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• Ducks vs. Predators rivalry fueled by bitterness

  12-03-2019 22:29
  
  ANAHEIM — What if the bad guys were actually the good guys?
  What if the good guys were really the bad guys?
  What if perceptions were off by 180 degrees?
  It’s not difficult to pinpoint the moment the Ducks’ rivalry with the Nashville Predators became overheated. It happened after Game 2 of the Western Conference final May 14, 2017 at Honda Center, when the Ducks tied the series at one victory apiece with a dominating 5-3 victory.
  The Predators’ Ryan Johansen sounded off ab
  
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• Long Beach Beer Week to debut in September

  12-03-2019 22:28
  
  Move over puny little weekend beer festivals, because a 10-day citywide celebration of brews is coming thanks to the inaugural Long Beach Beer Week.
  Modeled after the popular restaurant week events, the Long Beach Beer Week is set for Sept.13-22 when breweries and beer-focused restaurants throughout the city will offer all sorts of brew specials.
  Organized by Dine LBC, the new event is still in the early planning stages, but Terri Henry, the founder of the popular restaurant week event, hopes to
  
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• College no longer a value proposition, why not just learn a trade?

  12-03-2019 22:25
  
  The recent arrests of Hollywood parents paying for their kids to get into good colleges highlights what is wrong with higher education these days. We make a college education a bigger deal than it deserves.
  We continue to encourage our kids to go to awful colleges and load up on stifling student loan debt, resulting in unfulfilled dreams, when many of these kids need to just get a job or learn a trade.
  Access to higher education is important for those who truly want to attend, but we send way to
  
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• Knott’s Boysenberry Festival spreads to Yogurtland with new frozen yogurt flavor

  12-03-2019 22:22
  
  Knott’s fans will have an opportunity to prime their taste buds for the upcoming Boysenberry Festival when Yogurtland releases its newest frozen yogurt flavor.
  The theme park and dessert chain have teamed up to create Knott’s Berry Farm Boysenberry Pie frozen yogurt, which will be available at Yogurtland locations beginning March 18. Customers may also top their treat with mini boysenberry shortbread cookies.
  Yogurtland frozen yogurt is not available at Knott’s. The store will
  
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• Video: Murry Bartow talks UCLA’s ‘survive and advance’ mentality for Pac-12 tournament

  12-03-2019 22:20
  
  Head coach Murry Bartow talks about UCLA’s mindset entering what could be the team’s final games of the season and updates the statuses of Moses Brown and Prince Ali.
  
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• Video: Jules Bernard on preparing for his first UCLA postseason

  12-03-2019 22:20
  
  Freshman guard Jules Bernard talks about how he is preparing to enter the postseason and how he’s developed over the past weeks to earn a starting role last weekend against Utah.
  
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• Video: Jaylen Hands says UCLA has ‘just win’ mindset for Pac-12 tournament

  12-03-2019 22:20
  
  Guard Jaylen Hands talks about UCLA’s mentality entering the Pac-12 tournament and what it’s going to take for the Bruins to survive and advance this week in Las Vegas.
  
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• Video: Jalen Hill on how UCLA can find its focus for Pac-12 tournament

  12-03-2019 22:14
  
  Forward Jalen Hill talks about why UCLA has struggled in first halves in recent games and how the Bruins can avoid the same fate in the Pac-12 tournament.
  
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• Jermaine Jones returns to soccer with Ontario Fury of MASL

  12-03-2019 22:12
  
  Former U.S. national team and Galaxy midfielder Jermaine Jones is returning to play with the Ontario Fury of the Major Arena Soccer League.
  Jones, 37, has been without a club since he left the Galaxy following the 2017 season.
  “My motivation for coming here was the whole package,” Jones said. “I love and miss the game and I enjoy the challenge of what is ahead for us in the coming weeks.
  “I’ve been away for a little while and coming back to play indoor soccer seemed
  
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• Honda recalls 1.2M more vehicles with dangerous air bags

  12-03-2019 22:01
  
  By Tom Krisher, The Associated Press
  A type of Takata air bag inflator once thought to be safe has now come under scrutiny after a crash and explosion in Maryland injured the driver of a Honda minivan.
  The incident forced Honda on Tuesday to recall about 1.2 million vehicles in North and Central America from the 2001 to 2016 model years that were not included in the massive string of Takata recalls for air bags that can hurl shrapnel into the passenger compartment.
  Takata used ammonium nitrate t
  
