By Greg Beacham AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – Baseball had seen nothing like Shohei Ohtani’s unanimous AL MVP season in over a century. With the new season arriving quickly for […]
Ohtani aims to make history
Retorts: The clock is running out
The last time an Orange County city tried something this reckless, it was almost never heard from again. Back in 1911 the residents of a community then called Benedict incorporated as the […]
Returning summer to Beach
By Reagan Cisar/Orange County Tribune “I loved knowing that it was the road to summer; that’s what [Beach Boulevard] was known for in earlier decades,” said Jennifer Lilley. She is Stanton’s director […]
Argos, Aztecs pile up honors
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’ […]
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 […]
