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• UCLA defense laments missed plays against Cincinnati

  03-09-2019 23:59
  
  LOS ANGELES — When Atonio Mafi turns on the film of UCLA’s season opener against Cincinnati, he proudly counts up his career-high nine tackles, but the sophomore just as eagerly counts each tackle he missed.
  Those are the ones that really count
  “We see progress as a team, as a defense,” said Mafi, whose previous career-high in a game was four tackles, “but it’s not where we want to be.”
  While UCLA successfully bottled up the Cincinnati offense that broke
  
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Liam Boersma, Dana Hills

  03-09-2019 23:38
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Liam Boersma
  School: Dana Hills
  Sport: Football
  Year: Senior
  Noteworthy: Boersma had a 4 1/2 sacks in the Dolphins’ 35-28 win over Dana Hills. Boersma (6-4, 205), a defensive end and team captain, has a team-high 21 tackles. “He’s unblockable,” Dana Hills coach Phillip Skinner said of Boersma. “He put on 25 pounds of muscle over the offseason. He wants to play at the next level and he’s doing what he can to get
  
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• OCVarsity video: Previews of the top Week 2 football games

  03-09-2019 23:26
  
  Steve Fryer, Dan Albano and Jonathan Khamis preview the Game of the Week — No. 6 La Habra vs. No. 3 Mission Viejo — plus two other top matchups this week, Edison vs. Orange Lutheran and Aliso Niguel vs. Newport Harbor. – Video by Jonathan Khamis, for the Orange Count Register
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• Bellator signs Cris Cyborg to ‘biggest contract in women’s MMA history’

  03-09-2019 23:06
  
  Cris Cyborg is officially off the free-agent market
  Just 32 days after the UFC announced it would not sign its former featherweight champion to a new contract, Bellator has swooped in with what it is calling the largest deal of its kind in women’s MMA history.
  Terms of the contract were not released.
  At 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, Bellator President Scott Coker teased a 1 p.m. announcement of a major free-agent signing on Twitter. At that time, Coker tweeted out a video of Cyborg and wrote: &ldquo
  
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• Inland Empire wages lowest among big U.S. counties, L.A., O.C. middle of the pack

  03-09-2019 23:01
  
  Riverside and San Bernardino counties have the lowest pay among the 50 largest U.S. counties.
  Yes, the bottom of the ladder.
  With Labor Day in mind, not to mention the grand debate about affordable housing in Southern California, I loaded my trusty spreadsheet with some of my favorite employment data from federal job counters. My rankings from those stats — culled from employment records vs. polling of bosses and workers — revealed the Inland Empire’s pay gap.
  And the shortfall
  
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• Orange County girls athlete of the week: Siena Palicke, Yorba Linda

  03-09-2019 21:34
  
  The Orange County girls athlete of the week:
  Name: Siena Palicke
  School: Yorba Linda
  Sport: Girls cross country
  Year: Junior
  Noteworthy: Palicke won the 3 mile race in the small school division at The Great Cow Run by about 16 seconds to lead the Mustangs to the team title at Don Knabe Regional Park in Cerritos. Palicke covered the course in 17 minutes, 20.3 seconds, the fastest girls time at the meet.
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• Men’s soccer team scores 2 second-half goals to defeat Bryant

  03-09-2019 21:20
  After trailing for much of the game, the Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer team  (2-0) scored two goals in the second half including one by freshman Diego Useda in the 82nd minute which led to the Titans 2-1 victory over Bryant (0-2) Sunday at Titan Stadium.
  The Titans got off to a slow start, giving up the first goal of the season in the 37th minute to the Bulldogs’ Ben Williams. Fullerton, however, came out of the locker room in the second half motivated and energized. After ge
  
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• Analysis: Rams offense position-by-position breakdown for 2019

  03-09-2019 21:12
  
  Third in a four-part series examining the Chargers’ and Rams’ rosters, by position.
  THOUSAND OAKS — It was the offense that got most of the credit and then all of the blame when the Rams soared and later crashed last season.
  Now it might be the offense that determines whether the Rams climb higher to a championship or fall back to Earth in the new season opening Sunday.
  The group certainly has a chance to improve, since the team brought back its top seven yards-producers, all b
  
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• Southern California new homes sales rise 13% in July as prices slide 8%