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• Bravo! Local residents helping save lives and more

  12-03-2019 17:35
  
  Huntington Beach soldier helps save choking infant
  Pfc. Marco Garcia and Pfc. Jovany Castillo were working toward completing the second phase of the Army’s practical nurse course at William Beaumont Army Medical Center when they were assigned to measure vital signs of patients at a local hospital.
  Liliana Adzich, left, and Jade Faircloth work on their website to help raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. (Courtesy of Mary Adzich)
  Pfc. Jovany Castillo, a student in the practi
  
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• In death of Trinity Love Jones, 9, found on Hacienda Heights trail, mother’s boyfriend to appear in court

  12-03-2019 17:29
  LOS ANGELES — One of two people detained in connection with the death of 9-year-old Trinity Love Jones, whose body was found last week on a Hacienda Heights hiking trail, is scheduled to be in court Tuesday in Pomona, according to court documents.
  Relatives of the victim say the two people in custody are Jones’ mother, Taquesta Graham, and her boyfriend, Emiel Lamar Hunt. Each is being held in on a $2 million bond, and Hunt is scheduled to make an appearance in a Pomona courtroom thi
  
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• Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy lauded for handling pitchers

  12-03-2019 17:01
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Clearly Jonathan Lucroy’s 2018 season is not to be measured by his disappointing .241 batting average or his four homers.
  If there’s any doubt, ask the man who managed him last year.
  “He played a big role for us,” Oakland A’s manager Bob Melvin said, “and I hope he doesn’t for the Angels.”
  Despite Lucroy’s offensive performance, which was far below the standard he’d set throughout his career, Melvin placed a high va
  
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• DCappella does classic Disney songs a cappella at 2 Southern California shows

  12-03-2019 16:45
  
  Joe Santoni of Disney’s DCappella calls from Denver where the contemporary a cappella group was set to perform. The group’s tour kicked off in January and is now nearing its final run of shows on the West Coast.
  “I’m sad, and also happy that it’s about to wrap up,” says Santoni, who sings bass in the seven-member group. “It’s exciting to get back to my daily life, but this adventure has been so crazy and so packed.
  “It’s going to be 41
  
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• Actresses Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman, college coaches — including USC, UCLA — accused in admissions bribery scheme

  12-03-2019 16:45
  
  A prominent senior athletic official and several coaches at USC, as well as another coach at UCLA, are among several charged in a sweeping admissions bribery case unsealed in federal court Tuesday in which the coaches accepted bribes in exchange for admitting students as athletes, regardless of their ability.
  Charges have been brought against USC senior associate athletic director Donna Heinel, men’s and women’s water polo coach Jovan Vavic and former women’s soccer head coach
  
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• ‘Calling all angels’: Inspired by their own experience, siblings launch nonprofit to support families battling melanoma

  12-03-2019 16:00
  
  Tyler and Tricia Halstead grew up quickly, in a home centered around a mother who spent her last decade dying of melanoma.
  “We did not have what you would call a normal childhood,” said Tricia, 27, now an attorney living in Huntington Beach. “But our mom made it as normal as possible by developing a support group to take care of us when she couldn’t.”
  Her parents, Travis and Cindy Halstead, called the posse their “angel network.”
  Siblings Tricia and Tyle
  
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• The new chef at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa Rancho Mirage will transform restaurants one bite at a time

  12-03-2019 15:53
  
  When Chef Kenneth Williams began his culinary career it was on the sands of Newport Beach, but now, after a career spanning multiple decades and multiple resorts, he’s on his way back to a sandy locale once again, albeit a drier one.
  Williams, 48, joined Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa Rancho Mirage as its new executive chef in February. He is in charge of all the dining options, including fine dining restaurant The Steakhouse, American comfort food restaurant Waters Café and new fo
  
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• In shooting death of USC music student, LAPD searches for 3 or 4 men in their 20s

  12-03-2019 15:26
  
  LOS ANGELES — A search is continuing Tuesday for three or four men in their 20s suspected of shooting to death a USC student who was the son of an Oakland City Council member in an apparent robbery attempt near the campus.
  The shooting occurred just after midnight Sunday near the corner of Maple Avenue and Adams Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The suspects approached the victim and attempted to rob him, leading to the shooting, authorities said.
  The victim was id
  
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• Is Disneyland making a mistake with the way it’s opening Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge?

