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• LAFC vs. Rapids postponed tonight; Colorado staffer tests positive for COVID

  07-10-2020 23:54
  
  The Los Angeles Football Club’s road game Wednesday night against the Colorado Rapids was postponed due to another positive COVID-19 case among the Rapids’ staff.
  LAFC was at its practice facility and had not yet departed for Colorado upon receiving the news. Road teams have to travel on the day of the game for all road games.
  Major League Soccer said the game will played at a later date. The regular season is scheduled to end Nov. 8.
  The league, in a statement, said the game was pos
  
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• Charming critters you probably never knew existed

  07-10-2020 23:44
  
  Scientists in Hong Kong are tickled pink to report that rare pink dolphins are making a comeback appearance in its waterways because COVID-19 shut down high-speed ferries between Hong Kong and Macau in March.
  These animated animals are also making a stylish splash since sorbet pink is a trendy color choice for fall 2020. With a little bit more research, turns out there are a dozen-plus animals that could join in this season’s fashion parade.
  Following are a few of my fascinating favorites.
  
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• Newsom: ‘No hurry’ to reopen Disneyland and other California theme parks

  07-10-2020 23:42
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he is in “no hurry” to reopen Disneyland and other California theme parks just one day after his chief medical officer said state officials plan to issue theme park reopening guidelines “as soon as possible.”
  The seemingly conflicting statements symbolize the limbo California’s theme park operators find themselves in as they seek long-promised reopening guidelines from the state after nearly seven months of coronavirus closures.
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• Pomona College alumna wins 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry

  07-10-2020 22:48
  
  A Pomona College alumna won the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry for her work developing a genome-editing method, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday, Oct. 7.
  Doudna, a professor and researcher at UC Berkeley, is the first Pomona College graduate to receive a Nobel Prize, the college said Wednesday.
  “Jennifer Doudna’s revolutionary research in gene editing and her thoughtful consideration of its implications hold the potential to change the lives of countless peopl
  
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• Park Life: Health agency recommends reopening Disneyland and California finalizing theme park guidelines

  07-10-2020 22:38
  
  When do county health officials want Disneyland and Knott’s to reopen? What do the state’s initial draft guidelines for reopening theme parks call for? How many Disneyland employees will be laid off? Find all the latest theme park news in the Park Life newsletter.
  Push Back
  California agrees to work with theme parks before issuing guidelines as the industry pushes back on restrictions in the state’s draft reopening plan.
  Alex Riedel takes a selfie with his wife, Jaime Riedel in
  
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• Ruby Tuesday, hit by COVID closures, files for bankruptcy

  07-10-2020 22:34
  
  By Dee-Ann Durbin | The Associated Press
  Ruby Tuesday is filing for bankruptcy protection, the latest casual restaurant chain to suffer from coronavirus-related closures and changing consumer habits.
  The Tennessee-based company, which was founded in 1972, said on Wednesday that its restaurants will remain open throughout the bankruptcy process. Ruby Tuesday has 250 company-owned and franchised restaurants in the U.S., Canada and nine other countries, including Hong Kong, Chile and Kuwait.
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• Hurricane Delta bears down on Louisiana

  07-10-2020 22:20
  
  By STACEY PLAISANCE and REBECCA SANTANA | Associated Press
  MORGAN CITY, La. — For the sixth time in the Atlantic hurricane season, people in Louisiana are once more fleeing the state’s barrier islands and sailing boats to safe harbor while emergency officials ramp up command centers and consider ordering evacuations.
  The storm being watched Wednesday was Hurricane Delta, the 25th named storm of the Atlantic’s unprecedented hurricane season. Forecasts placed most of the state wi
  
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• Clippers’ Montrezl Harrell earns NBA Hustle Award

  07-10-2020 22:10
  
  The Clippers’ Montrezl Harrell is going to have to make some room on the shelf beside his Sixth Man of the Year Award for his new NBA Hustle Award.
  For the fourth consecutive season, the NBA on Wednesday recognized a player who “does all the little things to help his team win on a nightly basis,” the league announced in a release. Past winners include Clippers guard Patrick Beverley (2017), as well as Amir Johnson (2018) and Marcus Smart (2018).
  This season, the league recogniz
  
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• State championship rematch: St. John Bosco, De La Salle to meet in football season opener