  03-09-2019 21:04
  
  Southern California builders sold 13% more homes in July than a year ago, topping the sales pace for existing residences.
  CoreLogic reported 1,719 newly built homes were sold in the six-county region vs. 1,516 a year earlier. Builders’ 13% sales increase far outpaced the region’s 3% rise for resales of existing homes.
  This meant local builders grew their market share: New homes were 7.8% of July sales regionally vs. 7.1% a year earlier.
  As for cost comparisons, Southern California&rs
  
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• Tropicalia Festival moves to Pico Rivera with Los Tigres Del Norte, Caifanes, Kali Uchis and more

  03-09-2019 20:59
  
  With a focus once again on Los Angeles’ music-loving Latino culture, the third annual Tropicalia Music and Taco Festival will return in November, but this time at a new venue.
  The event, which has been held in Long Beach for the last two years, is moving to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena Grounds for this year’s edition, which happens Nov. 9 and 10.
  Topping the bill are Norteño superstars Los Tigres Del Norte, modern alternative Latin-inspired indie pop/rock group Chicano Batman,
  
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• UK’s Johnson weakened by key party defections over Brexit

  03-09-2019 20:57
  
  By DANICA KIRKA and GREGORY KATZ
  LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered key defections from his party Tuesday, losing a working majority in Parliament and weakening his position as he tried to prevent lawmakers from blocking his Brexit plans.
  On a day of high drama and acerbic debate in the House of Commons, lawmakers returned from their summer recess to confront Johnson over his insistence that the U.K. leave the European Union on Oct. 31, even without a withdrawal agreeme
  
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• Video: Atonio Mafi on his career-high 9 tackles vs. Cincinnati

  03-09-2019 20:51
  
  Defensive lineman Atonio Mafi talks about how he set a career-high with nine tackles against Cincinnati, the difference 60 pounds makes and how fast he can run a 40-yard dash.Related Articles Video: Tyler Manoa wants UCLA pass rush to keep building vs. San Diego State UCLA teammates, coaches support Dorian Thompson-Robinson after disappointing season debut Video: Boss Tagaloa has ‘no doubt’ Dorian Thompson-Robinson will bounce back Video: Jaylen Erwin shook off early nerves in UCLA d
  
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• Video: Tyler Manoa wants UCLA pass rush to keep building vs. San Diego State

  03-09-2019 20:49
  
  Defensive lineman Tyler Manoa talks about his impressions of the defensive line against Cincinnati, how the Bruins can learn from the performance for this week’s home opener and the importance of this weekend’s game.Related Articles Video: Atonio Mafi on his career-high 9 tackles vs. Cincinnati UCLA teammates, coaches support Dorian Thompson-Robinson after disappointing season debut Video: Boss Tagaloa has ‘no doubt’ Dorian Thompson-Robinson will bounce back Video: Jaylen
  
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• Can an emoji actually result in a lawsuit? Ask the lawyer

  03-09-2019 20:31
  
  Q: Our supervisors have told us to stop using emojis because of concerns about potential claims, such as harassment. Isn’t that censorship? Emojis are supposed to be fun.
  -D.H., Hawthorne
  Ron Sokol
  A: An emoji is defined as: “Any of various small images, symbols, or icons used in text fields in electronic communication (as in text messages, email and social media) to express the emotional attitude of the writer, convey information succinctly, communicate a message playfully without u
  
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• COAST Spotlight: September’s arts and culture guide

  03-09-2019 20:22
  
  LAGUNA ART MUSEUM GALA
  The Laguna Gala takes place on Sept. 21at Laguna Art Museum, 307 Cliff Dr., Laguna Beach.COST: $750-$2,500(Photography by lagunaartmuseum.org )
  Time to raise a glass in honor of one of the county’s grandest places to view art, Laguna Art Museum. At the annual gala, California artist Lita Albuquerque will receive the 2019 Wendt Award. Albuquerque’s expansive body of work ranges from painting, sculpture, poetry and performance to large-scale site-specific install
  
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• Torrance resident says ‘divine intervention’ kept him off deadly dive boat