  12-03-2019 14:33
  
  Is Disneyland making a mistake by opening Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in phases?
  Disney CEO Bob Iger announced last week that the biggest new land in Disneyland’s history will open on May 31, earlier than pretty much everyone expected. But not everything in the new Star Wars land will open then. Fans will have to wait until later in the year to go on the biggest new attraction in Galaxy’s Edge, the Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance ride.
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• Special election: Voters to choose new Orange County supervisor today

  12-03-2019 14:00
  
  Inland Orange County voters are heading to the polls Tuesday to pick who will fill an open seat on the county Board of Supervisors.
  The winner-take-all contest – in which about one-fifth of county residents are eligible to vote – could influence the balance of partisan power on the board, and both parties have campaigned heavily in recent weeks in a race they see as the first major fight of the 2020 election cycle.
  Seven candidates are competing for the 3rd District seat, including t
  
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• Special election: Orange County voters to choose a new supervisor today

  12-03-2019 14:00
  
  Inland Orange County voters are heading to the polls Tuesday to pick who will fill an open seat on the county Board of Supervisors.
  The winner-take-all contest – in which about one-fifth of county residents are eligible to vote – could influence the balance of partisan power on the board, and both parties have campaigned heavily in recent weeks in a race they see as the first major fight of the 2020 election cycle.
  Seven candidates are competing for the 3rd District seat, including t
  
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• Bargain Hunter: Marie Callender’s is celebrating National Pi Day

  12-03-2019 13:54
  
  Marie Callender’s Restaurant & Bakery is celebrating National Pi Day by offering customers a free slice of pie on Thursday, March 14. You must purchase one full-priced adult entree and submit the special coupon which you may find at www.mariecallenders.com/coupon-piday.
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• UC Irvine’s Russell Turner, Jonathan Galloway, Elston Jones receive Big West Conference awards

  12-03-2019 07:42
  
  UC Irvine men’s basketball coach Russell Turner was named Big West Conference Coach of the Year for the third time in the past six seasons on Monday, while a pair of UCI players also earned top awards when all-conference honors were announced.
  Turner, who previously won in 2013-14 and 2016-17, led the Anteaters to their fourth Big West regular-season title in the past six seasons and the best regular-season (27-5) and Big West records (15-1) in program history.
  Turner, the second-winninges
  
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• Suspect injured in Santa Ana officer-involved shooting

  12-03-2019 07:33
  
  An officer-involved shooting in Santa Ana on Monday night left a suspect hospitalized.
  The shooting occurred around 9:40 p.m. near the intersection of Evergreen and Occidental streets and involved gang unit detectives, according to Cpl. Anthony Bertanga of the Santa Ana Police Department.
  Related Articles California won’t charge Sacramento officers who killed Stephon Clark Orange County DA: No criminal wrongdoing in fatal officer-involved shootings in Santa Ana, Fullerton
  A suspect was hit
  
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• Lou Williams becomes NBA’s all-time bench scorer as Clippers crush Celtics

  12-03-2019 06:24
  
  The Clippers’ Danilo Gallinari, right, dribbles past the Celtics’ Kyrie Irving during the first half of Monday’s game at Staples Center. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
  Los Angeles Clippers’ Ivica Zubac, top right, of Croatia, is defended by Boston Celtics’ Kyrie Irving, left, and Marcus Morris during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, March 11, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe Clippers’ Shai Gilgeous-A
  
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• Huntington Beach man dies of crash injuries

  12-03-2019 06:20
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH — A 26-year-old Huntington Beach man involved in a solo-vehicle crash last week succumbed to his injuries over the weekend, police said Monday.
  Zachary John Gillespie died Saturday, police reported.
  Gillespie, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was driving a 2006 Nissan Titan pickup east on Yorktown Avenue from Magnolia Street when the truck veered into the westbound lanes and then back into the eastbound lanes before slamming into a block wall and utility pole, police said.
  
