Whicker: Stern should leave coaching Spurs to Popovich
David Stern is retiring as NBA commissioner on Feb. 1, 2014. You are permitted to begin marking off the days. Stern might be doing the same thing. It seems he is already preparing for his moonlight...
View ArticleBruins fall to Aztecs in Wooden Classic, 78-69
ANAHEIM – Jamaal Franklin scored 21 of his 28 points in the second half and No. 23 San Diego State tied a season high with 11 3-pointers to win its fifth in a row, 78-69 over UCLA in the John R. Wooden...
View ArticleLetters: Will Orange be crushed under unfunded liabilities?
ORANGE, Richard Callahan: Now that city council elections are over, it is time for winners to face reality, put away campaign rhetoric and promises and no longer nostalgically live in the past ignoring...
View ArticleOCVarsity Hot Shots: Edison vs. Villa Park
Click through the slideshow to see photos of action and fans at the CIF-SS Southwest Division title game between Edison and Villa Park
View ArticleLetters: California businesses will be taxed to death
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Dennis Noon: The regressive nature of sales taxes is a moot issue [“Why state tax increases are reasonable,” Opinion, Nov. 26]. As teacher Hao-Nhien Vu says, the people voted this tax on...
View ArticleRick Majerus, college basketball coach, dies
Outspoken, humorous and a basketball tactician, coach Rick Majerus died Saturday night from a heart condition. He was 64."No one saw the game like he saw it," said Loyola coach Porter Moser, a protege...
View ArticleStudents honored at research symposium
Irvine Valley College held the Fall 2012 Student Research Symposium on Nov. 10, sponsored by the IVC Committee on Undergraduate Research, the IVC Honors Program, and the IVC chapter of Psi Beta Honor...
View ArticleDec. 1 celebrity birthdays
These people of the present and past were born on this date: Singer Billy Paul is 78. Actor-director Woody Allen is 77. Surf filmmaker Bruce Brown is 75. Singer Dianne Lennon of the Lennon Sisters is...
View ArticlePaul Banks mesmerizes in Santa Ana
Paul Banks' new surname-titled album depicts a gray and cloudy cityscape on its cover. The rainy weather before Friday night's sold-out Constellation Room show proved a perfect match. Somehow, it...
View ArticleGoruck Challenge tests Orange County crew in 12-hour special ops training
NEWPORT BEACH – While most of us slept in the dark of night, a group of determined men ran through the streets of Orange County with 40 pounds of bricks attached to their backs. The 20 men crawled into...
View ArticleAlabama hopes thrilling title is prelude to ultimate prize
By GREG BISHOPATLANTA – As the final seconds ticked off an instant classic, Alabama linebacker C.J. Mosley froze, uncertain if the game had ended, unsure if the celebration could commence. The...
View ArticlePolice: Chiefs' Belcher kills girlfriend, self
By DAVE SKRETTAAP Sports WriterKANSAS CITY, Mo. – It began like any other Saturday for the Kansas City Chiefs during the NFL season, their general manager and coach at work early to put final touches...
View ArticleHoward gearing up to face his former team
EL SEGUNDO – Dwight Howard still calls Orlando home, the city where he says he "grew up." He spent eight formative years in Florida, crafting his high-velocity game and making lifelong friends. He also...
View ArticleAngels GM Dipoto is ready to make his pitch
Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto embarked on the winter with a laundry list of needs that began with pitching. Followed by: pitching. And finally: pitching. As Dipoto and his lieutenants prepared to...
View ArticleDodgers not sitting on their wallet
It would not be accurate to call these Dodgers "nouveau riche"' — after all, they have been riche before. In fact, they spent most of their history firmly entrenched among baseball's "haves," only...
View ArticleO.C. football: Live Pac-5 Division updates
The CIF-Southern Section football playoffs have reached the championships, and three Orange County teams will be playing for titles today. This afternoon's game is Corona del Mar vs. Garden Grove for...
View ArticleClippers manhandle the Kings, 116-81
LOS ANGELES – Jamal Crawford scored 17 points off the bench, leading seven Clippers in double-digit scoring, and Los Angeles rested all of its starters in the fourth quarter of a 116-81 blowout of the...
View ArticleFrumpy Mom: My garage reminds me of a slasher film
So I've been drinking heavily this week in an attempt not to think about the tragic occurrence in my garage. At one time it was so organized, with everything neatly labeled in color-coded plastic bins....
View ArticleNotable deaths of 2012
See personalities from the worlds of entertainment, sports, politics, business, literature and world affairs who departed this year. Related: Celebrities we lost in 2011 Celebrities we lost in 2010...
View ArticleSecond time's the charm for KROQ pageant winner
A little rain didn't stop hordes of fans of KROQ's Kevin & Bean morning show from turning out at the Slidebar Rock-N-Roll Kitchen in Fullerton at 5 a.m. on Friday for the Miss Double D-cember 2013...
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