Month: November 2019

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Alors que Clint Eastwood fête aujourd’hui ses 89 ans, focus sur son prochain film, “The Ballad of Richard Jewell”, qui sortira en salles courant 2020.

Alors que Clint Eastwood fête aujourd’hui ses 89 ans, focus sur son prochain film, The Ballad of Richard Jewell, qui sortira en salles courant 2020.

Après La Mule, Clint Eastwood réalisera donc le drame The Ballad of Richard Jewell, ayant pour cadre l’attentat des Jeux d’Atlanta qui fit un mort et 111 blessés en 1996. Soit un nouveau film lié au terrorisme, deux ans après son 15h17 pour Paris. Le projet The Ballad of Richard Jewell, qui avait déjà intéressé l’Américain il y a quelques années, sera produit par les studios Warner Bros. et pourrait se tourner dès cet été.

Clint Eastwood : Héros, Histoire américaine et humanisme… les obsessions d’un cinéaste américain majeur

Le long métrage racontera l’histoire vraie d’un membre de l’équipe chargée de la sécurité des Jeux d’Atlanta. L’un des premiers à alerter de la présence d’une bombe et à sauver des vies, il se retrouva bientôt suspecté… de terrorisme, passant du statut de héros à celui d’homme le plus détesté des Etats-Unis. Richard Jewell fut innocenté trois mois plus tard par le FBI mais sa réputation ne fut jamais complètement rétablie, sa santé étant endommagée par l’expérience.

A noter que Jonah Hill fut un temps pressenti pour jouer le rôle de Richard Jewell, le nom de Leonardo DiCaprio étant quant à lui cité pour jouer son avocat. Clint Eastwood travaille aujourd’hui sur un tout nouveau casting.

La bande-annonce de “La Mule”, le dernier film de Clint Eastwood en date :

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Honda F1 technical director Toyoharu Tanabe says the double-trouble that hit Toro Rosso in FP2 – with engine issues for both Pierre Gasly and Dany Kvyat – won’t have a bearing on the team’s Brazilian Grand Prix weekend.

Gasly’s engine expired in the afternoon session, a failure that was followed shortly after by an incident that saw Kvyat veer off course and crash as the result of a sudden power unit shutdown.

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Tanabe insisted however that both drivers were running high-mileage Friday units.

    Honda wants ‘clean, fair race’ under F1 engine regulations

“Towards the end of the session, the ICE on Gasly’s car failed and then Kvyat crashed due to a complete shutdown and with the team, we are now investigating the cause of both these problems,” explained the Honda engineer.

“However, they have no effect on the rest of the weekend from a PU point of view, as both of them were running ‘Friday only’ PUs, due to be changed tonight.”

While annoyed by his engine failure as it robbed him of track time, Gasly admitted the breakdown was hardly a surprise.

“A smoky engine is never great,” said the Frenchman.

“It was Friday’s engine, this one had quite a lot of mileage. Already with all the races earlier in the season and the Fridays we’ve done.

“We knew this could happen at some point so it just blew up towards the end of the session. We lost a bit of track time and some laps on the long run.

“It’s not ideal but we knew that it would happen at some point.”

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Kvyat said his session had been unfolding in a positive way until his forced late exit.

“We had a productive session until the moment when the car switched itself off,” the Russian said.

“We now need to find out what the problem was, but until then I think it was a solid session.

“We understood the track well and the requirements needed for tomorrow to go faster, so we will work hard overnight and try to improve tomorrow.”

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SACRAMENTO — 

Michael R. Bloomberg can’t possibly win the Democratic nomination for president, right? That’s the conventional wisdom. And it makes sense.

But political wisdom has become pretty shaky in recent years.

For starters, Bloomberg is immediately tagged with being a mega-billionaire. And Democratic voters aren’t fond of billionaires.

In fact, two top-tier liberal candidates for the nomination, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, have built up their fan bases railing against billionaires. That populism is cheered by frustrated voters rightfully concerned about income inequality.

Moreover, Bloomberg is a self-funding campaigner. You know what Democratic voters mostly do with wealthy self-funders: Dump them.

There’s a long history of that, particularly in California. Republican Meg Whitman spent $144 million of her own money and lost the governor’s race to Jerry Brown in 2010. Decades ago, art collector-industrialist Norton Simon and steamship heir William Matson Roth tried to “buy” Senate and gubernatorial offices and failed miserably.

And now there is former hedge fund chief Tom Steyer, a San Francisco billionaire, who has bombed trying to run for president. But at least he has qualified for the televised debates.

Bloomberg won’t make it onstage with the other Democratic candidates if he sticks with his vow not to accept campaign donations from individuals. And good for him.

He can’t be bought, Bloomberg says. Opponents cry he’s trying to buy the election on his own. OK, but at least he’s spending his riches — $37 million on TV ads so far — on a good cause: democracy, not islands and yachts.

There’s a huge difference between Bloomberg and the likes of previously rejected billionaires Whitman, Steve Forbes and Ross Perot. Bloomberg has a solid record of public service, having been elected three times as New York’s mayor. He didn’t try to start at the top, as a governor or president.

And holding down the mayor’s job in New York is a bit more challenging than being mayor, say, of South Bend, Ind., which is the main feature on top-tier candidate Pete Buttigieg’s resume.