  07-10-2020 21:55
  
  De La Salle High football coach Justin Alumbaugh likes to reward his seniors with high-profile regular-season matchups, a challenging task in the coronavirus era given that many top national programs are playing this fall while California teams are waiting until January to get started.
  Who’d be available this winter?
  Turns out, the team that beat De La Salle for the Open Division state championship last December had an opening.
  St. John Bosco will play host to De La Salle on Jan. 8, a matc
  
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• Proposition 24 would weaken consumer data privacy

  07-10-2020 21:55
  
  Digital privacy is once again in the crosshairs of the unholy alliance between Big Data and government and Proposition 24, the Personal Information Law and Agency Initiative of 2020, would do little to address it.
  Alastair Mactaggart, the San Francisco real estate developer who filed the initiative, argues that Prop. 24 would advance privacy rights. Other proponents concede that it is not ideal, but say the initiative would improve online privacy. Despite their optimistic views, t
  
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• Supreme Court nominee served as ‘handmaid’ in religious group

  07-10-2020 21:47
  
  By MICHELLE R. SMITH and MICHAEL BIESECKER | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served as a “handmaid,” the term then used for high-ranking female leaders in the People of Praise religious community, an old directory for the group’s members shows.
  Barrett has thus far refused to discuss her membership in the Christian organization, which opposes abortion and, according to former members, holds that men are divinely ordained as the &ldquo
  
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• La Habra outside linebacker Tj Patu commits to Colorado, honors family and faith

  07-10-2020 21:43
  
  Tj Patu knows where his football future lies but isn’t losing sight of what matters most.
  The La Habra High senior recently committed to Colorado by honoring two of his late relatives and sharing the importance of his faith.
  The outside linebacker announced his commitment to the Pac-12 school with a graphic on Twitter that showed two of his late grandfathers surrounded in clouds.
  Near the top of the graphic, Patu, who is Catholic, posted the Samoan words, “MUAMUA LE ATUA”, whic
  
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• Disneyland layoffs include 1,800 security guards, attraction operators and Disney characters

  07-10-2020 21:13
  
  Disneyland security guards, attraction operators and meet-and-greet characters are among the thousands of employees at the Anaheim theme park swept up in the massive layoffs coming to the Disney parks division.
  Disney has notified Teamsters Local 495 and the Independent Employee Service Association that its Disneyland and Disney California Adventure employees will absorb more than 1,800 of the 28,000 layoffs coming to the Disney Parks, Entertainment and Products division, according to the unions
  
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• Miami Heat, down 3-1 to the Lakers in the NBA Finals, embrace the challenge

  07-10-2020 21:05
  
  Mere minutes after losing Game 4 and falling behind 3-1 against LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the heavily favored Lakers, members of the Miami Heat got on Zoom and kept talking their talk.
  “We’ll respond, that’s not even – that’s academic at this point,” Coach Erik Spoelstra said after the 102-96 loss. “We’ll just rest up tomorrow and get back to work and get ready for the next one.”
  It’s one thing to say all the right things; it&rsqu
  
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• CSUF’s Civil Dialogue forum will model respectful discourse

  07-10-2020 20:42
  
  By Larry Urish, contributing writer
  How’s this for ironic: We can probably agree that we’re not as agreeable as we used to be, at least when it comes to controversial topics. Unless you’ve been living under a rock — or, worse, lack internet access — you’ve likely noticed that terms such as “friendly difference of opinion” have seemingly gone the way of the VCR. Friendly conversations can quickly devolve into shouting matches far more often than in
  
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• Kings trade for Lias Andersson, draft two defensemen in second round

  07-10-2020 20:38
  
  Entering the second day of the NHL Draft, the Kings were looking at a total of 10 picks – three in the second round.
  That turned into two picks in the second when the team acquired forward Lias Andersson from the New York Rangers, who received the Kings’ third pick of the round, No. 60 overall.
  The Kings selected defenseman Helge Grans out of Sweden at No. 35 overall, then traded up from the 51st pick to the 45th and took another defenseman – Brock Faber – out of Maple Gr
  
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• USC football taking strange 2020 season in stride

