The just-finished high school basketball season brought a lot of excitement, energy and accomplishments to local teams. Now come the accolades. On Monday the All CIF-SS teams were announced for both boys’ […]
Argos, Aztecs pile up honors
Baseball trots forward … slowly
Baseball, one of the most hide-bound of major sports – or should we say, horsehide-bound – is finally starting to change. As spring training camps open after an agreement was reached between […]
A lean and modern “Hamlet”
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune From the once implacable darkness, the creeping melancholy tones of an indigo sky stir — casting down upon the uneasy scene below, unfolding beneath the spectral visage […]
Magic “Into the Woods” at Gem
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep …” Just in time for the […]
Mariners soar with bats, gloves
The high school basketball season isn’t quite over as regional finals and state championships are still ahead, but the spring sports have begun and with them some powerful local teams have emerged. […]
It’s a winning Lakers effort
Right now the most interesting thing about the Los Angeles Lakers is not their actual games, as they slowly sink into the sunset, but the new HBO series, “Winning Time: The Rise […]
Vlad’s mystical “superpower”
What’s your superpower? I mean, short of being a strange visitor from another planet or coming in possession of a magic ring, hammer or sword, what would give you powers and abilities […]
Is “The Batman” too serious?
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer Batman, never a day person, is plunged into perpetual night in Matt Reeves’ nocturnal, nihilist, neo-noir take on the Caped Crusader. Reeves’ three-hour-long “The Batman” includes plenty […]
They’re falling flat on the ice
How the mighty have fallen. The Anaheim (former Mighty) Ducks were battling at the top of the NHL Pacific Division not too long ago, and now they are in a tailspin, having […]
“Hazel” back at Christ Cathedral
By Deepa Bharath/Associated Press GARDEN GROVE (AP) – There are few pipe organs in the world that have a nickname, a feminine pronoun and a Facebook fan page. The Hazel Wright organ […]