One regrettable part of Bloomberg’s mayoral tenure tarnished his image among African Americans and Latinos. That was his support for stop-and-frisk, which resulted in a disproportionate number of black and Latino people being hassled by cops for no good reason.

Just before formally entering the race, Bloomberg went to a black church and repented, asking to be forgiven. But it will take lots more repair work to be accepted by these vital Democratic constituencies. Now they’re siding mainly with former Vice President Joe Biden, polls show.

Bloomberg, who is Jewish, is from New York. New York City, like California, isn’t all that popular beyond its borders. And a Jewish person has never been elected president.

But there also wasn’t an African American president before Barack Obama. A black candidate couldn’t be elected until one was.

For that matter, until a few weeks ago the conventional wisdom was that a young gay man couldn’t be elected president either. But now, well, maybe. Buttigieg is growing on voters.

And it wasn’t long ago when an ill-mannered New York billionaire developer with a string of bankruptcies and no experience in public office was also thought to be unelectable. His chief claim to fame was being a TV reality showman. A lot of wise politicos wound up looking foolish.

Bloomberg is civil and respectful and hardly a show horse — the opposite of President Trump.

He is also a champion of issues favored by most Democrats: gun control, climate change and education. He’s a strong leader on those fronts. In addition, he banned smoking in New York City bars and restaurants, and tried to get rid of big sodas — issues that warm the hearts of liberal Democrats.

But there’s a little problem with his political past: He was a Republican as mayor, strongly supported by the Democrats’ current bogeyman, former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. Worse, he donated heavily to Republican candidates, including Warren’s Senate opponent in 2014.

Bloomberg, however, spent around $100 million to help elect Democrats to Congress last year.

So look on the bright side: Maybe this past multiparty contributor has shown he can work both sides of the aisle, something sorely needed today in Washington.

But he’s too old, many think. He is up there: 77. It’s all relative. He’s younger than Sanders, 78, and a bit older than Biden, who turned 77 this month. Trump is 73 and Warren is 70.

He’s jumping into the race awfully late, skipping the first four contests and beginning his sprint on so-called Super Tuesday, March 3, with the California primary and more than a dozen other contests.

If there’s an acceptable clear front-runner with momentum by Super Tuesday, Bloomberg can pack up and go home. If not, perhaps his TV money will propel him into play.

I called some veteran political strategists who aren’t involved in the race.

“Is it a difficult road? Yes. Completely impossible? No,” says Bob Shrum, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at USC. “It depends on what happens in the early primaries. If Biden could manage to win in either Iowa or New Hampshire, there might not be much of an opening.”

“It’s not clear who he takes his votes from,” says Democratic strategist Bill Carrick. “He did win three elections in New York, but his base constituency was Republicans.”

“I have a theory that he thinks he can be a power broker at the convention,” says Democratic consultant Garry South. “He could walk into the convention with 200 to 300 delegates.”

“It’s pretty long odds,” says former Democratic consultant Darry Sragow. “But one thing we know in politics today is never say never. Still, I just don’t see a base for him in California.”

Me, I can’t see Bloomberg as the Democratic nominee. But I couldn’t envision Trump as president either.


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LONDON — 

Arsenal fired Unai Emery on Friday following its worst run of form in 27 years, and 18 months after Emery, of Spain, succeeded Arsene Wenger as manager of the Premier League club.

The north London team lost to Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday in front of a sparse and disgruntled crowd at Emirates Stadium. The loss extended Arsenal’s winless run to seven matches — the club’s worst streak since 1992.

In the Premier League, Arsenal has dropped to eighth place.

“The decision has been taken due to results and performances not being at the level required,” Arsenal said in a statement.

Freddie Ljungberg has been put in temporary charge. The former player, who was promoted from his assistant’s position, has only two days to prepare the team before Arsenal goes to Norwich on Sunday for a Premier League match.

Arsenal finished fifth in the league in Emery’s first season and reached the Europa League final, losing to Chelsea.

Emery’s departure comes 10 days after Tottenham fired Mauricio Pochettino following a poor run of form. Emery is the third Premier League manager to depart this season after Pochettino and Watford’s Javi Gracia.

Wenger spent 22 years in charge at Arsenal. The club hoped Emery could revive the winning ways seen under the Frenchman.

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Emery arrived at Arsenal after leaving Paris Saint-Germain, where he won the French title but couldn’t deliver the European success the Qatari-owned club craves. Before that, he won three Europa League titles with Sevilla.

After losing his opening Premier League games to Chelsea and Manchester City in August 2018, Emery’s Arsenal went on a 22-game unbeaten run. However, that same consistency has been missing this season with losses to Sheffield United and Leicester.

Arsenal had a distinctive, easy-on-the-eye approach under Wenger but Emery’s team had no discernible style, even though he stated his intention to adopt a high-energy pressing game upon his arrival.

Crucially, he never managed to shore up Arsenal’s defense — wobbly in the final years of Wenger’s reign — and didn’t seem to know how to handle playmaker Mesut Ozil, who was repeatedly dropped.

Earlier this month, Emery removed the captaincy from Granit Xhaka after the midfielder swore at fans while being substituted during the Oct. 27 draw against Crystal Palace. Xhaka later said he and his family had been subjected to abuse and threats on social media.

Arsenal’s majority owner is American businessman Stan Kroenke. His son, Josh, is a director on the Arsenal board.

