Sparks’ Dearica Hamby named to U.S. Olympic 3×3 team, replaces injured Cameron Brink - Anaheim news - NewsLocker (2024)

LOS ANGELES — Dearica Hamby is going to be an Olympian.
USA Basketball announced Monday that Hamby has been named the 2024 USA 3×3 women’s national team set to compete in the Summer Olympic Games in Paris, as an injury replacement for Sparks rookie forward Cameron Brink.
The 30-year-old Hamby is currently averaging a career-high 17.8 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals for the Sparks.
“I’m honored to be chosen to represent the United States at the Pari

Kevin Pillar’s walk-off hit leads Angels past Tigers in 10th inning

Los Angeles Angels second baseman Luis Guillorme (15) holds up the ball after tagging out Detroit Tigers’ Riley Greene on a steal attempt during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Los Angeles Angels’ Willie Calhoun heads toward first on an RBI groundout during the third inning of the team’s baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
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Mateusz Bogusz scores hat trick in LAFC’s victory over Rapids

Los Angeles FC forward Denis Bouanga, left, controls the ball against the Colorado Rapids during the second half of an MLS match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, on Saturday, June 29, 2024.Los Angeles FC won 3-0.(Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)
Los Angeles FC forward Denis Bouanga, left, kicks the ball chase by Colorado Rapids defender Sam Vines during the first half of an MLS match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, on Saturday, June 29, 2024.(Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributi

Olympic Trials: Noah Lyles, Gabby Thomas, Tara Davis-Woodhall highlight big day

Noah Lyles celebrates with Tara Davis-Woodhall after winning the men’s 200-meter final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Saturday, June 29, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Gabby Thomas celebrates after winning the women’s 200-meter final with third place winner McKenzie Long during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Saturday, June 29, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Gabby Thomas celebrates after winning the women’s 200-m

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Mia Kretzer became the youngest X Games gold medalist

VENTURA — It was one for the ages on the second day of the Summer X Games on Saturday.
Mia Kretzer became the youngest X Games gold medalist in history when the 9-year-old from Australia won the women’s skateboard vert best trick on another blustery day at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.
Kretzer was already the youngest competitor in X Games history when she landed a double-revolution 720 on the second of five attempts to move into first place.
She had to survive five attempts at a 9

Dodgers explode for seven runs in 11th inning to beat Giants

SAN FRANCISCO — This explosion had a long fuse.
The Dodgers and San Francisco Giants spent most of the afternoon in close quarters, went into extra innings and matched runs in the 10th.
In the 11th, though, the Dodgers put an emphatic end to it with five consecutive hits and scored seven times to beat the Giants, 14-7.
The two teams combined to use 16 pitchers in Saturday’s extended affair, parading everyone but Lou Seal to the mound. The Giants chose their bullpen game. The Dodgers

Mission Viejo football defeats Mater Dei to win South County passing tournament

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.Subscribe nowMISSION VIEJO — The early, summer results from Mission Viejo’s football team certainly looked promising at its South County passing and linemen tournament Saturday.
The Diablos capped a dominant performance in the linemen competition by powering through the tug-of-war. Later in the afternoon, they handed Mater Dei its first loss in 7-on-7 this offseason by posting a 21-7 victory in the champio

Angels’ Mike Trout expects to return in July

ANAHEIM – Coming as close as he has so far to setting a timetable for a return, Angels outfielder Mike Trout said with confidence Saturday that he expects to be on the field at very least by this time next month.
Trout has not played in a game since April 29 and underwent a procedure to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee May 3 with a general return estimate of three months.
And while the three-time MVP has progressed to jogging and is generally pain free during workouts, he has yet to

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Los Alamitos Derby fits Bob Baffert best again

CYPRESS — Bob Baffert spent the afternoon telling old stories about his early days in quarter-horse racing at Los Alamitos Race Course.
Then he went out and made new history at the Orange County track’s early-summer thoroughbred meet.
Baffert saddled Wynstock and Cornell for a tight 1-2 finish in the $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby, making it eight years in a row that he has won the facility’s marquee race for 3-year-olds and the third time in the past five years that he has swept

Kamala Harris reiterates faith in Biden’s leadership at Brentwood fundraiser

Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated her unwavering faith in President Joe Biden’s leadership at a campaign fundraiser in Brentwood on Saturday, June 29, just days after his weak debate performance prompted some Democrats to question whether she should replace him on the ballot.
Harris addressed the “elephant in the room” early on in her speech by acknowledging the debate wasn’t the president’s “finest hour,” but said that if you put aside the “

