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• UCLA passing game sees progress amid 5-game skid

  15-10-2024 23:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Amid a fifth consecutive defeat for the UCLA football team, a sign of hope for the rest of the season emerged from its loss to Minnesota on Saturday.
  The Bruins’ passing game doesn’t lack perimeter playmakers, with the likes of veterans J. Michael Sturdivant and Logan Loya and younger targets Kwazi Gilmer and Rico Flores Jr. roaming the outside. But Sturdivant and Loya have had catchless games this season and Flores Jr. has missed time due to injury.
  But in the Br
  
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• History looms in NCAA volleyball championship with female coaches poised as first to win a title

  22-12-2024 07:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Players and coaches who will make history at the NCAA volleyball championship still find it hard to believe that a female coach hasn’t already won a title.
  After all, a female coach has influenced almost every stage of their volleyball lives. It was assumed that a woman had already reached the summit of college’s top achievement as a coach.
  That hasn’t happened yet – but it will on Sunday when either Penn State’s Katie Schumacher-Cawley
  
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• Howard throws 2 TD passes to Smith to help Ohio State rout Tennessee in College Football Playoff

  22-12-2024 06:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Ohio State quarterback Will Howard throws a pass against Tennessee during the first half in the first round of the College Football Playoff, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
  Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson, left, is forced out of bounds by Tennessee defensive back Will Brooks, right, during the first half in the first round of the College Football Playoff, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
  Ohio State defensive back Dav
  
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• Los Alamitos beats San Clemente, readies for state’s top boys basketball tournament

  22-12-2024 06:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Alamitos needed a momentum boost, considering what’s coming for the Griffins boys basketball team in a few days.
  The Griffins beat San Clemente 63-48 on Saturday in the 25th Annual Orange County North/South Challenge at Tesoro High. The game was among a series of eight games of the single-day event at Tesoro.
  It was a balanced-scoring production led by three seniors for Los Alamitos, which is 7-3 and No. 3 in the Orange County Top 25. Trent Minter scored 15 points, Wes Trevino scored 1
  
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• Clippers downed by Mavericks’ bench scoring barrage and no Luka Doncic

  22-12-2024 05:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Dallas Mavericks guard Quentin Grimes (5) shoots against Clippers guard Kevin Porter Jr. (77) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
  Clippers guard Norman Powell (24) drives against Dallas Mavericks guard Spencer Dinwiddie (26) during the first period of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
  Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II (2) hangs from the rim after slam-dunking against Clippers
  
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• Lakers’ JJ Redick remains confident in Anthony Davis’ late-game free-throw shooting

  22-12-2024 05:11 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — In light of Anthony Davis once again missing a pair of clutch free throws, this time in the Lakers’ 103-99 road win over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday, coach JJ Redick made it clear he remains confident with having the ball in the All-Star big man’s hands late in games.
  With the Lakers leading the Kings 101-99 with 12.5 seconds remaining in the game and two seconds left on the shot clock, Davis curled around a D’Angelo Russell screen toward the left block
  
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• JuJu Watkins and No. 7 USC hold off Paige Bueckers and No. 4 UConn

  22-12-2024 04:24 via ocregister.com
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. — JuJu Watkins scored 25 points and No. 7 USC recovered from blowing an 18-point lead in the second half to beat Paige Bueckers and fourth-ranked UConn 72-70 on Saturday night.
  The game was a rematch of last season’s Elite Eight contest that the Huskies won and featured two of the best players in women’s college basketball with All-Americans Bueckers and Watkins. The pair guarded each other for most of the game.
  Bueckers finished with 22 points.
  With t
  
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• Lakers beat Kings to complete two-game set in Sacramento

  22-12-2024 03:06 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — In a two-game set like the Lakers wrapped up with a 103-99 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday afternoon, especially after winning the first matchup on Thursday night, the little moments can shine through.
  But it was LeBron James’ offensive aggressiveness early that gave the Lakers an early edge.
  And then the little plays made by the Lakers’ late sealed their third consecutive victory and fourth in their last five games, putting them at 16-12.
  James (32 p
  