“Our most sincere thanks go to Unai and his colleagues who were unrelenting in their efforts to get the club back to competing at the level we all expect and demand,” Josh Kroenke said. “We wish Unai and his team nothing but future success.”


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Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome to our horse racing newsletter as we hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

One of the questions I get frequently is why do odds change so drastically after the gates open. I hear a lot of conspiracy theories and how maddening it is to have a 5-1 horse go to 5-2 in one blink. Well, one of our contributors, Rob Henie, the wizard of the West Coast Handicapping Report (and East Coast, too) send his subscribers a brief primer on CRW. Wonder what that is? Rob will explain it all.

“I wanted to address CRW, which is Computer Robotic Wagering. For those unaware of what this is, this is where computers are used to produce the probable payouts right before a race goes off, with the ability to wager literally thousands of combinations, incorporating the probability of a winner with relation to the odds being offered.

“In a nutshell, here’s how it works, a ‘Cliff Notes’ version. Programs are written, inputting years of stats and data, addressing all race conditions, etc, and the computer will then create odds based on that horses chances, and then, right before the race, money is automatically wagered, honing in on horses offering fair value based on what the computer determines to be worthy of value.

“Here’s where it gets tricky, odds are reduced, often after the gates open, infuriating many of us, but by the same token, adding considerably to the pool size.

“Many scream foul, as the wagering can be done through programs which tracks cater to, giving rebates to these particular groups, since they’re adding so much in handle, but infuriating day players whose wagers are done manually, snail time compared to these computer systems.

“So how do I feel about this? I have no problem with any of it. First, keep in mind, the added pool money is never a bad thing. Most of these groups aren’t exactly winning hand over fist, but rather, they’re looking to create small profits with the track rebates putting them over the top fiscally. It takes multiple employees to run these things, a lot of money to fund them. In summation, I prefer and welcome the added pool money, compared to a reduction in price after the gates open which we all encounter. Also remember, these wagers are based on historical information, without understanding any current info such as red hot barns, track biases, etc., meaning, the CRW concept is not without flaws, and really, doesn’t this sport need all the money and help we can find? So yes, I’m fine with CRW.”

The West Coast Handicapping Report can be found at http://www.westcoasthorseracing.com It has been endorsed by leading trainers, handicappers and industry sources.

Del Mar preview

Tom Robbins called it right again by canceling Thursday’s card at Del Mar. There was rain all up and down the coast in Southern California. There will be some residual rain on Friday, a reason to take all the races off the turf, which the track did. But, Saturday and Sunday appear rain free.

Friday’s card is nine races starting at 12:30 p.m. It’s not the best card we’ve ever seen with six of nine races classified as claiming (and a starter allowance, which is a claiming race in which horses can’t be claimed).

The feature is a six furlong allowance/optional claimer for horses 3 and up running for a purse of $53,000. It is a field of 10. The favorite is Madman, at 7-2, a one-time starter who won his race by seven lengths. Richard Baltas is the trainer and Flavien Prat is the jockey. The second favorite, at 4-1, is Soldier Boy for John Sadler and Tyler Baze. He won last out by 5 ¼ lengths. It was his fourth start. He was a $350,000 purchase so expectations are high.

Here are the field sizes, now, but don’t be surprised if there are a fair amount of scratches: 7, 8, 8 7, 11, 8, 9, 10, 12 (2 also eligibles).

Bob Ike’s Dmr pick of the day

EIGHTH RACE: No. 7 Top Brass (9-2)

In what appears to be the best gambling race on the card (competitive field of first-level allowance/optional claimers going six furlongs on dirt), I will go with this sharp recent claim from the Bob Hess stable. He ran well to be second for $32,000, gets a one-level bump by his new connections and won here during the summer meet. Win Bet and exacta boxes with main threats to his outside, Soldier Boy (4-1) and Madman (7-2).

Sunday’s result: Harmless ($28.40) got the front-running trip we envisioned, dug in gamely through the stretch and held sway as the top three runners finished noses apart.

Bob Ike is a Partner/VP of Horsebills.com (here’s a video) and the proprietor of BobIkePicks.com (full-card picks, 3 Best Plays and betting strategy).

Golden Gate weekend preview

Here’s our weekly look at the best racing going on at Golden Gate Fields. As with the last meeting, we’re delighted to have race caller and all-around good guy Matt Dinerman as our host for previews and other musings. So, take it away, Matt.

“After a festive Thanksgiving card, terday, Golden Gate Fields offers three more live racing days this week, and runs two stakes races: the Golden Gate Debutante Stakes on Friday, and the marquee race of our fall meet, the Grade 3 $100,000 Berkeley Handicap, on Saturday.

“A field of nine has been assembled for the Golden Gate Debutante, the seventh of eight races. In the six-furlong Tapeta sprint contest, the 5-2 morning-line favorite is local contender Misirlou, a full sibling to 2017 El Camino Real Derby winner Zakaroff. She has won three straight, including a pair of allowance events, and boasts a three-for-three record on the Tapeta. Frank Alvarado has the call for trainer Steve Specht. They teamed up to win last year’s Golden Gate Debutante with Tomlin. Hall of Famer Bob Baffert ships in Éclair, who breaks from the four and is 9-2 on the morning line. Other notables include Shanghai Keely, who ran fourth in the Grade 2 Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar this summer, impressive maiden winners Mischievous Curlin and Stradari, and the Tommy Town Thoroughbreds homebred No Cover Charge.