  07-10-2020 20:16
  
  USC football will return to some sense of “normalcy” Friday, even if the full sense of the word feels unattainable in 2020.
  But the act of moving forward began Wednesday, as the Pac-12 held a virtual media day, with coaches speaking to reporters over Zoom ahead of this weekend’s start to training camps across the conference.
  Usually media day would have occurred in July, and training camp in August, but you already know why that didn’t happen: A pandemic, a delayed start
  
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• USC quotable: Clay Helton talks at Pac-12 media day

  07-10-2020 20:05
  
  Here are some highlights from USC head football coach Clay Helton’s availability at Pac-12 media day on Wednesday:
  On what practices will look like logistically with current state and local guidelines:
  “We are going to be able to actively work together and be able to have contact. And that was really the change that has happened through our local city and state guidelines. A big part of that was due to the testing that came about due to Quidel. Right now we’re allowed 75 men on
  
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• 5 takeout splurges when you want to celebrate: OC’s Best Places to Eat 2020

  07-10-2020 20:03
  
  Birthdays and anniversaries in 2020 have definitely felt different. But not necessarily in a bad way, thanks to a handful of restaurants that stepped up to make special occasions at home even more memorable than usual. Here are five ways to celebrate in style at home and still let the restaurants do most of the work.
  The Capital Grille
  Nothing says celebration more than a big, fat, expensive USDA Prime steak. And The Capital Grille at South Coast Plaza now lets you enjoy their hand-cut steaks at
  
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• Washington to start QB Kyle Allen versus Rams

  07-10-2020 19:21
  
  Two days after hinting about Dwayne Haskins’ status being up in the air, Ron Rivera has benched the second-year quarterback and decided to start Kyle Allen for Washington’s next game against the Los Angeles Rams.
  Washington’s team Twitter feed announced the QB switch Wednesday. On Monday, Rivera said of Haskins: “It’s a tough situation. We’re looking at our circumstances right now as a football team.”
  The circumstances now make Haskins the No. 3 quarterb
  
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• Whole Foods left behind in Amazon’s pandemic-fueled boom

  07-10-2020 19:09
  
  By Matt Day | Bloomberg
  With millions of Americans still sheltering in place and cooking their own meals, the grocery industry has been one of the few bright spots in an otherwise battered U.S. economy. Unless, that is, you are Whole Foods Market, the upscale chain acquired three years ago by Amazon.com Inc.
  Trips to Whole Foods in September were down 25% from a year earlier, according to Placer.ai, which tallies retail foot traffic from some 30 million mobile devices. Some of the decline is due
  
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• NHL draft: Ducks take right wing Sam Colangelo with their second-round pick

  07-10-2020 18:47
  
  The Ducks selected right wing Sam Colangelo with their second-round pick (36th overall) in the NHL draft Wednesday. Colangelo, a freshman at Northeastern University in Boston, had 58 points in 44 games last season with the Chicago Steel of the junior-level USHL.
  At 6-feet-2, 207 pounds, he has the size and skill to play a power forward role, according to scouting reports. He scored 28 goals to go with 30 assists during the coronavirus-shortened 2019-20 season. He’s also said to be a strong
  
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• Aaron Cervantes departs Orange County Soccer Club for Rangers FC in Scotland

  07-10-2020 18:38
  
  Aaron Cervantes signed with the Orange County Soccer Club as a 15-year-old.
  Three years later, the Chino Hills native is taking another big step as a professional, as it was announced Wednesday that the goalkeeper has been transferred to Rangers FC of the Scottish Premier League.
  Cervantes, 18, made his professional debut March 23, 2019. He has made 18 appearances for OCSC, including five starts with 15 saves during the 2020 season.
  When he signed with OCSC, he was the youngest player to sign wi
  
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• Man arrested for lighting traffic cones in front of Costa Mesa police station

  07-10-2020 18:14
  
  A man was arrested on suspicion of arson after he was accused of lighting traffic cones on fire in front of Costa Mesa’s police station early Wednesday, Oct. 7.
  Around 1 a.m., police said, Claudio Benjamin Vicente, 32, went up to the front doors of the station lobby at 99 Fair Drive, which is across the street from the Orange County Fairgrounds.
  After Vicente placed orange traffic cones in front of the lobby doors and lit them on fire, a good Samaritan driving by stopped and put out the fl
  
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• Man arrested for lighting fire in front of Costa Mesa police station

