Orange County Register: Sports
- In Spanish or English, Yunel Escobar has been a bright spot in Angels' season full of tough times
Tuesday - 05/10/2016 - 09:55 AMEditor's note: Angels third baseman Yunel Escobar spoke to Register reporter Jessica Kwong in Spanish, so we decided to publish the story and a video in Spanish as well.
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Yunel Escobar se enfocaba en el plato de home... - Steph Curry returns with 40 points in 132-125 OT win over Blazers
Tuesday - 05/10/2016 - 02:22 AMPORTLAND, Ore. – Steph Curry returned from a sprained right knee to score an NBA-record 17 points in overtime, finishing with 40 as the Golden State Warriors rallied to take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinals with a 132-125 victory...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Whiting: Pedaling for friendship in Mexico
Monday - 05/09/2016 - 11:06 PMBAJA, MEXICO – A monster hill covered in green chaparral and nearly as tall as the highest skyscraper in California looms above Marti Rogna as she climbs off her bicycle to fuel up.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- College baseball roundup: CSF bats come alive to finish sweep of UC Riverside
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 11:25 PMDalton Blaser had his first career multi-home run game as Cal State Fullerton recorded its fifth series sweep of the season with a 9-2 Big West Conference victory over UC Riverside on Sunday afternoon at Goodwin Field.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Shortstop Andrelton Simmons sprains wrist, might be headed to DL
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 10:09 PMANAHEIM – The hits keep coming for the Angels.
No, not those hits.
For the second time in three days, the club lost one of its top players to injury.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Final: Angels swept by Tampa Bay, lose 3-1 in series finale
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 07:10 PMANAHEIM — The Angels’ bats again offered little at the plate and they lost Sunday afternoon, 3-1, to the Tampa Bay Rays, who completed a weekend sweep.
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Over the three games against Tampa Bay, the Angels scored a combined five runs, their fewest... - Galaxy's Robbie Keane scores twice in return from knee surgery
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 07:49 PMCARSON – Robbie Keane returned from knee surgery to score two goals, Gyasi Zardes had two assists and the Galaxy beat the New England Revolution, 4-2, on Sunday at StubHub Center.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- No more Triple Crown talk for Baffert
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 01:08 AMLOUISVILLE, Ky. – The American Pharoah hangover is over for Bob Baffert, Victor Espinoza and Ahmed Zayat, and maybe everyone else.
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With Nyquist winning the Kentucky Derby on Saturday and heading to the Preakness in two weeks with an unbeaten... - In an instant, Alvarez turns out the lights and defends WBC welterweight championship.
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 01:11 AMLAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez brought boxing to a new sporting palace Saturday, a christening that included a right hand that crashed into Amir Khan’s chin like a champagne bottle into an ocean liner.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Patterson-Gibb's march to Olympics on schedule, moving to AVP semifinals
Saturday - 05/07/2016 - 10:52 PMHUNTINGTON BEACH – Casey Patterson and Jake Gibb are the first to admit Las Vegas isn’t taking any bets on their Olympic Games chances.
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But if good planning and execution mean anything, the hometown volleyball duo here might beat whatever odds...
- Dodgers' Justin Turner makes a few adjustments, shows signs of shaking off slow start
Monday - 05/09/2016 - 11:30 PMLOS ANGELES – The bit of resurgence for the Dodgers’ bats in the past week has coincided with an improved Justin Turner.
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The third baseman hit .247 and slugged .325 in April, but he hit .300/.417.500 on the team’s five-game interleague trip to... - Early home runs help Mets take series opener from Dodgers in NLDS rematch
Tuesday - 05/10/2016 - 12:45 AMLOS ANGELES – The high-stakes drama of last season’s postseason division series has long since passed, the champagne scrubbed from the visitor’s clubhouse and the lingering tensions seemingly put at ease, but the New York Mets again dealt the...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Angels' Andrelton Simmons to undergo thumb surgery, be placed on DL
Monday - 05/09/2016 - 06:48 PMAngels shortstop Andrelton Simmons has a full thickness tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb and is scheduled to undergo surgery Tuesday.
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He will be placed on the disabled list and is expected to miss six to eight weeks, General... - Dodgers reliever Kenley Jansen 'rooting' for bullpen to get its act together
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 09:10 PMTORONTO – Kenley Jansen has a vested interest in the Dodgers solving their annual bullpen issues.
As closer, Jansen is a man on an island, waiting for leads to be brought to him.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nyquist's team turns attention toward winning the Triple Crown
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 09:59 PMLOUISVILLE, Ky. – The revelry after Nyquist’s Kentucky Derby victory was joyous but subdued, the team behind him all too aware they had completed just one of three chapters in a grander story.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Toronto's bullpen takes 10th loss of the season as Dodgers rally for 4-2 triumph
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 08:27 PMTORONTO – If it makes you feel any better, your house isn’t the only one on the block with leaky plumbing.
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Held hitless through five innings and scoreless into the seventh, the Dodgers scored all of their runs in the final three innings to take a... - Final: Dodgers do all their scoring late, rally to beat Blue Jays 4-2
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 04:52 PMTORONTO – Held hitless for the first five innings, the Dodgers rallied to score all of their runs in the final three innings, taking a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday afternoon at Rogers Centre.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Bruce Boudreau's wait short, agrees to coach Wild
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 01:58 AMBruce Boudreau’s wait between NHL coaching jobs lasted longer this time but the turnaround was still a rapid one.
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Fired by the Ducks late last week after five seasons, Boudreau and the Minnesota Wild agreed on Saturday to a four-year deal worth... - Angels lose to Rays after falling apart in ninth inning
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 01:42 AMANAHEIM – If you want to know what it looks like when bad luck and bad baseball collide, take a look at the Angels’ ninth inning on Saturday. Just don’t look if you have a weak stomach.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Matt Shoemaker, Cory Rasmus among candidates to start for Angels on Wednesday
Saturday - 05/07/2016 - 11:30 PMANAHEIM – One start into his trip to the minors, Matt Shoemaker made some progress.
Shoemaker gave up one run in six innings, striking out eight, in his start for Triple-A Salt Lake City on Friday night.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- L.A. KISS put it all together in rout of Portland Steel
Tuesday - 05/10/2016 - 01:00 AMANAHEIM – The L.A. KISS won another game Monday night, and might have added a few fans in the process.
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Taking advantage of a scheduling conflict that turned a road game into a home game, the KISS forced six turnovers and made highlight-reel catches... - Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr, inspired by his own upbringing, offers helping hand to single moms
Monday - 05/09/2016 - 05:00 PMAfter a long day, a weary Lori Barr came home and took off her Doc Martens. Her feet were sore from a morning of work as a teacher’s aide, a day of college classes and a night of waiting tables.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- David vs. Goliath: Can older amateur O.C. soccer team beat the under-23 Seattle Sounders?
Monday - 05/09/2016 - 07:23 PMThey have jobs and families and commitments -- and sometimes their feet hurt -- so the men of the Outbreak Football Club practice soccer only one hour a week.
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Each player pays $200 to wear used uniforms and play for a second-division amateur team... - Dodgers insist old wounds healed when it comes to the Mets
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 09:46 PMTORONTO – It’s been 207 days since the New York Mets last visited Los Angeles. Some of the names have changed on both sides, and time has healed Ruben Tejada’s wound, but a heated National League Division Series last October might have done...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Whicker: Blocks to Canelo-Golovkin fight swatted away
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 09:07 PMLAS VEGAS – The clock was ticking, the questions mounting, and Oscar De La Hoya kept postponing.
“Canelo will be out in one minute,” De La Hoya told the assembled media at T-Mobile Arena.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - April Ross, Kerri Walsh Jennings hit homestretch to Rio in stride, winning Huntington Beach Open
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 09:34 PMHUNTINGTON BEACH – April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings have reached that moment in their volleyball partnership where they finish each other’s sentences.
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After claiming the AVP Huntington Beach Open title Sunday, they began talking about how much... - Final: Angels swept by Tampa Bay, lose 3-1 in series finale
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 04:58 PMANAHEIM — The Angels’ bats again offered little at the plate and they lost Sunday afternoon, 3-1, to the Tampa Bay Rays, who completed a weekend sweep.
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Over the three games against Tampa Bay, the Angels scored a combined five runs, their fewest... - C.J. Cron bounces back after slow April start
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 02:07 AMANAHEIM -- C.J. Cron’s slow start reached its low point in late April when Angels manager Mike Scioscia dropped the first baseman as far down as eighth in the lineup for the final game of a weekend series against the Seattle Mariners.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Jared Goff impresses, even at half-speed
Sunday - 05/08/2016 - 01:12 AMIf one of Jared Goff’s passes hits the ground in Oxnard, it might not be entirely his fault.
“It’s a little frustrating for him,” Rams coach Jeff Fisher said Saturday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lillard has 40, Blazers cut the Warriors' advantage to 2-1
Saturday - 05/07/2016 - 11:34 PMPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Damian Lillard had a playoff-best 40 points and the Portland Trail Blazers avoided a fourth-quarter letdown to beat Golden State 120-108 on Saturday night, cutting the Warriors' advantage in the Western Conference semifinal to...
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