  03-09-2019 18:29
  If not for complications from a hip-replacement surgery, Torrance resident Dale Sheckler, 62, could have been one of the victims in Monday’s tragic dive boat incident in the Channel Islands.
  Recovery crews were still working Tuesday to bring ashore more of the presumed 34 people who died when the boat caught fire and sunk in Platts Harbor on the northern end of Santa Cruz Island.
  Sheckler called it divine intervention that he wasn’t on the boat.
  “My heart goes out to those who
  
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• Report: Santa Cruz high school students aboard dive boat in deadly fire

  03-09-2019 18:15
  
  SANTA CRUZ — Students from a Santa Cruz high school were reportedly aboard the boat that caught fire and sank early Monday off the coast of Southern California.
  Nine people from the dive-boat Conception remained missing Tuesday morning, while 25 passengers were confirmed dead, authorities said.
  KGO-TV, this news organization’s media partner, reported a Pacific Collegiate School official confirmed Tuesday that multiple students were on the boat, and said grief counselors were on the c
  
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• Fryer’s vote in this week’s O.C. football top 25 media poll

  03-09-2019 17:59
  
  How I voted Monday in the Orange County top 25 media poll …Mater Dei (2-0)
  JSerra (1-1)
  Mission Viejo (2-0)
  Corona del Mar (2-0)
  Servite (1-0)
  La Habra (2-0)
  Villa Park (0-1)
  Orange Lutheran (1-1)
  Tesoro (2-0)
  San Clemente (2-0)
  Los Alamitos (0-2)
  San Juan Hills (1-1)
  Santa Margarita (1-1)
  Edison (2-0)
  Yorba Linda (1-0)
  Capistrano Valley (1-1)
  Cypress (2-0)
  Katella (2-0)
  Western (1-1)
  St. Margaret’s (1-1)
  Orange (1-0)
  Canyon (2-0)
  El Modena (1-0)
  Valencia (0-2)
  Newport Harbor (2-0)C
  
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• Albano’s football rankings: Orange County top 25 after Week 1

  03-09-2019 17:56
  
  Here’s my Orange County Top 25 football rankings after Week 1 and another strong showing by San Clemente, which cracks the top 10 thanks to a 31-7 win against Torrey Pines:
  1. Mater Dei 2-0
  2. Mission Viejo 2-0
  3. JSerra 1-1
  4. Corona del Mar 2-0
  5. La Habra 2-0
  6. Servite 1-0
  7. Orange Lutheran 1-1
  8. San Clemente 2-0
  9. Villa Park 0-1
  10. Santa Margarita 1-1
  11. San Juan Hills 1-1
  12. Tesoro 2-0
  13. Edison 2-0
  14. Yorba Linda 1-0
  15. Los Alamitos 0-2
  16. Orange 1-0
  17. Aliso Niguel 2-0
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• Hurricane Dorian closes Disney World parks early in preparation for category 3 storm

  03-09-2019 17:41
  
  Disney World’s theme parks and water parks will close early on Tuesday, Sept. 3 in preparation for Hurricane Dorian as the category 3 storm continues to move toward Florida with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph.
  “Based on the most recent forecasts for Hurricane Dorian and in keeping with our longstanding commitment to safety, Walt Disney World Resort operating hours have been adjusted for Sep 3,” Walt Disney World posted on Twitter.
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• Orange County’s new administration building features ‘one-stop’ center to serve public

  03-09-2019 17:09
  
  The future look of the Civic Center in Santa Ana is taking shape as Orange County opens a new administration building, but expect to see construction work and traffic detours in the area for several years to come.
  The first of several planned modern facilities – and the one the public is most likely to visit – is set to open Tuesday, Sept. 3.
  Known as County Administration South, the six-story building facing North Ross Street between West Civic Center Drive and West Santa Ana Boulev
  
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• How the HGTV Brady Bunch upgrade can work for your suburban home

  03-09-2019 16:26
  
  HGTV’s Jasmine Roth wants you to take a good look at your suburban Southern California neighborhood and see what your house says about you.
  “Stand in your neighborhood and look around,” says Roth, host of the network’s “Hidden Potential,” which has been airing episodes in its second season. “Your house is beige. And look around and you see five or six other beige houses. And your garage door is white and everybody else’s garage door is white. Your
  
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• The dangerous bipartisan enthusiasm for drug price controls

