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'You’re our hero with a servant’s heart': Mourning for California soldier killed in Iran war The first Californian killed in the war against Iran is a native of Sacramento.

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New soccer media company confident it can cultivate a captive U.S. audience Kickback Soccer Media believes it has a solution to the perplexing numbers when it comes to soccer fans engaging with the sport via television and social media.

Sat down with @kbaxter11.bsky.social for an interview on @kickbacksoccer.bsky.social's vision:

New soccer media company confident it can cultivate a captive U.S. audience Kickback Soccer Media believes it has a solution to the perplexing numbers when it comes to soccer fans engaging with the sport via television and social media.

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Kings fire coach Jim Hiller amid team's ongoing struggles The Kings fire coach Jim Hiller amid a season plagued by inconsistent play and low scoring that has imperiled the team's changes of making the playoffs.

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Venice. (Not the one in California)

Why the record crowd at the LAFC-Inter Miami match was about more than Lionel Messi Twice in the last four seasons an LAFC game produced an attendance record. Saturday’s attendance of 75,673 was the largest for a season opener and second-largest ever.

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Records, proposals and controversy: The legacy of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games The Milan-Cortina Games created a stunning Italian backdrop for an Olympics that saw records fall, golden performances and some Shakespearean-like drama.

Wonderful (and literary) wrap up of the Games by my very clever colleague @kbaxter11.bsky.social

Let’s do this!

Americans earn bronze medal in two-woman bobsled Kaillie Armbruster Humphries and Jasmine Jones finish third behind a pair of German competitors.

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Milan was Italy's Munich, where Mussolini and his blackshirts organized. II Duce's movement was popular in Milan. But Milan is also where Mussolini and other fascists were killed, their bodies hung from the roof of an Esso station. Today, Milan is full of monuments to the anti-fascist partisans

Photos: ICYMI | Scenes from the 2026 Winter Olympics Los Angeles Times photographer Robert Gauthier shares some of the visual surprises he captured during the emotional Winter Olympics in Italy.

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Milan was Italy's Munich, where Mussolini and his blackshirts organized. II Duce's movement was popular in Milan. But Milan is also where Mussolini and other fascists were killed, their bodies hung from the roof of an Esso station. Today, Milan is full of monuments to the anti-fascist partisans

U.S. men rout Slovakia, will play Canada for hockey gold medal Jack Hughes scores twice during a three-goal second period and the Americans will take on the Canadians for the Winter Olympics championship on Sunday.

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Hilary Knight's heroics, Megan Keller's OT goal net U.S. women Olympic hockey gold over Canada After a scoreless first period, the Americans fall behind early in the second period and need a late goal to force overtime, when Megan Keller scores the winner.

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Hilary Knight's heroics, Megan Keller's OT goal net U.S. women Olympic hockey gold over Canada After a scoreless first period, the Americans fall behind early in the second period and need a late goal to force overtime, when Megan Keller scores the winner.

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U.S. bobsledder Azaria Hill adding to her family's rich Olympic Games legacy Azaria Hill and Jadin O'Brien are the latest former track and field athletes to make a successful jump from sprinting to Olympic bobsled.

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U.S. men defeat Sweden in overtime, advance to Olympic hockey semifinals Quinn Hughes scored 3:27 into the extra period to to move the Americans to within one win of medaling at the Winter Games for the first time since 2010.

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Olympic curling scandal threatens to forever alter the sport's culture of trust The most troubling aspect of the Olympic curling cheating accusations is that it could mark the official end of the hobbyist foundations of the sport.

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'The best team in the world.' U.S. women's hockey routs Sweden, reaches gold medal game U.S. women's hockey defeats Sweden 5-0 in the semifinals of the Milan-Cortina Olympics to set up a showdown with either Canada or Switzerland for the gold medal.

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IOC moves closer to reinstating Russia by LA28, but backlash may put its return on ice The support for Ukrainian athletes at the Milan-Cortina Games suggests there may be challenges with reinstating Russia and Belarus for the LA28 Olympics.

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Kevin Fiala injury could force Kings to make another big move before trade deadline Kevin Fiala's season-ending leg injury upends the Kings' Stanley Cup push plans. Will general manager Ken Holland go back to the trade market to bolster the roster?

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Kevin Fiala injury could force Kings to make another big move before trade deadline Kevin Fiala's season-ending leg injury upends the Kings' Stanley Cup push plans. Will general manager Ken Holland go back to the trade market to bolster the roster?

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IOC moves closer to reinstating Russia by LA28, but backlash may put its return on ice The support for Ukrainian athletes at the Milan-Cortina Games suggests there may be challenges with reinstating Russia and Belarus for the LA28 Olympics.

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U.S. men's hockey rolls past Germany, closes Winter Olympics group play unbeaten The U.S. advanced to the quarterfinals of the Milan-Cortina Olympics men's hockey tournament after beating Germany 5-1 on Sunday in Milan.

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Office view today. US vs Germany

Caribbean sprinters are hoping to transform Winter Olympic bobsledding Bobsled teams from Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica are hopeful they can lean on their rich sprinting culture and move closer to the European powers in the sport.

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Puerto Rico's lone Winter Olympian hopes to inspire others to represent the island Kellie Delka is the only athlete from Puerto Rico competing in the Winter Olympic Games, but she hopes that won't be the only one representing the island in 2030.

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Attorney Rich Ruohonen becomes oldest American Olympian amid a senior wave in Italy Personal injury attorney Rich Ruohonen made history as the oldest U.S. winter Olympian. He is joined by at least a half-dozen Olympians age 40 and older.

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Meet Mystique Ro, the U.S. skeleton star who hates roller coasters and is allergic to ice American Mystique Ro was terrified the first time she rode a skeleton sled. Now she's one of the favorites to win Olympic gold in the sport.

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U.S. women's hockey team routs Canada, continues dominant Olympic tournament play The win was the seventh in a row for the U.S. over Canada, dating to last April’s world championships. And the Americans dominated from the start, taking its earliest lead of the tournament.

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