“The $100,000 Grade 3 Berkeley Handicap drew 11 contenders. Grade I winner What a View makes his first start for trainer Sherrie Monroe in the Bay Area after three straight losses down south over the summer. He may be getting ‘class relief,’ but this is not an easy spot by any means. Other Southern California shippers include Leading Score from the Baffert barn and the Michael McCarthy trained Ohio, who won the Grade I Kilroe Mile in March. Four-time Grade 2 winner Ashleyluvssugar is also entered for trainer Peter Eurton and jockey Brice Blanc. The one who figures to get the most play out of all the local contenders is Mugaritz, an ultra-game gelding that comes off a gutsy win in the Joseph T. Grace Stakes on turf. Synthetic specialist Lymebird loves the Tapeta and merits respect with his best run while Camino Del Paraiso, who lost by a neck to Mugaritz in the Joseph T. Grace, always seems to be around at the wire.

“Leg B (the second leg) of the Stronach 5 this week is Race two. Taste’s Legend takes a steep drop in class for high percentage trainer Ari Herbertson and may be a single on many tickets. That said, I can also make a case for Charlie Cowden, who comes off a win last month. From my point of view, it looks like a two-horse between these two unless one of the other entrants reverses poor recent form.

“Finally, a shout out to leading fall meet jockey Juan Hernandez. On Tuesday, Hernandez was awarded the Jockeys’ Guild Jockey of the Week award for November 18-24. Through the seven-day span, Hernandez won 12 races, which was the most by any North American jockey last week. The highlight of his week: a five-win day on Saturday, including a pair of victories in two co-featured allowance races. Hernandez came back on Sunday and won three more races.”

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Los Alamitos weekend preview

It’s time to turn things over to marketing and meda guru Orlando Gutierrez, who will tell us about the upcoming weekend at Los Alamitos. Orlando, the floor is yours.

“The quarter-horse racing action returns Friday with the last set of derby trials of the Los Alamitos season. Legacy Ranch’s Mister Appolitical and Ed Allred’s Chocolatito put on a show the last time they met in the Grade 3 PCQHRA Breeders Derby final on Oct. 4. In that race, Mister Appolitical took a slight lead, but they went head to head from there Mister Appolitical winning the photo finish by an inch over Chocolatito.

“Mister Appolitical and Chocolatito will meet in Friday’s third-of-four trials to the Grade 2, $168,700 Southern California Derby. Thirty sophomores will compete in the 400-yard trials with the 10 fastest qualifiers advancing to the Dec. 13 final. The Southern California Derby will kick-off the meet’s closing week of racing that will also include the Champion of Champions on Saturday, Dec. 14 and the 25th running of the Los Alamitos Two Million on Ed Burgart’s final night as track announcer here on Sunday, Dec. 15.

Martha Wells’ Yanque will go after his second stakes win of the year at 550 yards when he faces a compact field led by 870-yard star Run Raging Rhino Run and newcomer CM Once Ina Bluemoon in the $15,000 Paul Ford Memorial Handicap on Sunday. Trained by Matt Fales, Yanque delivered in a big way at this distance in the Scott Lewis Handicap on Nov. 8, as he broke on top and cruised to an easy 1 ½-length win. The Favorite Cartel gelding had always shown a big closing kick and figured to be a star at 550 yards if he ever got the chance. That time is now, particularly after winning the Paul Ford in a time of 26.80.

“Recapping last Sunday’s trials to the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity, Ed Allred’s Nomadic posted the fastest qualifying time after winning the 10th of 12 trials. Ridden by Vinnie Bednar for trainer Scott Willoughby, Nomadic posted a 1 ¾-lengths win while covering the 400 yards in 19.675 seconds. His winning time was a length faster than the time posted by second fastest qualifier Flokie. Nomadic is a full-brother to Golden State Million Futurity runner-up Circle City, who also posted some impressive victories earlier this year.

“’His full brother can also really run,’ Allred said. ‘I kind of thought that (Nomadic) was the better of the two, and maybe he is the better of the two. It’s incredible to have two from the same crop that can run so seamlessly.’

“In addition to Nomadic and Grade 1 Ed Burke Million winner Flokie, the field to the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity will also feature Grade 1 Golden State Million Futurity winner Runforyourlife and Hobbs America Futurity runner-up Sacred Nation. One final note, Los Alamitos’ new sports bar was officially named Burgart’s in honor of our great track announcer. The name was unveiled during the sports bar’s grand opening last Friday night. Burgart’s is open Friday through Sunday. On weekends, it’ll open at 9:30 a.m.”

Ed Burgart’s LA pick of the day

EIGHTH RACE: No. 4 Symbol Of Faith (5-2)

She missed the break by at least two lengths when finishing ninth in the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Super Derby three weeks ago. She looked very strong in her prior neck trial win over Dexxter, who appears her main foe here. Trainer Juan Aleman and jockey Carlos Huerta qualified two runners into the Dec. 15 Los Alamitos Two Million from last Sunday’s trials.

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Del Mar Entries for Friday, November 29.