  03-09-2019 16:05
  
  For years, politicians have railed about the high cost of prescription drugs. But now, they appear poised to take action. Democrats and even many Republicans want to impose price controls on medicines.
  One bipartisan proposal would allow patients to import price-controlled medicines from Canada. Another would allow federal bureaucrats to effectively dictate the price of medicines sold through Medicare’s prescription drug program. Yet another plan would index Medicare reimbursemen
  
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• Recovery continues Tuesday in dive boat fire that left 34 presumed dead in Channel Islands

  03-09-2019 16:02
  
  Rescue crews continued Tuesday morning trying to recover the remains of victims near Santa Cruz Island in one of California’s worst boating incidents in history.
  The lives of 34 people are presumed lost, trapped on board a burning diving vessel as it sank early Monday off of the Ventura County coast.
  A trip that was supposed to be filled with the beauty of the ocean, exploring the underwater world of the Channel Islands National Park, was instead marred in tragedy.
  JJ Lambert, 38, and his
  
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• Legislative inaction could be disastrous for news industry

  03-09-2019 16:00
  
  A recent California Supreme Court decision combined with inaction by the legislature could spell disaster for the newspaper industry and the communities newspapers serve.
  Last year, California’s high court overruled its own 30-year-old precedent and declared that workers can only maintain independent contractor status if a business and contractor can pass a three-part test known as the ABC test. While there’s merit to the court’s decree that a simpler test was needed, it’
  
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• My wish list for Disneyland and other Southern California theme parks

  03-09-2019 15:33
  
  The past month brought a slew of new attraction announcements from Disney, Universal, Six Flags and other theme park companies. We now know more about many of the new rides and attractions that will be coming to Southern California’s theme parks in 2020 and beyond.
  But great theme parks need constant improvement to remain popular tourist destinations. While I welcome everything that has been announced so far, here is my wish list for even more additions I would like to see in these parks.
  
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• New houses on track to come to an old fire zone near Yorba Linda

  03-09-2019 15:00
  
  These same hills once burned spectacularly.
  In 2008, a 30,000-acre blaze known as the Freeway Complex Fire injured 14 fire-fighters, forced about one in three Yorba Linda residents to evacuate, and destroyed 187 homes. One chunk of land within the fire burned at a rate of 469 acres in under an hour.
  Flash forward to 2019: The land that burned so fast a little more than a decade ago is on track to become a new housing project.
  On Aug. 27, Orange County supervisors green-lighted Esperanza Hills, a
  
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• Girl Scout playwright helps take homeless man’s life to the stage

  03-09-2019 15:00
  
  How much could an adolescent girl — one raised by loving, successful parents, in the comfortable, sheltered suburbs of Orange County, and educated at private elementary schools — know about being homeless?
  Not much at all, admits Caitlin Cheung.
  But in seventh grade Cheung began attending Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, in a location where homelessness is as much a part of the street scene as the sidewalks, and her eyes were opened.
  “I see them constantly,”
  
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• Deadly Hurricane Dorian parks itself over the Bahamas

  03-09-2019 14:27
  
  By RAMON ESPINOSA, DÁNICA COTO and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
  FREEPORT, Bahamas — Practically parking itself over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands Tuesday in a catastrophic onslaught that sent floodwaters up to the second floors of buildings, trapped people in attics and chased others from one shelter to another. At least five deaths were reported.
  “We are in the midst of a historic tragedy,” Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said. &ldq
  
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• Shattering Taliban attack in Kabul even as U.S. deal nears

  03-09-2019 14:21
  
  By RAHIM FAIEZ and CARA ANNA
  KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban on Tuesday defended their suicide bombing against an international compound in the Afghan capital that killed at least 16 civilians and wounded 119 people, just hours after a U.S. envoy said he and the militant group had reached a deal “in principle” to end America’s longest war.
  Angry Kabul residents whose homes were shredded in the explosion climbed over the buckled blast wall and set part of the compound, a
  
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• Gavin Lux shines, Dodgers crush seven homers to beat Rockies

  03-09-2019 06:38
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Walker Buehler is congratulated by teammates in the dugout after scoring on a single by Corey Seager during the second inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Gavin Lux watches his single during the second inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will resume inseconds
  
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• 35-1 Longshot Nucky wins Del Mar Futurity race

  03-09-2019 06:11
  
  Rockingham Ranch’s Nucky and jockey Norberto Arroyo, Jr. win the Grade I, $300,000 Runhappy Del Mar Futurity, Monday, September 2, 2019 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar CA.
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  Jockey Norberto Arroyo, Jr., right, celebrates with owner Gary Hartunian, left, after Nucky’s victory in the Grade I, $300,000 Runhappy Del Mar Futurity, Monday, September 2, 2019 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar CA.
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• Whicker: Close call at Del Mar, but the summer meet ends in one piece

  03-09-2019 05:42
  
  Yesterdayoncemore and jockey Victor Espinoza, right, outleg Croughavouke (Drayden Van Dyke), left, to win the $100,000 Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turd, Monday, September 2, 2019 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar CA.
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  Jockey Victor Espinoza guides Nolde to the winner’s circle after their victory in the Grade II, $250,000 Del Mar Derby, Sunday, September 1, 2019 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar CA.
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• Five things for USC fans to know about Stanford

  03-09-2019 03:53
  
  There’s no rest for the weary. And even after the metaphorical gut punch USC suffered on Sunday when it was announced that quarterback JT Daniels would miss the season with a torn ACL and meniscus, there’s still football left to play.
  Here are five things for USC fans to know about this Saturday’s opponent, Stanford in the Trojans’ Pac-12 opener:
  1. Quarterback uncertainty. Like the Trojans, Stanford’s starting quarterback didn’t finish the season opener
  
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• Julio Urías returns from suspension, pushes Kenta Maeda to the bullpen

  03-09-2019 03:39
  
  LOS ANGELES – Julio Urías was back in the Dodgers’ clubhouse Monday, having served his 20-game suspension for violating the league’s domestic violence policy.
  Urías’ return came with a twist. Rather than rejoining the bullpen, where he’s pitched almost exclusively since the last week of April, Urías will start Tuesday against the Colorado Rockies. Right-hander Kenta Maeda, whose 26 starts lead the Dodgers’ staff, will shift to the bullpen
  
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• Chargers’ Anthony Lynn ready to move on from Melvin Gordon holdout chatter

  03-09-2019 02:30
  
  COSTA MESA — Anthony Lynn isn’t concerned or frustrated with Melvin Gordon’s ongoing holdout, but with Week 1 officially here, the Chargers’ coach said Monday he’s done talking about it.
  Gordon likely won’t be entering the team’s headquarters before Sunday’s regular-season opener against the Indianapolis Colts, and Lynn didn’t bother telling his team why. It’s probably not necessary with Gordon’s holdout dominating the NFL news du
  
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• Rams’ Sebastian Joseph-Day faces a big week as he debuts against Carolina

  03-09-2019 01:24
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — When the Rams try to stop Cam Newton, Christian McCaffrey and the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, Sebastian Joseph-Day will be smack in the middle of the battle.
  It’s a stiff first test for the second-year pro who replaces Ndamukong Suh as L.A.’s starting nose tackle after beating out rookie Greg Gaines in training camp.
  Adding to the emotion of the season opener, it’s the first real NFL action, period, for the sixth-round draft choice from Rutgers who spent
  
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• 3,500-plus runners Conquer the Bridge in run that serves as marquee event for Fleet Week 2019’s final day

  03-09-2019 00:40
  
  Nearly 4,000 runners competed in the 5.3 mile Conquer the Bridge run across the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. (Hunter Lee, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
  Nearly 4,000 runners competed in the 5.3 mile Conquer the Bridge run across the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. (Hunter Lee, Press-Telegram/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsNearly 4,000 runners competed in the 5.3 mile Conquer the Bridge run across the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro Mond
  
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• UCLA teammates, coaches support Dorian Thompson-Robinson after disappointing season debut

  03-09-2019 00:10
  
  LOS ANGELES — Dorian Thompson-Robinson sat on the end of the bench with his elbows on his knees. His back was hunched and his expression blank. Teammates came over by one — receiver Kyle Philips, kicker J.J. Molson, tight end Jordan Wilson — all trying to bring life back to their leader after a disastrous 2019 debut.
  “I knew there was going to be a lot of talk around his name,” said center Boss Tagaloa, who consoled Thompson-Robinson after UCLA’s final offensi
  
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