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• Lakers beat Kings to complete 2-game set in Sacramento

  22-12-2024 03:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Lakers forward LeBron James (23) makes a layup over Sacramento Kings forward Trey Lyles (41) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
  Lakers forward LeBron James (23) looks to pass the ball with Sacramento Kings guard Malik Monk (0) defending during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
  Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) draws a foul on Sa
  
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• 1 man killed in Stanton shooting, 2nd man injured

  22-12-2024 02:36 via ocregister.com
  
  STANTON — One man was shot to death and another was injured in Stanton, authorities said Saturday.
  The shooting occurred about 4:20 p.m. Friday in the area of Orangewood Avenue and Court Street, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
  Arriving deputies found 18-year-old Stanton resident Jonathan Alexis Jimenez wounded inside a vehicle on Court, sheriff’s officials said. Paramedics took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  A second man was also found inj
  
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• Texas holds off Clemson in College Football Playoff opener

  22-12-2024 01:54 via ocregister.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Jaydon Blue ran 146 yards and two touchdowns, the last a 77-yard burst in the fourth quarter, and Texas beat Clemson 38-24 on Saturday in the first round of the expanded College Football Playoff.
  Blue’s fourth-quarter touchdown came after Clemson rallied from down 31-10 to 31-24 on Cade Klubnik’s third touchdown pass.
  Texas (12-2) advanced to the Jan. 1 Peach Bowl to play Big 12 champion Arizona State.
  Blue also scored on 38-yard cut-and-dash burst in the second
  
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• Ravens beat 1st-place Steelers to pull even in AFC North

  22-12-2024 01:45 via ocregister.com
  
  BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson threw three touchdown passes and Marlon Humphrey scored on a fourth-quarter interception return to help the Baltimore Ravens pull even with Pittsburgh atop the AFC North with a 34-17 victory over the Steelers on Saturday.
  Pittsburgh (10-5) would have clinched the division with a victory, but now the teams are deadlocked after the Ravens (10-5) won for just the second time in the last 10 games in this series. Baltimore clinched a playoff berth. The Steelers had alr
  
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• Fans, race drivers, bid a final farewell to ‘epic’ Irwindale Speedway

  22-12-2024 01:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California’s motor racing family bid a fond and bittersweet farewell to Irwindale Speedway on Saturday, Dec. 21, for the absolute final time.
  The facility ended 25 years of racing with its Farewell Extravaganza program, featuring 14 divisions, racing on its half-mile and third-mile ovals. It finished with a massive fireworks show.
  The facility is scheduled to be razed with the property becoming an industrial park.
  From racers to fans, Saturday truly was a family reunion.
  Trevor Hu
  
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• Usyk defeats Fury again to retain heavyweight title

  22-12-2024 01:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Oleksandr Usyk remained undefeated when he successfully defended his undisputed heavyweight belt with a unanimous decision over Tyson Fury on Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  Judges Gerardo Martinez, Patrick Morley and Ignacio Robles had identical scorecards in favor of Usyk, 116-112.
  Usyk landed 179-of-423 (42%) punches thrown, while Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) landed just 144 of the 509 punches he threw, a 28% clip.
  Asked if he agreed with judges’ scores, Usyk implied that it’s no
  
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• Alexander: Remembering Rickey Henderson, Surf Dawg

  22-12-2024 01:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Note: This column originally appeared in the May 26, 2005, edition of The Press-Enterprise, with an independent minor-league team about to launch in San Diego and an unexpected player preparing to join the team. Rickey Henderson, who died Saturday at the age of 65, had last played in the majors in 2003 with the Dodgers, but the urge to play kept bringing the 10-time All-Star and two-time World Series champ out of retirement.
  SAN DIEGO — Cooperstown will still be there, whenever Rickey Hend
  