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar, California. $2 Win, Place and Show; $1 Exacta, $2 Quinella, 50-cent Trifecta, $2 Rolling Double, 50-cent rolling Pick 3; 10-cent Superfecta; 50-cent Pick 4 last 4 races; 50-cent Players Pick 5 first 5 races; $2 Pick 6 last 6 races; $1 Place Pick All; $1 Super High Five last race. Trifecta needs 4 betting interests; Superfecta needs 6. 13th day of a 15-day meet.

FIRST RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $52,000. Maiden Special Weight. 3 year olds and up.

PP Horse Jockey Wt Trainer M-L Claim $
1 Abusive Gary Tiago Pereira 122 Philip D’Amato 9-2
2 Cardiff Cay Mike Smith 122 Don Chatlos 7-2
3 Paint Me Lucky Drayden Van Dyke 124 Bob Baffert 3-1
4 Stretford End Flavien Prat 122 Simon Callaghan 5-2
5 Lambeau Victor Espinoza 122 John A. Shirreffs 12-1
6 Muskoka Jose Valdivia, Jr. 122 J. Keith Desormeaux 4-1
7 Malibu Moonlight Tyler Baze 122 Anna Meah 12-1

SECOND RACE.

6 Furlongs. Purse: $28,000. Maiden Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $40,000-$35,000.

PP Horse Jockey Wt Trainer M-L Claim $
1 Awesome Score Abel Cedillo 122 Kristin Mulhall 4-1 40,000
2 Will Dancer Tiago Pereira 122 Eddie Truman 12-1 40,000
3 Aggressivity Jose Valdivia, Jr. 124 Ronald W. Ellis 2-1 40,000
4 Royal Ranger Agapito Delgadillo 120 Juan Carlos Lopez 20-1 35,000
5 Dairy Kid Henry Lopez 109 Robert J. Lucas 20-1 40,000
6 Chosen Moon Drayden Van Dyke 122 Ronald W. Ellis 5-1 40,000
7 Truest Reward Rafael Bejarano 122 Doug F. O’Neill 5-1 40,000
8 Music to My Ears Aaron Gryder 122 Brian J. Koriner 5-2 40,000

THIRD RACE.

6½ Furlongs. Purse: $20,000. Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $16,000-$14,000.

PP Horse Jockey Wt Trainer M-L Claim $
1 Black Storm Heriberto Figueroa 124 Lloyd C. Wicker 5-1 16,000
2 Don’tteasethetiger Rafael Bejarano 122 Genaro Vallejo 8-1 16,000
3 Surfside Sunset Jose Valdivia, Jr. 122 Dean Greenman 12-1 14,000
4 More Honor Flavien Prat 124 Mark Glatt 3-1 16,000
5 Verynsky Tyler Baze 120 Robert B. Hess, Jr. 4-1 14,000
6 Whatsittoya J.C. Diaz, Jr. 117 Robert B. Hess, Jr. 7-2 16,000
7 According to Buddy Eswan Flores 124 Hector O. Palma 15-1 16,000
8 Imagineiamfastest Abel Cedillo 124 Jack Carava 4-1 16,000

FOURTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $33,000. Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $32,000-$28,000.

PP Horse Jockey Wt Trainer M-L Claim $
1 Impression Tiago Pereira 120 William Spawr 5-2 32,000
2 Lagoon Macaroon Edwin Maldonado 118 George Papaprodromou 15-1 32,000
3 Kylemore Tyler Baze 118 Paul G. Aguirre 6-1 28,000
4 Leroy Heriberto Figueroa 120 Anthony K. Saavedra 6-1 32,000
5 Kenzou’s Rhythm Flavien Prat 118 Jeff Mullins 9-2 28,000
6 Dukes Up Abel Cedillo 120 Peter Eurton 3-1 32,000
7 Winning Element Rafael Bejarano 122 Doug F. O’Neill 7-2 32,000

FIFTH RACE.

5½ Furlongs. Purse: $29,000. Maiden Claiming. Fillies. 2 year olds. Claiming Price $50,000. State bred.

PP Horse Jockey Wt Trainer M-L Claim $
1 Bella D Flavien Prat 120 Mike Puype 5-1 50,000
2 Fierce Kitty Edwin Maldonado 120 Shelbe Ruis 20-1 50,000
3 Secret Square Tyler Baze 120 John W. Sadler 5-2 50,000
4 La Croix Geovanni Franco 120 Rene Amescua 5-1 50,000
5 Stateforest J.C. Diaz, Jr. 115 Leonard Powell 8-1 50,000
6 Goveness Sheila Eswan Flores 120 Neil A. Koch 20-1 50,000
7 Rickie Nine Toe’s Tiago Pereira 120 Brian J. Koriner 15-1 50,000
8 Swift Socks Agapito Delgadillo 120 William Spawr 5-1 50,000
9 Ladies Luv Munny Abel Cedillo 120 Doug F. O’Neill 7-2 50,000
10 Unusual Secret Brice Blanc 120 Alexis Barba 20-1 50,000

SIXTH RACE.

