Tech infielder Alex Hernandez, who starred in the ACC championship game last weekend, smacked a game-tying two-run homer before an out was recorded in the bottom of the frame.
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Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
29 May 2026
In a 3-2 second-round win against La Costa Canyon, Point Loma smacked two solo homers in the bottom of the seventh.
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Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
The committee’s volunteers knocked on more than 32,000 doors, made more than 50,000 calls and distributed more than 1,200 yard signs, according to Andrew Kim from the Yes on Measure V Davis ground team.
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Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
Arizona State upset Texas in the first game, as Kavan was uncharacteristically knocked around for eight hits and three earned runs across five innings.
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Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
The mood was festive and celebratory, despite the rough won-loss record, and music thumped while players braided each other’s hair.
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Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
Morgan Gibbs-White, with a point to prove after his omission from England’s World Cup squad — as the home crowd continually chanted about throughout — thumped home after Omari Hutchinson rolled a free kick into his path.
They were left bloodied, battered and beaten by the end of it.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
Los Angeles in 2026 has been scarred by destructive wildfires, battered by the slowdown in the entertainment industry and its urban core is still struggling to rebound from the pandemic.
As conquerers of the Eastern Conference, the New York Knicks have whipped all five boroughs into a frenzy.
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Esfandiar Baraheni,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Costume bit the tenant’s hands and cheek during the struggle, then whipped a knife out of his pocket and stabbed the tenant in the back of the neck, the tenant said.
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Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
1 June 2026
After the police disbandment measure failed, O'Hara joined the bureaucracy of a deeply progressive city that is regularly buffeted by political battles between the mayor and the City Council, and among council members.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
In just a few short months, we’ve been buffeted by the effects of tariffs, immigration actions and war, as well as the workplace disruption of artificial intelligence, both real and perceived.
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