2018 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The King is coming to Los Angeles.
  LeBron James agreed Sunday to a four-year, $154-million contract with the Lakers, his agency, Klutch Sports, said in a news release posted on Twitter. James also reportedly spoke to the Cleveland Cavaliers, his former team, and the Philadelphia 76ers about new deals before making his franchise-altering decision known.
  It’s believed the Lakers continue to have an interest in acquiring disgruntled forward Kawhi Leonard via a trade with the San Antonio Spurs
  
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• NBA Free Agency: LeBron James and Lakers agree to 4-year deal

  01-07-2018 19:14 via ocregister.com
  
  The wait is finally over and a winner has been declared in the LeBron James free agency sweepstakes.
  James has chosen the Los Angeles Lakers, according to the announcement made on Twitter by Klutch Sports, the agency group that represents James, that he has agreed to a deal. The deal is worth $154 million over four years.
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• Kings’ Drew Doughty loves L.A., never wants to leave

  01-07-2018 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  All-Star defenseman Drew Doughty wanted to know one thing from the Kings’ new front office prior to the start of the 2017-18 hockey season – did it have every intention of getting the team back to its glory days of 2012 and 2014, when it won the Stanley Cup title?
  “My only concern was that I didn’t know what our team was going to look like down the road,” Doughty said Sunday via conference call from his native Canada. “They solved that problem right off the ba
  
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• Mexico clashes with Brazil in World Cup round of 16

  01-07-2018 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  MOSCOW — So many favorites have been eliminated already from the World Cup that Brazil, trying to make amends for its disappointing 2014 tournament, now has a strong shot at leaving Russia with a sixth title.
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  Brazil faces Mexico in the round of 16 Monday at 7 a.m. PT at Samara Arena, and with Germany, Argentina and Portugal already eliminated, a victory would make the five-time World Cup champions one of the top bet
  
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• Matt Kemp drives in four runs as Dodgers avoid sweep with win over Rockies

  01-07-2018 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Max Muncy, right, scores on a double by Matt Kemp under the tag of Colorado Rockies catcher Tom Murphy during the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 1, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Colorado Rockies’ Carlos Gonzalez is congratulated by teammates after scoring on a ground out by Ian Desmond during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday, July 1, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundTh
  
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• A look at the sports craze sweeping the coast: pickleball.

  01-07-2018 17:48 via ocregister.com
  
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  There’s a name for people like Cathy Binnquist: a pickler. And it’s got nothing to do with pickles.
  A pickler, as defined on Pickleball Portal, is “a pickleball freak who can’t stop talking about the sport.”
  “I’m a pickler,” Binnquist says with gravitas. “I&rsquo
  
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• The future of your face: The most recent FDA-approved options and new techniques

  01-07-2018 17:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The wind-swept, cookie-cutter facelift is as passé as a rotary phone. Without the bonus of kitschy charm. On our increasingly technology-driven, fast-paced planet, advances in aesthetic procedures are metamorphosing even minimally invasive, non-surgical cosmetic options, including wrinkle-relaxing neurotoxins, fillers and fat reduction.
  To find out how, Coast reached out to some of Southern California’s many cosmetic procedure experts about the most recent FDA-approved options and
  
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• Police say they nabbed bank robber when he returned his getaway car – a rental

  01-07-2018 17:26 via ocregister.com
  
  San Gabriel police arrested a man suspected of wearing a skeleton mask and brandishing a handgun during a robbery of a busy bank Friday when he showed up in City of Industry to return the rental car they say he used as a getaway vehicle.
  Detectives surveilling the Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Industry took 51-year-old Hubert Sing Chung into custody when he arrived at around 9:40 a.m. on Saturday, June 30 to bring back the silver Toyota Corolla identified by witnesses who were at the bank during the
  
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• Discover Orange County’s natural wonders in Agua Chinon Canyon

  01-07-2018 16:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Walking through the green expanse of Agua Chinon Canyon, Irvine Ranch Conservancy deputy director Dave Raetz points out a purple-ish burst of color. Those, he explains, are chia plants.
  As in what gives us chia seeds?
  Yes, there’s a native form of the popular plant growing wild in Orange County.
  Continuing along, he spots a native wild cucumber. “It just kind of recruited itself,” Raetz observes.
  While the conservancy is busy replanting native flora, this is a reminder that, de
  
