Jeremy Lin among top opportunists in sports
The phenomenon that is Jeremy Lin would not be captivating the sports world this month were it not for injuries to New York Knicks stars Carmelo Anthony and Baron Davis and uninspiring play by other...
View ArticleOCVarsity Hot Shots: Tuesday’s playoff games in pictures
Slideshow: Check out all of OCVarsity's Hot Shots and Fandemonium photos from the high school basketball and soccer playoff games on Tuesday.
View ArticleAngels: Disgruntled Abreu wants a trade
Bobby Abreu has not arrived in Angels’ camp yet this spring. But his locker sits next to the door of the clubhouse waiting for him. It’s an appropriate location because the 37-year-old Abreu seems to...
View ArticleThrice embarking on spring farewell tour
Late last year, Thrice, one of Orange County's most successful groups, announced that it would go on indefinite hiatus following their spring tour. Now we have dates for their farewell outing,...
View ArticleO.C.’s top multisport athletes
Slideshow: In an era of specialization, Orange County still is loaded with excellent multisport athletes, the kinds of players who love competing throughout the year. They might not be stars in every...
View ArticleToday’s cartoons: High gas could can Obama
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View Article'Tired of hurting' others, man stood in front of train
ORANGE – Keith Paul Abbott fell off the face of the earth about five years ago. The former football and wrestling star at Dreher High School in Columbia, S.C., had battled drug and alcohol addiction...
View Article'Seinfeld' actor attempts suicide, calls 911
A former “Seinfeld” star shot himself in the head in an attempted suicide on Monday but ended up calling 911. Daniel von Bargen, who played Mr. Kruger, tried to kill himself after he learned that...
View ArticleOrange Pop: Bleeding Through stays the course
For Bleeding Through vocalist Brandan Schieppati, to be nominated for best metal at the 2012 OC Music Awards is an exciting reminder that 13 years on, his band is still doing something right. “It’s...
View ArticleUSC’s Galippo hopes to dispel doubts at NFL combine
NFL Network calls its buildup to the draft the "Path to Primetime." There are many, many paths, even for players coming out of high-profile programs such as USC. Mark Sanchez was a top-10 prospect and...
View ArticleSleigh Bells get heavy at the Mayan
Like so many indie acts today, Sleigh Bells sounds more like a lab experiment than a band. It’s easy to imagine the Brooklyn-based duo (expanded to a trio on tour) sitting around mapping out the...
View ArticleHines Ward gets probation after DUI arrest
Hines Ward, Pittsburgh Steelers standout and “Dancing with the Stars” winner, pleaded guilty to reckless driving Wednesday and was given a year of probation.Prosecutors dropped DUI charges.DeKalb...
View Article'X Factor' runner-up gets own show
She exited “The X Factor” crying and now she has her own show.No, not Paula Abdul. Rachel Crow.The 14-year-old singer has inked a deal with the Nickelodeon channel and a recording contract with Sony’s...
View ArticleAniston talks nude scene at star ceremony
Jennifer Aniston got her very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday.Her boyfriend and “Wanderlust” co-star, Justin Theroux, was there, according to E! News, as was Adam Sandler, with whom...
View ArticleLohan appears in court to accolades
It may be the beginning of the end for Lindsay Lohan. At least one reader (Janet) will be happy about that.How can we continue in good conscience to write about the “Herbie Fully Loaded” star if she...
View ArticleMilli Vanilli and other famous frauds
On Feb. 22, 1990, Milli Vanilli (Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan) won the Grammy award for best new artist, beating out Neneh Cherry, Tone Loc, Indigo Girls and Soul II Soul. Nine months later, it all...
View ArticleGasol, memories fuel Lakers
DALLAS – Whether the Lakers did it to avenge the past or renew hope for their future, it got done Wednesday night. The Lakers defeated the Mavericks, 96-91, in their first trip to Dallas since being...
View ArticleEvans gets rebounds, little notice
LOS ANGELES – The first round of the 2002 NBA draft had come and gone. Reggie Evans suddenly had little interest in the second. He was in Pensacola, Fla., at his grandmother's house, tired of being...
View ArticleNicholas Wishek: Why Obama wins re-election
After three years of economic stagnation, a failed trillion-dollar stimulus, consecutive years of trillion-dollar budget deficits, a health care bill being challenged in the Supreme Court and some...
View ArticleAnaheim's Kenyan Café can be a mouthful
What makes Kenyan Café and Cuisine an experience isn't just sampling food from another part of the world, but figuring out how to pronounce it. Dishes are labeled in Swahili, with the exception of the...
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