6 Furlongs. Purse: $22,000. Maiden Claiming. Fillies. 2 year olds. Claiming Prices $32,000-$28,000.

PP Horse Jockey Wt Trainer M-L Claim $
1 Sabinos Pride J.C. Diaz, Jr. 115 David E. Hofmans 5-1 32,000
2 Trouville Flavien Prat 120 Leonard Powell 5-2 32,000
3 Cowboys Daughter Brice Blanc 120 Thomas Ray Bell, II 20-1 32,000
4 Sister Diablo Rafael Bejarano 120 Richard Baltas 8-1 32,000
5 Miss Kitness Assael Espinoza 120 Shelbe Ruis 6-1 32,000
6 It’s a Riddle Abel Cedillo 118 Robert B. Hess, Jr. 2-1 28,000
7 Kuda Huraa Mario Gutierrez 120 George Papaprodromou 6-1 32,000
8 For My Brother Agapito Delgadillo 118 Juan Carlos Lopez 12-1 28,000

SEVENTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $30,000. Starter Allowance. 3 year olds and up.

PP Horse Jockey Wt Trainer M-L Claim $
1 High Five J.C. Diaz, Jr. 114 Vladimir Cerin 6-1
2 You Must Chill Mario Gutierrez 119 George Papaprodromou 12-1
3 Bold Endeavor Drayden Van Dyke 119 George Papaprodromou 12-1
4 Unbroken Star Flavien Prat 121 Mike Puype 5-2
5 Brazilian Summer Tiago Pereira 119 Matthew Chew 15-1
6 Canadian Game Abel Cedillo 124 Jack Carava 6-1
7 Mutineer Rafael Bejarano 119 Doug F. O’Neill 7-2
8 Platinum Nights Mike Smith 119 Peter Eurton 9-2
9 Mongolian Hero Assael Espinoza 119 Enebish Ganbat 8-1

EIGHTH RACE.

6 Furlongs. Purse: $53,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $40,000.

PP Horse Jockey Wt Trainer M-L Claim $
1 Truck Salesman Evin Roman 120 Doug F. O’Neill 8-1
2 Parsimony Mario Gutierrez 120 Doug F. O’Neill 12-1
3 Royal Trump Edwin Maldonado 124 Mark Glatt 12-1
4 Adens Dream Cerapio Figueroa 124 John W. Sadler 6-1 40,000
5 Touching Rainbows Abel Cedillo 124 Philip D’Amato 6-1 40,000
6 Candy Cornell J.C. Diaz, Jr. 117 John A. Shirreffs 8-1
7 Top Brass Victor Espinoza 124 Robert B. Hess, Jr. 9-2 40,000
8 Soldier Boy Tyler Baze 120 John W. Sadler 4-1
9 Madman Flavien Prat 120 Richard Baltas 7-2

NINTH RACE.

6 Furlongs. Purse: $22,000. Maiden Claiming. 2 year olds. Claiming Prices $32,000-$28,000.

PP Horse Jockey Wt Trainer M-L Claim $
1 Mr. Unusual Agapito Delgadillo 120 Edward R. Freeman 8-1 32,000
2 Call Me Daddy Abel Cedillo 120 Doug F. O’Neill 7-2 32,000
3 Matson Geovanni Franco 120 George Papaprodromou 30-1 32,000
4 Promise Nothing Evin Roman 120 Shelbe Ruis 9-2 32,000
5 Debt Monger Tiago Pereira 120 William Spawr 5-1 32,000
6 Eustace Rafael Bejarano 120 Ed Moger, Jr. 5-1 32,000
7 You’reright Again Heriberto Figueroa 120 Lloyd C. Wicker 8-1 32,000
8 Cherry Pie Edwin Maldonado 120 Robert B. Hess, Jr. 6-1 32,000
9 Flawless Clyde Ignacio Puglisi 120 Nestor M. Capitaine 30-1 32,000
10 Shootin Money Tyler Baze 120 Philip A. Oviedo 12-1 32,000
11 Sound Checkers J.C. Diaz, Jr. 115 Eddie Truman 20-1 32,000

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DODGERS

Jorge Castillo on the Dodgers:

The stars at this year’s Dodgers alumni game spanned decades. Steve Garvey, Orel Hershiser, Davey Lopes, Fernando Valenzuela and Maury Wills were among the dozens of former players at Dodger Stadium on June 1 to celebrate the franchise’s deep history.

But it was impossible for Kenny Landreaux, a former Dodgers center fielder, and some of his peers to ignore a difference between the rosters for the nostalgic exhibition and the lineup the Dodgers fielded that night for their 59th game of the 2019 season: While the alumni game brimmed with African Americans, the Dodgers, the franchise that signed Jackie Robinson to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947 and remained the preferred destination for black American players for decades, did not have a single African American player on their roster.

“We were like, ‘Wow, man, it’s getting kind of scarce around here,’” Landreaux said.

That game was not an anomaly. For the first time since 1946, the season before Robinson debuted and altered the course of American history, an African American did not appear in a game for the Dodgers for an entire campaign. For Landreaux, it was startling and yet unsurprising.

“I noticed it even before,” Landreaux said at a recent charity golf tournament to benefit the Major League Baseball Youth Academy in Compton. “Even though they went down to zero blacks on the team, I remember when it was cut down to six, then five, then four, then three, then two. I just saw it keep going down, down, and down.”

The dearth of African Americans on the Dodgers is just the latest example of an issue vexing a sport that has diversified in other ways, with an increasing presence of players from Latin America (many of whom are black) and Asia.