Dodgers minding workload for Miguel Rojas at shortstop

SAN FRANCISCO – The Dodgers would like to have Miguel Rojas in their starting lineup every day during Mookie Betts’ absence – and maybe beyond.
But they don’t think they can have that.
“He’s obviously having a heck of a year. Offensively, defensively,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “I love the edge, the energy he brings every night. The thing that I think I have to be mindful of is managing his playing time – because he’s just such

Newsom: Conservatives are just like Hitler

Everyone knows the ancient joke about the two exhausted kids walking through a sun-blasted and waterless land. Sunburned and still miles from their destination, they come upon an immense pile of animal manure blocking their path. The boys stop for a moment to consider the obstacle mounded before them – feculent, still miraculously (in my telling) steaming – before the younger boy jumps quickly into the pile and begins digging furiously. His wee hands are a blur. Appalled, the older b

Kurtenbach: If this is it for Klay Thompson in the Bay, he leaves a spectacular, strange legacy

If this is, in fact, how Klay Thompson’s time in the Bay Area ends, it’ll be peculiar and inexplicable.
Or, in other words, fitting.
Thompson has never been one to be fully understood. He’s a one-off, a man who goes to the beat of his own drum; the rules that applied to everyone else somehow didn’t apply to him (much to the chagrin of some big-name former teammates). And his inscrutability made him lovable.
Now it might make him a member of another team for the first time

After 43 years marketing local news, SCNG’s Bill Van Laningham is retiring

When the Daily Breeze won the Pulitzer Prize in 2015, Bill Van Laningham was behind the scenes, looking for ways to let the community know.
He knew powerful journalismwhen he saw it: This was the Heisman Trophy. The Academy Award. A chance to show off a local newsroom’s work.
Van Laningham created promotional ads, reached out to community leaders, connected with trade publications, and built a marketing campaign. He even had giant beachball-sized Pulitzer medallion stickers made and

Lakers enter free agency with some possible flexibility

Before Saturday, it appeared the Lakers were going to have limited flexibility to improve their roster entering Sunday afternoon’s start to free agency.
Their flexibility still appears to be limited, with their roster already nearing capacity, but they may have more options than most believed they would have entering the weekend.
The Lakers will enter Sunday, the first official day of free agency, with the moratorium period running from 3 p.m. PT through 9:01 p.m. on July 5, with 11 player

Cooking up a good time with the Costa Mesa Fish Fry

For the 77th year, the Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club cooked up some summer fun for the community.
The three-day annualCosta Mesa Fish Fry popped up at Lions Park this weekend, it helps the Lions Club fundraise for its support of charities and programs in the community.
The 77th Costa Mesa Fish Fry offers $15 fish and chip dinners prepared by volunteers with the Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club on Saturday, June 29, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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Angel City Football Club returns home to face the unbeaten Orlando Pride

Angel City Football Club emerged from last week’s three-game stretch with four points, a total that’s probably lower than the club would have expected, but in a league as tight as the NWSL, they’ll certainly take them.
Now, comes another challenge to close out play heading into the Olympic break.
Starting Sunday, Angel City FC will face the second (Orlando Pride) and fourth-place (Gotham FC) teams to head into the Olympic break.
The Pride (10-0-5) is one of two unbeaten teams r

Ron Hart: I’m with Hur. Joe Biden is too old and too incompetent.

No matter what you think of either candidate, only one has been deemed mentally competent to stand trial, and that is Trump. And stand trial he has, facing the Dems’ lawfare offensive.
Robert Hur, the DOJ Special Counsel looking into Biden’s taking of classified documents, concluded that our president is too old and too incompetent to stand trial.
So, what do we do in America when our DOJ tells us that someone is not clear-headed enough to withstand a trial for a crime he

Paul George declines option with Clippers, will test free agency

Clippers star Paul George declined his $48.7M option, along with any trade possibilities Saturday, and will enter free agency that begins Sunday.
George, who has played for the Clippers the past five seasons, will seek meetings with teams that have cap space, which includes the Clippers. His decision means an opt-in/trade scenario is now gone.
There’s still a chance George could return to the Clippers with a more team-friendly deal, much like the three-year, $158 million extension Kawhi Le

Ducks add six prospects in Day 2 of NHL draft

The Ducks made six selections on Saturday’s Day 2 of the NHL Draft after stunning the floor with their selection of Beckett Sennecke third overall and trading up to grab hard-hitting defenseman Stian Solberg at No. 23 on Friday.
Here are glimpses at each of the newest members of the flock.
Lucas Pettersson, center, MoDo (Sweden), No. 35 overall
Pettersson could be described as Leo Carlsson Light in that he combines deceptiveness, creativity, an arsenal of subtle movements and fluid skating