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• No. 18 UCLA blows 16-point lead in loss to North Carolina

  22-12-2024 00:24 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK — RJ Davis made the tying and go-ahead free throws with 13 seconds left, and North Carolina erased a 16-point deficit for a 76-74 victory over No. 18 UCLA on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden.
  Davis scored 17 points and gave the Tar Heels (7-5) their first lead since the opening minutes. Ian Jackson scored a career-high 24 points. Seth Trimble added 12 and forced a UCLA turnover that set up the free throws by Davis as North Carolina outscored UCLA 33-15 o
  
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• Rams’ resilient defense looks to keep rolling against the Jets

  22-12-2024 00:04 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — On the few occasions this year when Rams defensive coordinator Chris Shula had to address his young defense after a no-two-ways-about-it, disappointing performance, he’s never felt like he’s had to deviate from his usual, soft-spoken approach at the lectern.
  “This isn’t a group that you feel like you have to go in and get after them so much because they want to do so well,” Shula explained. “They want to play so well and it’s about us
  
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• 17-year-old girl fatally stabbed in Azusa; 18-year-old boy in custody

  21-12-2024 23:53 via ocregister.com
  
  A 17-year-old girl was stabbed to death in Azusa on Friday night, Dec. 20, authorities said, and an 18-year-old boy has been taken into custody.
  Azusa Police Department officers responded around 10 p.m. to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon on the 300 block of North Soldano Avenue, near Third Street and west of the Azusa High School West Campus. They located the victim, who was suffering from stab wounds.
  She was transported to a hospital, where she was declared dead.
  LACSD homicide inv
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday, Dec. 21

  21-12-2024 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Saturday, Dec. 21
  Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  SATURDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  CITY OF PALMS CLASSIC (FL)
  Third-place game
  Mater Dei 66, Edgewater (FL) 53
  CHALLENGE FOR CHOC SHOWCASE
  Santiago 55, C
  
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• Rams at New York Jets: Who has the edge?

  21-12-2024 23:07 via ocregister.com
  
  RAMS (8-6) at NEW YORK JETS (4-10)
  When: 10 a.m. PT Sunday
  Where: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.
  TV/Radio: CBS Ch. 2/710 AM; 93.1 FM; 1330 AM (Spanish); Sirius 385, 230
  Line: Rams by 3.5
  Notable injury designations
  Rams: None.
  Jets: OUT: CB Michael Carter II (back); QUESTIONABLE: OL Alijah Vera-Tucker (ankle), DL Quinnen Williams (hamstring), RB Braelon Allen (back), DL Leki Fotu (knee).
  What’s at stake? The Jets are long out of the playoff race, but t
  
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• Chiefs take care of Texans to close in on AFC’s No. 1 seed

  21-12-2024 22:47 via ocregister.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes threw for 260 yards and a touchdown while running for a score on his ailing ankle, and the Kansas City Chiefs took a big step toward securing the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs with a 27-19 victory over the Houston Texans on Saturday.
  The AFC West champion Chiefs (14-1), who have won four straight against the AFC South champ Texans (9-6), can clinch the postseason bye if Buffalo loses to or ties New England on Sunday. If the Bills win, Kansas City can wra
  
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• Kings rally in 3rd period, fall to Nashville in OT

  21-12-2024 22:38 via ocregister.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nick Blankenburg scored at 1:03 of overtime to help the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the Kings on Saturday.
  Aided by Kings defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov momentarily losing his stick, Blankenburg converted the rebound of a shot by Filip Forsberg for his first goal as a member of the Predators, who won for just the second time in nine overtime games this season.
  Playing their sixth game of a seven-game trip, the Kings found a way to tie the game after falling
  
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• Penn State blasts SMU to advance in College Football Playoff