Of the 882 major leaguers on opening day rosters in 2019, 68 were African American, amounting to 7.7%. Eleven teams had no more than one African American. The Angels had four African American players last season: outfielders Justin Upton, Brian Goodwin and Michael Hermosillo and relief pitcher Keynan Middleton. Their top prospect, triple-A outfielder Jo Adell, also is African American.

The percentage of African American players peaked in 1981 at 18.7% and did not dip below 16% until 1997, according to the Society of American Baseball Research. The 1989 All-Star game featured 15 African American players.

By 1993, Latin American players exceeded African American players. By 2017, 27.4% of major league players were Latin American. Meanwhile, the decline of African American players accelerated, hitting a low of 6.7% in 2013.

On other fronts, Friedman’s 2019 Dodgers reflected diversity. Dave Roberts was the only African American manager in the majors. Catcher Russell Martin is an African Canadian from Montreal. Closer Kenley Jansen is from Curacao. Pedro Baez and Yimi Garcia hail from the Dominican Republic. Julio Urias represents Mexico, Hyun-Jin Ryu arrived via South Korea, Kenta Maeda is from Japan, and Kiké Hernandez calls Puerto Rico home.

But the Dodgers went a complete season without an African American on their 40-man roster after outfielder Andrew Toles did not report to spring training due to a personal matter and was placed on the restricted list.

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USC BASKETBALL

Onyeka Okongwu had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and USC beat Fairfield 54-47 in a first-round game at the Orlando Invitational.

Jonah Matthews scored 14 points and Elijah Weaver added 13 for the Trojans (6-1), who rebounded after their season-opening five-game winning streak was snapped in a 70-61 loss to Temple on Nov. 22.

Fairfield (1-5) got 16 points from Landon Taliaferro and 13 from Jesus Cruz.

USC overcome an eight-point deficit with 12 minutes left in the first half to take a 25-22 lead at the break. Weaver opened the second half with a pair of 3’s to help USC go up 14 points with 8 minutes remaining.

USC dominated in the paint, outscoring Fairfield 24-6. The Trojans also had a 20-4 advantage in fast-break points.

Fairfield shot just 27% (17 of 63) and USC went 20 for 48 (41.7%).

LAKERS

Wednesday was an emotional day for Anthony Davis, one filled with reunions, boos, praise and probably a few nerves. But Davis could count on one thing — he had a formidable army of teammates behind him.

“I don’t think all season it’s shown up as strong as it did tonight, our guys really wanted to get this win for AD,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said. “He’s their brother, you know what I mean. It’s a brotherhood for him and a family atmosphere with this group and they all wanted this badly for him.”

With their support, Davis responded by becoming the first player in NBA history to score more than 40 points in his first game against his former team.

“New Orleans fans should probably boo their own team for letting him get 40 when you come back,” Kuzma said.

Davis scored 41 points, picked off a game-changing steal and sealed the 114-110 win with a pair of free throws with 4.2 seconds left in the game.

“They said it pregame, we don’t want to leave this building without a win,” Davis said. “I think this game was circled on both calendars. They came out guns blazing, and we [were] able to come out with the win. My teammates, you know, kept telling me, ‘AD, don’t worry about it, we gonna get this win. We’re gonna find a way to win for you.’ And we did that.”

RAMS

During his first two seasons with the Rams, safety Marqui Christian’s braids often caused people to mistake him for star running back Todd Gurley.

Christian did not mind.

One night, he went out for sushi at Nobu in Malibu. The waiter offered him a free dessert.

“I think the waiter knew but the owner didn’t,” Christian said, laughing. “He was like, ‘You’re not Todd, but you’re Todd tonight.’

“I’m like, ‘You’re right. I’ll take it.’”

Christian, a fourth-year pro, has since dyed his hair a lighter color. He also has carved his own identity as a valuable rotation player and special teams stalwart.

Christian, perhaps more than any Rams player, is looking forward to Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium.

It’s an elimination game of sorts for the Rams, who are 6-5 and almost certainly need to win all of their five remaining games for a chance at a third consecutive playoff berth.

And Christian has a connection to the Cardinals.

In 2016, they selected him in the fifth round of the NFL draft after he concluded his career at Division II Midwestern State in Texas.

Christian had been inactive for the first three games when the Cardinals made an ill-advised gamble. Punter Drew Butler had suffered injuries that prevented him from kicking, but he also served as the holder for field-goal attempts. The Cardinals signed another punter and kept Butler on the roster, making room by putting Christian on waivers and hoping no team would claim him. The Rams did.

Was Christian surprised?

“Hell yeah!” he said. “I was a fifth-round pick, three games into the season, I’m in a new city and living in a hotel.

“I’m like ‘Damn, life came fast.’”

UCLA FOOTBALL

Senior Krys Barnes, who finishes his last UCLA final exam next week, Saturday’s season finale game against California is the gate to the rest of his life. He’ll step through with a mix of excitement and caution as he confronts a murky NFL future.

“I knew it was going to happen eventually,” Barnes said of confronting the end of his football career, “but for me, I just wanted it to be under my own power. And honestly it’s not really up to me.”

The 6-foot-1, 235-pound prospect is hoping to become the next graduate of the self-proclaimed LBU since UCLA had six linebackers selected in the last six NFL drafts. His 31 career starts rank second among UCLA’s current non-specialists, and his 74 tackles rank second on the team this year. In a rare combination of skills, he leads the Bruins (4-7, 4-4 Pac-12 Conference) in both tackles for loss (10) and pass breakups (seven).

