Ever since Billy Beane popularized what’s come to be called “Moneyball,” the close analysis of statistics has become the foremost aspect of baseball. I was looking at some season-to-date stats of our […]
Getting on base is the key step
A leader from ‘The Ranch’
By Amberly Nguyen Orange County Tribune Ricardo De Rosas, a student at Rancho Alamitos High School, was chosen as the student representative at the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education […]
Unions vs. unions not brotherly
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em Dept. You’ve seen them outside your supermarket or drug store. Folks with clipboards urging you to sign petitions regarding the proposed Nickelodeon-themed hotel approved by the Garden […]
‘Odyssey’: Ancient epic reborn
MATT DAMON stars in “The Odyssey” (Universal Pictures release). By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer Getting home, and turning back the clock, has long been at the root of Christopher Nolan’s films. […]
Carlsson best-paid player in NHL
By Greg Beacham AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM (AP) — The Anaheim Ducks last week matched the Philadelphia Flyers’ offer sheet for center Leo Carlsson, keeping their rising young star at an extraordinary […]
Live-action ‘Moana’ is lifeless
By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer Say what you will about them, but the Disney live-action remakes have at least given us a choice. Which would you rather see? A spirited, soaring, […]
‘Minions & Monsters’ a mash
By Mark Kennedy AP Entertainment Writer Every once in a while, Hollywood gets high on its own supply and makes a love letter to moviemaking. It happened recently with Steven Spielberg’s “The […]
Did Ducks win tug-of-war?
By Greg Beacham AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM (AP) — Defenseman Pavel Mintyukov has agreed to five-year contract extension worth $36 million with the Anaheim Ducks, a person with knowledge of the […]
The four-day fireworks miracle
I don’t know if this qualifies as a miracle, exactly. But it definitely can be in the categories of the unexplainable and the unexpected. One of the major gripes for years has […]
Sherlock’s sis back in ‘Enola 3’
By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer The “Enola Holmes” movies have done nothing so much as chart Millie Bobby Brown’s evolution from child actor to movie star. She was 16 when the […]