  21-12-2024 21:43 via ocregister.com
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Dominic DeLuca and Tony Rojas returned interceptions for touchdowns and Penn State toyed with mistake-prone SMU in a 38-10 victory on Saturday in the opening round of the College Football Playoff.
  The sixth-seeded Nittany Lions (12-2) advanced to face third-seeded Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Eve by hounding Mustangs quarterback Kevin Jennings into three turnovers, including a pair of ill-thrown floaters in the first half DeLuca and Rojas converte
  
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• Southern California to have a bright Christmas – mostly sunny skies, with high surf

  21-12-2024 21:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California will have a bright Christmas – mostly sunny skies and high surf beginning on Saturday, Dec. 21, forecasters say.
  In Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties, temperatures will remain in the low to mid-70s with partly cloudy skies this weekend, then drop into the high 60s starting on Monday. San Bernardino County should stay in the low 70s throughout the week until sharply descending to a high of 64 on Christmas Day, according to National Weather Service meteorologist
  
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• Rickey Henderson, the greatest Oakland A’s player of all time, has died at age 65

  21-12-2024 20:36 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND — Rickey Henderson, the Oakland kid who became the greatest leadoff hitter in baseball history and his hometown A’s biggest star has died.
  Henderson would have turned 66 on Christmas Day.
  After a frenzy of social media speculation overnight, multiple sources confirmed to the Bay Area News Group on Saturday morning that Henderson had died. The family is expected to make an announcement later in the day. Henderson had been in the hospital battling pneumonia, a source told the B
  
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• Rickey Henderson, baseball’s stolen base king, dies at age 65

  21-12-2024 20:36 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND — Rickey Henderson, the Oakland kid who became the greatest leadoff hitter in baseball history and his hometown A’s biggest star, has died.
  Henderson would have turned 66 on Christmas Day.
  After a frenzy of social media speculation overnight, multiple sources confirmed to the Bay Area News Group on Saturday morning that Henderson had died. The family is expected to make an announcement later in the day. Henderson had been in the hospital battling pneumonia, a source told the
  
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• USC adds Georgia transfer Jamaal Jarrett to bulk up defensive line

  21-12-2024 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — They had been beaten at the line of scrimmage for years. They were walled off too often by opposing linemen in 2024. So USC’s primary defensive focus in the transfer portal this winter, as defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn made clear, was on the defensive line.
  And Lynn didn’t hesitate for a second Wednesday when asked exactly what they were looking for up front.
  “I would say size is the number one priority,” Lynn said.
  Check that off the list.
  
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• Ducks and dads hit the road for games against Utah and Vegas

  21-12-2024 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  As yuletide cheer fills the air, the Ducks will visit the City of the Saints and then Sin City for back-to-back dates with Utah HC on Sunday and the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday.
  Those are two of the NHL’s three newest franchises. Their cities were also, for one season, the split homes of the NBA’s Utah Jazz, and of late the Ducks have hit some of the right notes.
  They beat the Columbus Blue Jackets in the Ducks’ fourth game in six nights on the road before upending the Winni
  
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• Alexander: Jonas Never turns sports heroes into masterpieces

  21-12-2024 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Jonas Never didn’t set out to be a trendsetter.
  Originally, he set out to be a college pitcher, before his shoulder gave out on him at UC Riverside. But the old adage that if you love what you do for a living it’s not really work has turned out to be so true in his case, because he went from trying to paint the corners, in baseball terms, to painting walls, buildings and canvases with sports art.
  And his work – the most prominent of which, early on, might have been his depictio
  
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• Southern California hiring in November runs 47% below average

  21-12-2024 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  A new record for Southern California employment masks some worrisome hiring trends.
  My trusty spreadsheet, filled with newly released state job figures that are not seasonally adjusted, found an all-time high 8.11 million people at work in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in November. However, there’s a “but” in the upswing.
  November’s hiring pace was 47% below the region’s pre-pandemic job growth for the month. The 34,000 added jobs f
  
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