Yet two NFL scouts told The Times last week that the “instinctive and hard-working” Barnes was “average across the board” and a late-round pick or a free agent.

All he wants is a shot, Barnes said. Saturday will be one of his final sales pitches, but he might not close the deal. After collecting nine tackles in UCLA’s 52-35 loss to USC, Barnes reaggravated a nagging knee injury that’s plagued him all year.

He is questionable for his final game at the Rose Bowl.

CLIPPERS

Most Clippers players didn’t know Rodney McGruder when he was claimed off waivers in April, but after he joined the team in the Bay Area for the start of its first-round playoff series against Golden State, they understood how the undrafted guard out of Kansas State had worked his way into a starting role in Miami.

“Man, he’s one of the hard-nosed, tough defenders, especially out there causing a lot of havoc,” center Montrezl Harrell said.

He was causing more during the third quarter of a game Wednesday night in Memphis, turning a steal into a fastbreak layup on the other end. Immediately upon landing, however, the typically stoic guard grimaced and reached for the back of his right leg.

McGruder was not in the locker room following the Clippers’ 121-119 comeback victory over the Grizzlies, but the early signs from his injury were not encouraging for a backcourt already down shooting guard Landry Shamet. Harrell said he had heard McGruder pulled a hamstring.

“I’ve seen those and I’ve had them, and where he was grabbing, my guess it’s not a good injury,” coach Doc Rivers said. “He was playing terrific, driving, defensively. Rodney’s been fantastic for us, but my guess he’ll be out for a while.”

TODAY’S LOCAL MAJOR SPORTS SCHEDULE

All times Pacific

Washington at Lakers, 7:30 p.m, Spectrum Sportsnet, 710 ESPN

Clippers at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m., Fox Sports Prime Ticket, AM 570

Kings at San Jose, 1 p.m., FSW

Winnipeg at Ducks, PRIME

USC (basketball) vs. Marquette (at Orlando, Fla.), ESPN2

BORN ON THIS DATE

1927: Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully

1946: Skier/chapstick user Suzy Chaffee

1959: Hockey Player Neal Broten

1960: Baseball player Howard Johnson

1968: Basketball player Dee Brown

1969: Baseball player Mariano Rivera

1969: Soccer player Kasey Keller

1970: Football player Lamar Smith

1971: Hockey Player Brad May

1972: Basketball player Jamal Mashburn

1974: Hockey player Pavol Demitra

1982: Race car driver Ashley Force

1988: Football player Russell Wilson

DIED ON THIS DATE

1974: Boxer James J. Braddock, 69

2003: Football player Tony Canadeo, 84

AND FINALLY

Vin Scully calls the final inning of Sandy Koufax‘s perfect game. Listen to it here.

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Soccer on TV: What games to watch this weekend

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Former U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann returns to the sidelines in Berlin on Saturday after more than three years away while Marseille hopes to continues its climb up the standings in France and Barcelona seeks to hold its league lead in Spain, highlighting the top televised soccer action from Europe this weekend.

Bundesliga: After taking over as manager last week, Klinsmann leads Hertha Berlin (3-7-2) against 5-2-5 Borussia Dortmund (FS2, TUDN, UniMas, 6:30 a.m. PST). Winless since Oct. 4, Hertha is outside the relegation zone by virtue of the goal-differential tiebreaker. That leaves Klinsmann, who hasn’t coached since November 2016 when he was dismissed by U.S. Soccer two games into an ultimately failed World Cup qualifying campaign, with some work to do. In a match involving teams at the other end of the standings, league-leading Borussia Monchengladbach (8-3-1) plays host Sunday to surprising Freiburg (6-2-4), which could take over first with a convincing win (FS1, TUDN, 6:30 a.m. PST).

Ligue 1: Even with three consecutive wins, Marseille (7-3-4), which has climbed to second in the French standings, is not yet a threat to league-leading Paris Saint-Germaine. But with another win Friday over Brest (4-4-6), Frank McCourt’s club could keep the pressure on (BeIN Sports, 11:45 a.m. PST).

La Liga: After a slow start, Barcelona (9-3-1) has found its stride, winning seven of its last eight to shoot to the top of the standings. Lionel Messi has led that streak with eight goals in six games heading into Sunday’s match at Atletico Madrid (6-1-7), which could equal Barcelona’s 28 points with a win (BeIN Sports, noon PST).


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The Thanksgiving Day storm was producing significant amounts of snow in Southern California’s high desert region Thursday.

Up to 8 inches of snow was reported in some parts of the Antelope Valley. Over the last two days, Lancaster has seen 4 to 5 inches of snow and Palmdale 3 inches, according to the National Weather Service. The agency said a weather spotter reported 7 inches Saturday morning in Pearblossom.

Snow was falling along Interstate 15 and Highway 14, but both routes so far remain open.

Snow was accumulating in both Lancaster and Palmdale, enough to cover cars and for some to build snowmen.

Snow was also falling in some Inland Empire desert communities, such as Apple Valley and Hesperia. Temperatures in that region were hovering in the low 30s, and the snow level had dropped to under 2,500 feet as the powerful storm moved through.

The steady precipitation was expected to turn to scattered rain and snow showers by midday. