The Oakland Raiders filed relocation paperwork to move to Las Vegas on Thursday, setting in motion the process to become the third NFL team since January 2016 to change markets. “Today, the Oakland Raiders submitted an application to relocate their franchise to Las Vegas, as is provided for under the NFL Policy and Procedures for […]
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Sports & Competitions, USAPresident Barack Obama, wrapping up his last week in office, celebrated with the World Series champion Chicago Cubs at the White House on Monday. The president, who has a home in Chicago, is a diehard Chicago White Sox fan but rooted for the Cubs after the Sox failed to reach the postseason. The Cubs won
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Sports & Competitions, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – On both the local and national levels, I feel that someone ought to speak up for keeping calm. Yes, the Chargers have moved to Los Angeles after 56 years in this market place. For so many loyal fans, it is sad, disappointing, but hardly the end of the world. Relax
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, USAJimmy “Superfly” Snuka has passed away at age 73, according to the Snuka family: Our family @TaminaSnuka asked me to share the sad news that her dad Jimmy Snuka has just passed away. Alofa atu i le aiga atoa. #RIPSuperfly — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) January 15, 2017 The news comes following reports that Snuka had
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Obituaries & memorials, Sports & CompetitionsThe San Diego Chargers are bolting to Los Angeles. Owner Dean Spanos officially announced his plans to move the franchise to Los Angeles after 56 seasons in San Diego. “Today, we turn the page and begin an exciting new era as the Los Angeles Chargers,” Spanos wrote in a letter on the team’s website. “LA
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JERUSALEM (Press Release)- Jeff Aeder, owner of Chicago’s restaurant Milt’s BBQ for the Perplexed, and founder of the Jewish Baseball Museum, donated an ambucycle to United Hatzalah in honor of his late father Arthur Aeder. Jeff said that his father was a true Zionist, a lover of the Jewish people. The date of the ambucycle
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & CompetitionsLOS ANGELES — Matt Boermeester missed two field-goal attempts. He did not miss a third. The USC kicker lined up from 46 yards and split the uprights as time expired and the ninth-ranked Trojans defeated fifth-ranked Penn State, 52-49, to win the 103rd Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Safety Leon McQuay II intercepted a pass by
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Sports & Competitions, USAMike McCoy is out as San Diego Chargers coach after four seasons. The team announced Sunday evening that McCoy will not return in 2017. The Chargers wrapped up the 2016 season with a 37-27 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs at Qualcomm Stadium to finish with a 5-11 record. McCoy had an overall record of
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Sports & Competitions, USALike most Sabras, graphic designer Avi Dunkelman grew up on soccer. But through a huge project for Canada Post, he now plays a pivotal position in home delivering Canada’s passion — hockey By Robert Sarner TORONTO — Growing up in Israel, long before the country had its first ice rink, Avi Dunkelman had little notion
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsDonald Trump, who a year ago criticized President Barack Obama for playing “more golf than Tiger Woods,” returned to the golf course Saturday, ditching the press pool tailing the president-elect. Trump actually joined golfing great Woods last week on the course, interrupting his schedule of transition meetings while at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. And,
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Sports & Competitions, USAOn Friday, the San Francisco 49ers awarded Colin Kaepernick with the Len Eshmont Award, which is traditionally given to the player who “best exemplifies the inspirational and courageous play of Len Eshmont, an original member of the 1946 49ers team.” It was established after Len Eshmont passed away and is considered the most prestigious award
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Sports & Competitions, USAThe death of former Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam was officially ruled a suicide, according to an autopsy report. Salaam, 42, a former Colorado football star, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on Dec. 5, according to the Boulder County Coroner’s Office. There was a note at the scene of the shooting,
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Sports & Competitions, USACYPRESS, Calif.—California Chrome’s racing career in his home state finished in the spectacular fashion everyone expected. He won Saturday’s $180,000 Winter Challenge by 12 lengths at Los Alamitos and did it without really trying. If that’s not enough, he set a track record for 1 1/16 miles by more than three-quarters of a second with
LOS ANGELES — Howard Bingham, a close friend and longtime photographer of Muhammad Ali who was also known for his community activism, died Thursday afternoon. He was 77. Bingham died in a Los Angeles hospital. No cause of death was given by his agent, Harlan Werner. The renowned photographer, who grew up in Compton, had
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