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• Croatia reaches World Cup quarterfinals with penalty-shootout win over Denmark

  01-07-2018 16:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Croatia’s Luka Modric, left, and Denmark’s Thomas Delaney challenge for the ball during the round of 16 match between Croatia and Denmark at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, in Nizhny Novgorod , Russia, Sunday, July 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
  Denmark’s Mathias Jorgensen, left, vies for the ball with Croatia’s Ante Rebic during the round of 16 match between Croatia and Denmark at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, in
  
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• Angels shuffle rotation to use best pitchers for series in Seattle

  01-07-2018 16:14 via ocregister.com
  
  BALTIMORE — It may be barely July, but the Angels appear to be putting some extra emphasis on this week’s three-game series against the Seattle Mariners.
  The Mariners, who are currently sitting in the second wild card spot, will host the Angels for the first three of nine games between the two teams in July.
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  The Angels are starting Andrew Heaney and Tyler Skaggs — their
  
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• Angels fill-in pitchers have rough day in loss to Baltimore Orioles

  01-07-2018 14:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Angels’ Kole Calhoun slides into second on a double against the Baltimore Orioles in the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 1, 2018, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
  Los Angeles Angels’ Albert Pujols follows through on an RBI-single against the Baltimore Orioles in the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 1, 2018, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Angels pitcher Deck McGuire throws to the Baltimor
  
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• Triple-digit temps will hit Southern California after Fourth of July

  01-07-2018 13:08 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – The Fourth of July will be comfortable, but hot temperatures are expected to arrive afterwards in Southern California.
  Record-breaking heat is possible across the region, with temperatures starting to rise Thursday and through the weekend, according to forecasters at the National Weather Service.Much warmer weather on the way for late this coming week! High fire danger likely due to hot, dry and windy conditions starting Thursday. #CAwx #LAheat #SoCal https://t.co/c9raj6jaZs
  
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• Russia bounces Spain from World Cup with victory in penalty shootout

  01-07-2018 12:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, left, saves a penalty kick by Spain’s Koke during the round of 16 match between Spain and Russia at the 2018 soccer World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 1, 2018. Russia eliminates Spain 4-3 on penalties after game ends 1-1. (AP Photo/David Vincent)
  Members of the Russian team react as their Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev makes a save that defeats Spain in a penalty shoot out during the round of 16 match between Spain and Russia
  
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• Peek inside ex-Ducks player Teemu Selanne’s 6-acre Coto de Caza spread. Yours for $6.9 million!

  01-07-2018 09:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Hockey Hall of Famer and Stanley Cup champion Teemu Selanne has put his Coto de Caza estate on the market for just under $7 million.
  The 9,400-square-foot, Mediterranean home is located in Coto’s secluded Los Ranchos Estates, a gated-behind-gates community, where imposing, custom homes are set on oversized lots.
  The residence of the hockey player-turned restaurateur includes a barn, riding area and tennis court. Waterfalls cascade into a rock swimming pool. Three holes of golf and a w
  
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• Lakers still pursuing LeBron James, but Paul George decides to stay in Oklahoma City

  01-07-2018 01:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Conventional wisdom suggested for many months that LeBron James would sign with the Lakers only if they could add another top-tier free agent and lure a third player in a trade in order to form a “super team” capable of challenging the Golden State Warriors for NBA supremacy.
  Saturday, before the opening minutes of the free agency negotiating window, Paul George agreed to a new four-year, $137-million contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder without bothering to listen to the Lakers&r
  
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• Wondolowski caps Quakes’ rally for 3-3 draw with Galaxy

  01-07-2018 00:25 via ocregister.com
  STANFORD, Calif.  — Chris Wondolowski scored twice and the San Jose Earthquakes overcame a two-goal deficit to tie the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-3 on Saturday night in the second California Clasico of the season.
  Wondolowski tied it on a penalty kick in the 69th minute. Danny Hoesen drew the penalty with a foul in the area against Michael Ciani. Wondolowski has 140 goals, five behind Landon Donovan’s MLS record.
  Valeri Qazaishvili pulled the Earthquakes to 3-2 in the 39th minute with
  
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