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• Albano’s Diamond Club: Orange County softball standouts of the week, March 11

  12-03-2019 05:56
  
  Taylor Lane helped Marina’s softball team upset nationally-ranked Hamilton of Arizona in the quarterfinals of the Dave Kops TOC in Bullhead City, Arizona on Friday, March 8, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Marina softball)
  Los Alamitos’ Samantha Denehy snags a blooper during the Griffins’ 8-3 victory over Cypress in a non-league softball game at Los Alamitos High in Los Alamitos on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan/Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resu
  
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• Naomi Osaka, Venus Williams advance in straight sets at Indian Wells

  12-03-2019 05:33
  
  Venus Williams returns a shot to Christina McHale at the BNP Paribas Open on Monday in Indian Wells. Williams won the third-round match 6-2, 7-5. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Naomi Osaka, of Japan, returns a shot to Danielle Collins at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament Monday, March 11, 2019, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsNaomi Osaka, of Japan, serves to Danielle Collins at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament Monday, March 11, 2019,
  
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• Kyle Busch goes for NASCAR victory No. 200 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana

  12-03-2019 05:28
  
  Joe Gibbs, who owns the Toyota that Kyle Busch drove to a NASCAR Cup victory Sunday in Phoenix, has experience with athletes who excel in their chosen sport. Gibbs put Busch in that elite class after the driver scored his 199th victory in the three national touring series with a weekend sweep in Phoenix, his 12th such sweep, most of all-time.
  “I think for me, you know, it happened in football where we had some guys that all of a sudden on Sundays when they put the helmet on, you kind of lo
  
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• Orange County baseball/softball highlights for Monday, March 11

  12-03-2019 04:31
  
  Highlights and top performers from the Orange County baseball and softball games on Monday, March 11.
  BASEBALL
  Monday’s baseball scoreboard
  No. 10 Beckman continued its tear through the Pacific Coast League with a 5-0 win over Woodbridge at Beckman High. Sophomore Nick McLain hit two doubles for the Patriots and Sean McLain had two hits with a triple. Cooper Munro hit a two-run double for Beckman and San Jose commit Trevor Ernt threw six scoreless innings and only allowed two hits. Beckman
  
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• Pasadena approves agreement with Tesla for largest fast-charging site in western U.S.

  12-03-2019 04:13
  
  The Pasadena City Council voted on Monday, March 11 to join with Tesla in building the largest fast-charging site for electric vehicles in the western United States.
  By a 7-0 vote, the Council authorized a five-year agreement with the Silicon Valley electric carmaker that creates 44 public-access fast-chargers on the roof level of the Marengo parking garage at 155 E. Green St.
  Under the agreement to be executed by the city manager, Tesla would pay for 24 “super chargers” for Tesla ve
  
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• Orange County softball strikeout leaders: Monday, March 11

  12-03-2019 04:10
  
  Orange County softball strikeout leaders through Sunday, March 10.Player, school
  K
  BF
  IP
  Brooklyn Carreon, Whittier Christian
  84
  201
  50
  Taylor Caudill, JSerra
  41
  102
  26
  Sophia Skerik, Corona del Mar
  38
  150
  34.2
  LeeAnne Miranda, Westminster
  36
  119
  28.1
  McKayla Cotton, Newport Harbor
  31
  141
  33.2
  CJ Garcia, Fountain Valley
  30
  147
  28.1
  Odhi Vasquez, Foothill
  30
  76
  17
  Isabella Savala, Brea Olinda
  25
  128
  32.2
  Phoebe Popplewell, San Juan Hills
  24
  124
  29
  Madi Wood, Dana Hills
  24
  98
  22.2
  Makenah Red
  
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• Clippers are in thick of playoff conversation, even if some still ignore it

  12-03-2019 04:01
  
  LOS ANGELES — Don’t look now – or do? – but the Clippers are in the thick of the action in the Western Conference playoff race as it hits the homestretch.
  Entering Monday’s game against the Boston Celtics, the Clippers were tied with San Antonio for the conference’s seventh-best record at 38-29. And they started the day just a game behind Utah (37-28), which hosted Oklahoma City on Monday, in the loss column for sixth place. Behind them, ninth-place Sacramento
  
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• The burger police are coming: Political Cartoons

  12-03-2019 03:36
  
  Check out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.
  Check out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCheck out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and
  
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• Southern California’s rain and chilly temperatures predicted to break by Thursday

  12-03-2019 03:28
  
  Forecasters are predicting more rainfall on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by drier and warmer days through the rest of the week in Southern California.
  The National Weather Service in San Diego said there was between a 40 and 70 percent chance of rain throughout Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties on Tuesday, while the NWS in Los Angeles said there was a 20 percent chance of rain in Los Angeles County.
  Though the rain has continued through February and March, the NWS isn’t pred
  
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• Healthcare flexibility saves costs for Americans

  12-03-2019 03:21
  
  A healthcare plan shouldn’t send you to the doctor for heartburn and anxiety.
  Yet a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation confirms just how unaffordable health insurance is on the federal exchange, especially for older middle-income earners who don’t qualify for federal assistance. It is further evidence Americans need alternatives to the plans offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) more than ever.
  According to the report, a 60-year-old earning the median househ
  
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• Orange County softball hits leaders: Monday, March 11

  12-03-2019 03:12
  
  Orange County softball hits leaders through Sunday, March 10.Player, school
  H
  AB
  BA
  GP
  Amerys Barshtak, Corona del Mar
  23
  32
  .719
  10
  Alexandra Molina, Segerstrom
  21
  43
  .488
  13
  Bella Martinez, Segerstrom
  18
  43
  .419
  13
  Liliana Navarro, Segerstrom
  17
  34
  .500
  13
  Ciara Briggs, Orange Lutheran
  17
  30
  .567
  10
  Mariah Rodriguez, Orange Lutheran
  17
  33
  .515
  10
  Hailey Guillen, Segerstrom
  16
  42
  .381
  13
  Brooklyn Carreon, Whittier Christian
  16
  31
  .516
  9
  Justine Boyle, Foothill
  
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• Personal data for 1,000 pensioners accessed from OC Sanitation District

  12-03-2019 02:33
  
  Birth dates and Social Security numbers for 1,000 Orange County Sanitation District retirees were accessed in a phishing scheme, the district confirmed Monday.
  District retirees, former employees and board members were being notified of the data breach in the utility’s deferred compensation plan, which occurred in December after a file at NFP Corp. was accessed via a phishing email, said a district fact sheet.
  NFP is the district’s $160,000-a-year financial consultant for its deferre
  
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• Orange County baseball strikeout leaders: Monday, March 11

  12-03-2019 02:31
  
  The Orange County baseball strikeout leaders through Sunday, March 10.Player, school
  K
  BF
  IP
  Ulisses Perez, La Quinta
  3535.2
  Ethan Hoopingarner, Aliso Niguel
  33
  61
  16
  Hector Garcia, Sonora
  32
  71
  18.2
  Gavin Lizik, Esperanza
  31
  114
  28
  Jake Covey, Estancia
  30
  79
  22
  Ethan Pope, San Juan Hills
  29
  92
  22.1
  Eric Silva, Laguna Beach
  28
  73
  17.2
  Jake Brooks, Fountain Valley
  28
  89
  20.2
  Evan Fitterer, Aliso Niguel
  27
  87
  22
  Adam Berecek, Sonora
  27
  100
  22.1
  Justin Wood, Estan
  
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• Ducks’ Daniel Sprong taking strides to become a more complete player

  12-03-2019 00:18
  
  ANAHEIM — No one ever doubted Daniel Sprong’s shot, which leaves his stick like a laser and finds the target with stunning quickness. It’s not the hardest shot in the game, but it is remarkably accurate and difficult to stop when he puts it where the opposing goaltender has left the tiniest of openings.
  Sprong’s skating ability is no less as eye-catching as his shooting.
  Now, if he could bring the other parts of the game up to those high levels, then he might someday be a
  
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• Giants score three runs in ninth to beat Dodgers

  12-03-2019 00:05
  
  The Dodgers’ Justin Turner follows through on a swing during Monday’s Cactus League game against the Giants at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz. Turner drove in the Dodgers’ only run with a sacrifice fly. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
  GLENDALE, ARIZONA – MARCH 11: Joc Pederson #31 of the Los Angeles Dodgers scores on a sacrifice fly by Justin Turner #10during the first inning of a spring training game as catcher Rene Rivera #18 of the San Francisco Giants looks on at
  
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