Jim Alexander: An Olympic bombshell of sorts landed this morning: Kawhi Leonard is pulling out of the Games, departing from the U.S. men’s team in a move that apparently was made by USA Basketball in conjunction with the Clippers. And …
The Audible: On Kawhi’s Olympic exit, Bronny’s presence and the Dodgers’ shrinking rotation Read MoreLauri Markkanen would be a welcome addition to the Golden State Warriors. However, it appears discussions between them and the Utah Jazz have hit a stalemate for the time being. The Athletic’s Anthony Slater reported that discussions regarding Markkanen have …
Warriors Reporter Updates Where Things Stand With Lauri Markkanen Read MoreThe Kansas City Chiefs upgraded their offense this offseason when they signed wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown to a one-year, $7 million worth up to $11 million through incentives. The addition of Brown was such a cap-savvy move by general …
Chiefs WR Ranked as One of NFL’s Most Team-Friendly Contracts Read MoreThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers aren’t totally below the radar — especially when it comes to their skill positions. When it comes to running backs, tight ends and wide receivers specifically, ESPN’s Bill Barnwell has the Buccaneers ahead of even the …
Bucs’ Skill Positions Ranked Ahead of Super Bowl Champions Read MoreAfter the controversial Week 17 ending last season, the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys didn’t really need any more drama to make their upcoming 2024 rematch a must-see showdown. But Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown added fuel to the …
Lions’ Amon-Ra St. Brown Fires Shot at Cowboys CB Read MoreKaren Kaplan | Los Angeles Times (TNS) It seemed like a sensible suggestion for assessing the capabilities of an 81-year-old man seeking voters’ approval to remain in the White House until January 2029. To reassure the American people, ABC’s George …
Should Biden take a cognitive test? Here’s what it would — and wouldn’t — tell us Read MoreA Bay Area club baseball team recently made waves at the USA Baseball National Team Championships in Arizona. California Club Baseball Prime 16U, based in Los Gatos, placed third in the 16-and-under bracket at the event, defeating Baum Bat NW …
South Bay youth baseball team claims bronze medal at national tournament Read MoreHadriana Lowenkron | Bloomberg News (TNS) WASHINGTON — Nikki Haley is releasing her delegates and encouraging them to support her onetime primary rival Donald Trump at next week’s Republican National Convention. Haley, in a statement Tuesday, called the convention a …
Nikki Haley releases delegates, urges them to back Trump at convention Read MoreA fourth person has been arrested in connection with the slayings of two Australian brothers and their American friend who were killed while on a surf camping trip on the remote Baja California coast, Mexican officials said Tuesday. Ángel Jesús, …
Fourth arrest made in connection with Baja California surfer killings Read MoreMatt Vasilogambros | (TNS) Stateline.org Nevada voters may decide in November whether they should join three dozen other states in requiring voters to present valid identification before casting a ballot. And Maine may not be far behind, as the push …
More states consider voter ID laws amid conflicting research on their impact Read MoreIt’s Joey Chestnut’s ultimate nightmare. Hot dogs, sausages and even lowly buns take over the world in the rude animated series “Sausage Party: Foodtopia” on Prime Video, while Apple TV+’s “Sunny” provides some food for thought. Both debut this week. …
What to watch: ‘Sausage Party’ is back to offend us all Read MoreBoth of the San Jose Sharks’ first-round picks are officially in the fold for the upcoming NHL season. No. 11 overall pick Sam Dickinson has signed a standard three-year, entry-level contract with the Sharks, the team announced on Wednesday. “Sam …
Sharks sign first-round pick Sam Dickinson to entry-level contract Read MoreAs the thermometer has gone up again, so, too, have the number of Spare the Air alerts. On Wednesday, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District added the sixth alert of 2024 to the calendar. An alert already out for …
Spare the Air Alert extended through Thursday Read MoreBy Owen Dahlkamp | CNN Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York has introduced articles of impeachment against conservative Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas over their failure to disclose gifts they have received while serving on the …
AOC introduces articles of impeachment against Alito, Thomas Read More<p id=”par-1_81″>Jenelle Evans insists she is happier without David Eason. David Eason insists he is in a better place now that he is no longer with Evans. That hasn’t stopped the soon-to-be-exes from talking about each other on social media …
Jenelle Evans and David Eason’s New Girlfriend Trade Barbs on Social Media Read MoreIf you had your heart set on seeing Ellen DeGeneres next month at the Chicago Theatre, there’s a 50-50 chance that’s gonna happen. The 66-year-old comedian abruptly canceled her Aug. 11 show on Wednesday. The show slated for Aug. 10, …
Ellen DeGeneres cancels upcoming Chicago show, says she’s ‘done’ with show business Read MoreA Chicago man convicted earlier this year of using a sling shot to damage two clinics providing abortion services in the city has been sentenced to one year of home confinement. Michael Barron, 42, told law enforcement that he hoped …
Man who damaged Chicago abortion clinics gets a year of home confinement Read MoreErick Fedde probably has Garret Crochet to blame for not being an All-Star. Fedde has pitched like one of the best, and most consistent starters in the majors in his first season, but was overshadowed by Crochet and rightfully saw …
Enjoy White Sox’ Crochet-Fedde tandem while you can Read MoreDowntown motorists have gotten an extended reprieve from the dramatic expansion of video surveillance and automated ticketing authorized by the City Council more than a year ago to make downtown streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists. But it won’t last. …
Downtown motorists get reprieve from automated enforcement, but it won’t last Read MoreFamily and friends are mourning the loss of the Rev. Warren Beard, a South Side pastor who was found in the Des Plaines River Tuesday after he was missing for a week. “We just lost an amazing man, a dedicated …
‘We just lost an amazing man.’ Family, friends mourn loss of South Side pastor found in Des Plaines River Read MoreKent Gray has been a political junkie for most of his adult life. The attorney from Leland Grove, an upscale Springfield suburb, maintains a home adorned with all sorts of Republican memorabilia. A portrait of Abraham Lincoln painted by President …
Illinois’ Trump delegates head to Milwaukee amid upheaval at the state Republican Party Read MoreHollywood star Erin Moriarty launched her acting career in 2010 as teenager Whitney Bennett on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live. Nine years later, in 2019, Moriarty landed her career-altering role as Annie January (a.k.a. Starlight) in the …
Erin Moriarty Stuns in Sheer Corset Dress, “One of The Boys” Read MoreActress Francesca Eastwood — daughter of iconic Hollywood movie star, director, producer and four-time Oscar-winner Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby, American Sniper, Letters from Iwo Jima) and actress Frances Fisher (Titanic, Unforgiven) — is promoting her latest film, Clawfoot. Eastwood …
Clint Eastwood’s Daughter Stuns in “Less Coverage” Bikini, Mom Reacts Read MoreA Bay Area club baseball team recently made waves at the USA Baseball National Team Championships in Arizona. California Club Baseball Prime 16U, based in Los Gatos, placed third in the 16-and-under bracket at the event, defeating Baum Bat NW …
South Bay youth baseball team claims bronze medal at national tournament Read MoreA fourth person has been arrested in connection with the slayings of two Australian brothers and their American friend who were killed while on a surf camping trip on the remote Baja California coast, Mexican officials said Tuesday. Ángel Jesús, …
Fourth arrest made in connection with Baja California surfer killings Read MoreIt’s Joey Chestnut’s ultimate nightmare. Hot dogs, sausages and even lowly buns take over the world in the rude animated series “Sausage Party: Foodtopia” on Prime Video, while Apple TV+’s “Sunny” provides some food for thought. Both debut this week. …
What to watch: ‘Sausage Party’ is back to offend us all Read MoreBoth of the San Jose Sharks’ first-round picks are officially in the fold for the upcoming NHL season. No. 11 overall pick Sam Dickinson has signed a standard three-year, entry-level contract with the Sharks, the team announced on Wednesday. “Sam …
Sharks sign first-round pick Sam Dickinson to entry-level contract Read MoreAs the thermometer has gone up again, so, too, have the number of Spare the Air alerts. On Wednesday, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District added the sixth alert of 2024 to the calendar. An alert already out for …
Spare the Air Alert extended through Thursday Read MoreBy Owen Dahlkamp | CNN Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York has introduced articles of impeachment against conservative Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas over their failure to disclose gifts they have received while serving on the …
AOC introduces articles of impeachment against Alito, Thomas Read MoreWhat the eyes have seen cannot be unseen. Fifty-one million Americans watched it live and countless millions have seen snippets of the June 27 presidential debate. Images of Joe Biden as a tottering old man unable to articulate a coherent …
American voters deserve the truth about President Biden’s fitness to be president Read MoreSteve Matthews | Bloomberg News (TNS) Here are the key takeaways from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in Washington Tuesday: — Powell left the Fed’s options open on when the central bank will cut interest rates, which markets are pricing …
Here are the key takeaways from Powell’s testimony in Senate Read MoreJames Harden made his return to the Clippers official Wednesday, signing what is reportedly a two-year, $70 million deal with a player option the second year. Harden’s signing was one of four the Clippers announced Wednesday. They also signed Nicolas …
Clippers’ James Harden re-signs for reported two years, $70 million Read MoreDiscount retail chain Big Lots said it will close up to 40 stores this year and may declare bankruptcy. The Columbus, Ohio-based company wrote in a quarterly Securities and Exchange Commission filing it expected further operating losses and has “substantial …
Big Lots closing up to 40 stores, may declare bankruptcy Read MoreBy Michael Liedtke | The Associated Press Samsung is dressing up its wearable devices in technology’s latest fashion — artificial intelligence. The South Korean electronics giant on Wednesday revealed that both its first-ever premium smartwatch and a smart ring heralding …
Samsung’s latest wearable tech adds AI twists in new watch and ring Read MoreLauren Rosenblatt | The Seattle Times (TNS) Boeing could soon be a corporate felon, but that’s little comfort to the families of the 346 people who died when two 737 MAX planes crashed five years ago. The company said Sunday …
Boeing guilty plea won’t lead to change, MAX crash victims’ families say Read MoreSarah Green Carmichael | (TNS) Bloomberg News Artificial intelligence is already making it easier for workers to put together a job application. The jury’s still out on whether it’s also making it easier for them to get the job. Nearly …
Go ahead, write your cover letter with ChatGPT Read MoreFamily members of those killed and injured at the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting asked a Broward judge Tuesday to speed up their civil case against the Broward Sheriff’s Office, even if it means having separate trials for …
Parkland families eager to bring Broward Sheriff’s Office to court over 2018 shooting Read MoreBy ANUSHA SHANKAR The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the $143 million development of a 96-bed mental-health treatment facility at Los Angeles General Medical Center — the final phase of a project to create a Restorative …
Supervisors OK 96-bed mental health facility to complete Restorative Care Village at LA General Read MoreHaunted Mansion fans eager to hang out with the 999 happy haunts again after seven months of refurbishments will have to navigate a warren of construction walls to get into the haunted house as crews continue to work on the …
Haunted Mansion construction won’t be done when Disneyland ride reopens Read MoreThe Montreal Canadiens could look into bringing back a familiar face to the Habs fold during the offseason if they are interested and can reach a deal with unrestricted free agent Max Pacioretty. Nobody from the Habs organization will unveil …
Canadiens Linked to Reunion With Veteran Free Agent Forward Read More