  07-10-2020 18:14
  
  A man was arrested on suspicion of arson after he was accused of lighting traffic cones on fire in front of Costa Mesa’s police station early Wednesday, Oct. 7.
  Around 1 a.m., police said, Claudio Benjamin Vicente, 32, went up to the front doors of the station lobby at 99 Fair Drive, which is across the street from the Orange County Fairgrounds.
  After Vicente placed orange traffic cones in front of the lobby doors and lit them on fire, a good Samaritan driving by stopped and put out the fl
  
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• LeBron James’ text message to his Lakers teammates: Game 4 was a ‘must-win’

  07-10-2020 18:00
  
  Heck yeah, LeBron James was feeling the pressure. He even texted his teammates to let them in on it.
  After the Lakers lost Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Sunday, succumbing to Jimmy Butler and his determinedly physical Miami squad, James did not want to see the series squared 2-2.
  No way, not with an NBA title — the franchise’s 17th, his fourth and the league’s first in a bubble — so close.
  “When I woke up from my nap this morning after our team meeting, I just felt th
  
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• Facebook’s fake fact-checking: John Stossel

  07-10-2020 17:46
  
  Recently, I released a video that called California’s fires “government fueled.”
  A few days later, Facebook inserted a warning on my video: “Missing Context. Independent fact-checkers say this information could mislead.”
  Some of my viewers now feel betrayed. One wrote: “Shameful, John… what happened to you!!? Your reporting was always fair… (but) your… fires story was so… unfair, even Facebook tagged it.”
  A “fact-check&r
  
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• USC picked as preseason favorite in Pac-12 South

  07-10-2020 17:34
  
  As the Pac-12 prepares for the start of its six-game regular season, USC is garnering some preseason expectations.
  The Trojans were picked to win the Pac-12 South in a preseason poll of 38 media members. USC received 32 first-place votes, finishing ahead of second-place Arizona State and third-place Utah, which is the defending champion.
  UCLA was selected to finish fourth in the Pac-12 South, while Colorado and Arizona rounded out the division.
  Oregon was selected to win the North Division and t
  
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• USC football picked as Pac-12 South preseason favorite

  07-10-2020 17:34
  
  As the Pac-12 prepares for the start of its six-game regular season, USC is garnering some preseason expectations.
  The Trojans were picked to win the Pac-12 South in a preseason poll of 38 media members. USC received 32 first-place votes, finishing ahead of second-place Arizona State and third-place Utah, which is the defending champion.
  UCLA was selected to finish fourth in the Pac-12 South, while Colorado and Arizona rounded out the division.
  Oregon was selected to win the North Division and t
  
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• NFL hit with more COVID positives in Tennessee, New England

  07-10-2020 16:53
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee will not be returning to the team’s facility Wednesday after two more players tested positive amid the NFL’s first COVID-19 outbreak, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
  In Foxborough, Massachusetts, the New England Patriots have canceled their Wednesday practice amid that a third player – reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year Stephon Gilmore, according to Sports Illustrated – reportedly tested positive fo
  
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• Tom Morello talks Chris Cornell, Rage Against the Machine’s first gig ahead of new release

  07-10-2020 16:30
  
  Guitarist, songwriter and political activist Tom Morello has lived a fast-paced and fascinating life.
  He’s been in bands including Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage and The Nightwatchmen, and he even joined Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for a while. He’s toured the world many times over, played on 19 studio albums and is currently working on his 20th. Harvard-educated, he’s spoken at protests for human rights and is a virtuoso at shutting down tro
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: What it’s like living with your adult kids

  07-10-2020 16:22
  
  It’s such an odd experience to have young adult kids who are still living with you. I like it, by the way.
  They’re here, keeping me company and helping me when I need it, yet I’m not a slave to their every need. In fact, they usually don’t want my help, even when I offer it.
  “Here, let me show you how to roast those potatoes,” I’ll tell my 21-year-old daughter, who’s teaching herself to cook.
  “No, thank you. I’m good,” she’l
  
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• Study reveals wide shortage, huge cost of child care in Orange County

  07-10-2020 16:00
  
  It remains to be seen how the coronavirus pandemic will affect child care needs in Orange County, but a new study shows the issue was a problem even before the virus.
  Initial findings from an analysis from First 5 Orange County, the local Children & Families Commission, show that before COVID-19 the county suffered from a profound shortfall in affordable, licensed child care.
  A particular gap was found in the kind of care that could help working parents with young children, from infancy to 2
  
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• 2 scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for gene-editing tool

  07-10-2020 15:52
  
  By DAVID KEYTON, CHRISTINA LARSON and FRANK JORDANS | Associated Press
  STOCKHOLM — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for developing a way of editing genes likened to “molecular scissors” that offer the promise of one day curing inherited diseases.
  Working on opposite sides of the Atlantic, Frenchwoman Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna came up with a method known as CRISPR-cas9 that can be used to change the DNA of animals, plants and
  
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• Pence-Harris debate to unfold as Trump recovers from COVID

  07-10-2020 15:41
  
  By STEVE PEOPLES, KATHLEEN RONAYNE and JILL COLVIN | Associated Press
  SALT LAKE CITY — Vice President Mike Pence and his Democratic challenger, California Sen. Kamala Harris, are set to face off in a debate that will offer starkly different visions for a country confronting escalating crises.
  The debate Wednesday night in Salt Lake City is the most highly anticipated vice presidential debate in recent memory. It will unfold while President Donald Trump recovers at the White House after tes
  
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• 2 girls, father found stabbed to death in Placentia in apparent murder-suicide

  07-10-2020 15:18
  
  A man stabbed himself to death after killing his two young daughters at a Placentia home the same way early Wednesday, Oct. 7, police said.
  Officers were called just before 12:40 a.m. about trouble at the home in the 400 block of Swanson Avenue, Placentia police Lt. Adam Gloe said.
  As they arrived, officers found a wounded man laying on a sidewalk near the home, off of Brookhaven Avenue. Inside a house, north of Bastanchury Road, they found the two young girls bleeding, Gloe said.
  Paramedics tre
  
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• 2 girls, father found stabbed to dead in Placentia in apparent murder-suicide

  07-10-2020 15:18
  
  Two young girls were stabbed to death by their father who then stabbed himself and was found dead across the street from a home in Placentia in a murder-suicide, police said
  “My heart goes out to the family,” Placentia Sgt. Bryce Angel told reporters at the scene. “This is just a tragic situation for the this whole community.”
  Placentia officers responded to a home near Brookhaven and Swanson avenues, north of Bastanchury Road, about 1 a.m.
  The ages of the girls were uncl
  
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• Alexander: Dodgers don’t need home runs in Game 1 of NLDS

  07-10-2020 09:53
  
  Those who watch the Dodgers regularly understand the meaning perfectly when one of their hitters gets on base with, shall we say, an inelegant hit, and his peers in the dugout all start shaking their hands sideways, palms in.
  For the uninitiated, it means, “Barrels are overrated.” In other words, you don’t have to hit it on the screws to be productive.
  And with whatever remains of their postseason being played in a ballpark that might as well be the epitome of Texas – eve
  
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• Dodgers take down Padres in Game 1 of NLDS with one big inning

  07-10-2020 07:50
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Taylor (3) scores under San Diego Padres catcher Austin Nola on a sacrifice fly by Corey Seager during the sixth inning in Game 1 of a baseball NL Division Series, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
  Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner (10) scores on a hit by center fielder Cody Bellinger behind San Diego Padres catcher Austin Nola during the fifth inning in Game 1 of a baseball NL Division Series, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 20
  
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• Dodgers get a walking start to beat Padres in Game 1 of NLDS

  07-10-2020 07:50
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts, right, celebrates with teammates after defeating the San Diego Padres in Game 1 of a baseball NL Division Series, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Taylor (3) scores under San Diego Padres catcher Austin Nola on a sacrifice fly by Corey Seager during the sixth inning in Game 1 of a baseball NL Division Series, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)Sou
  
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• Lakers’ Kentavious Caldwell-Pope rebounds, displays ‘big guts’ with big shots in Game 4

  07-10-2020 07:20
  
  File it under sports science.
  “The law of averages will come back around: If you have a bad night, typically you’ll have a good night the next night,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel hypothesized when asked Tuesday what he expected from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Danny Green before the Lakers’ 102-96 victory in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
  “We expect both of them to have strong nights tonight,” Vogel added.
  It’s as if the coach who has the Lakers within one vict
  
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• Caldwell-Pope adds to his historical importance

  07-10-2020 07:00
  
  He came to prepare a place for them. When last seen on Tuesday night, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is still doing that.
  As the Lakers and Heat, locked down since July, entered the fourth quarter looking like that, Caldwell-Pope was the supply line that LeBron James and Anthony Davis needed.
  With two minutes left in the fourth game of the NBA Finals, Caldwell-Pope found himself with the ball and Miami’s Duncan Robinson guarding him. That invited Caldwell-Pope to burst to the bucket and put the
  
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• Photos: Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres in Game 1 of NL Division Series

  07-10-2020 06:46
  
  Take a look at the photos of the Dodgers playing the San Diego Padres in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Tuesday, Oct. 6.
  Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner (10) scores on a hit by center fielder Cody Bellinger behind San Diego Padres catcher Austin Nola during the fifth inning in Game 1 of a baseball NL Division Series, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
  San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. (23) steals second base by Los Ang
  
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• Photos: Dodgers defeat San Diego Padres in Game 1 of NL Division Series

  07-10-2020 06:46
  
  Take a look at the photos of the Dodgers playing the San Diego Padres in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The Dodgers won 5-1. Game 2 of the series of Wednesday at 6 p.m.
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Taylor (3) scores under San Diego Padres catcher Austin Nola on a sacrifice fly by Corey Seager during the sixth inning in Game 1 of a baseball NL Division Series, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
  Los Angeles Dodgers third bas
  
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• Lakers gut out victory over Heat in Game 4, now one win away from championship

  07-10-2020 06:00
  
  Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James reacts during the first half in Game 4 of basketball’s NBA Finals Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James shoots over Miami Heat guard Andre Iguodala during the first half in Game 4 of basketball’s NBA Finals Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis reacts af
  
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• Alexander: The Dodgers, defenders of ‘playing the right way?’

  07-10-2020 05:35
  
  Things do change.
  Remember when the Dodgers were the ones accused of excessive celebration? This would go back to 2013, their first in the current string of eight straight division championships and postseason appearances, when the Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright accused Adrián González of “some Mickey Mouse stuff” after reaching base and enjoying it, and González responded by putting his hands to his head, like mouse ears, after doubling in the next game.
  That,
  
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• Ex-manager of company in Irvine gets 3 years for stealing more than $200,000

  07-10-2020 05:18
  
  A man pleaded guilty Tuesday and was immediately sentenced to three years in prison for stealing more than $200,000 while working as a manager at an electronic instruments manufacturer’s Irvine plant.
  Officials with Ametek realized in December 2015 a piece of equipment worth $181,154.77 never arrived at its destination in Mexico, triggering questions that led to an audit, according to Irvine Police Department Detective Britt Vickner.
  Instead of being sent to a location in Mexico, the equip
  
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• Padres’ Mike Clevinger exits NLDS start against Dodgers in 2nd inning

  07-10-2020 05:11
  
  Twenty-four pitches.
  That’s all the Dodgers saw of Padres starting pitcher Mike Clevinger in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Tuesday.
  After throwing his second pitch of the second inning, a slider to Cody Bellinger, Clevinger was visited on the mound by Manager Jayce Tingler and a member of the Padres’ athletic training staff. A brief conversation ensued. Soon Clevinger was walking off the mound, his game – and possibly his postseason – over shortly after
  
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• Miami brings back Bam Adebayo for Game 4, but Goran Dragic still sidelined

  07-10-2020 04:55
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The last steps of Goran Dragic’s on-court workout told the depth of a story that couldn’t be told by a mere injury report.
  The 34-year-old tried to shuffle to his right against assistant coach Chris Quinn, then stopped short, putting a hand on Quinn’s back to tell him it was over. He then took a slow stroll to the Heat bench, grabbing the seat of a chair like the side of a life raft before sitting down.
  Dragic tried, but he could not overcome his
  
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• Photos: Lakers vs. Miami Heat in Game 4 of NBA Finals

  07-10-2020 04:43
  
  Take a look at the photos of the Lakers playing the Miami Heat in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The Lakers entered the game with a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
  Los Angeles Lakers forward Markieff Morris guards Miami Heat forward Bam Adebayo during the first half in Game 4 of basketball’s NBA Finals Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
  Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler shoots over Los Angeles Lakers forward Markieff Morris during the f
  
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