Ducks add seven prospects in Day 2 of NHL draft

The Ducks made seven selections on Saturday’s Day 2 of the NHL Draft after stunning the floor with their selection of Beckett Sennecke third overall and trading up to grab hard-hitting defenseman Stian Solberg at No. 23 on Friday.
Here are glimpses at each of the newest members of the flock.
Lucas Pettersson, center, MoDo (Sweden), No. 35 overall
Pettersson might be described as Leo Carlsson Light in that he combines deceptiveness, creativity, a vast array of subtle movements and fluid ska

SoCal’s relationship with 4th of July fireworks might be changing. Here’s why

Fourth of July.
A holiday meant to be spent outside in the simmering Southern California summer sun — dining on freshly grilled hot dogs, donning your most patriotic ensemble, and communing with friends and family.
And, once the sun sets, enjoying fireworks.
But recently, in Southern California, fireworks displays — once seemingly inextricable from the Fourth of July holiday — have lost some of their sparkle because of growing concerns over the potential impact the shows have o

2 sweet, loving bulldogs are looking for homes

Breed: English bulldogs
Age: Patch, 2; Loki, 3
Sex: Neutered males
Patch and Loki’s story: The staffers at the Mission Viejo Animal Services Center are shocked that these boys haven’t been adopted. They came in separately on the same day and are sweet as can be. These two are delightful, with their goofy personalities and loving temperaments. They can be a bit reactive while in their kennels, so ask the staff to show them to you on a walk. They do not need to go to the same home.
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Euro 2024: Switzerland knocks out defending champ Italy

BERLIN (AP) — Defending champion Italy crashed out of the European Championship after losing to Switzerland 2-0 in the last 16 on Saturday.
Goals in each half from Remo Freuler and Ruben Vargas gave the Swiss their first win over their southern neighbor for 31 years and set up a quarterfinal against England or Slovakia in Düsseldorf on July 6.
Italy’s elimination means the titleholder has gone out in the last 16 for the third successive Euro after Portugal in 2021 and Spain in 2

Open your heart to Chili, a Tibetan spaniel with special needs

Breed: Tibetan spaniel
Age: 10 years
Sex: Neutered male
Size: 14 pounds
Chili’s story: Chili lost both eyes at some point and was severely underweight, weak and malnourished when he came to the rescue group. But his resilience is remarkable. He gains confidence every day, although his past confinement means that the world is brand new to him. Chili cannot navigate steps or doors yet. He prefers being carried to walking, but loves sniffing lawns and flowers and playing on the beach. He is a

Russell Westbrook picks up player option with Clippers

Russell Westbrook has picked up his player option for $4 million and is expected to return to the Clippers next season.
Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN was the first to report it Saturday.
The nine-time All-Star point guard averaged 11.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists off the bench last season. Although he shot 45.4% from the field, Westbrook hit just 27.3% from three-point range, his lowest since the 2019-20 season when he was with the Houston Rockets.
The former league MVP fractured his left

Alexander: Behold, the vanishing baseball movie

The 1980s and early ’90s may have been the glory years of baseball as portrayed/immortalized on the big screen. A genre that hadn’t been taken very seriously, or more to the point had been depicted haphazardly in the era before Technicolor, all of a sudden had become popular fodder for the imagination industry.
There were “The Natural,” “Bull Durham,” “Field of Dreams,” “Eight Men Out,” “Major League,” “A League Of The

Kings acquire forward Tanner Jeannot in exchange for draft picks

The Kings have acquired forward Tanner Jeannot from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for a 2025 second-round draft pick and a fourth rounder (No. 118) in this year’s draft.
Jeannot, 27, traversed a sinewy path to the NHL but had a breakout campaign as a rookie in 2021-22 with the Nashville Predators. He scored 24 goals and 41 points while he accumulated 130 penalty minutes, offering something of a throwback power forward’s profile.
Despite a slower start to the following season, T

LeBron James declines player option to become free agent

LeBron James will decline his $51.4 million player option with the Lakers for the 2024-25 season and become an unrestricted free agent, but he is expected to return to the organization on a new contract, The Atheltic reported on Saturday morning.
James, who turns 40 in December and is entering his 22nd NBA season, had until 2 p.m. on Saturday to decide on the option in his contract as part of the two-year, $99 million contract extension he signed with the Lakers in September 2022.
He could sign

Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (June 20-27)

Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from June 20 to June 27.
Food sales at Mobil station, 11962 Brookhurst St., Garden GroveClosed: June 26
Reason: co*ckroach infestation
Reopened: June 27Bagels Tea, 16566 Bolsa Chica St., Huntington BeachClosed: June 26
Reason: Rodent infestation
Reopened: June 27Layer Cake Bakery, 4250 Barranca Parkway, Suite I, IrvineClosed: June 26
Reason: None provided
Reopened: June 26Cho Cu Bakery, 14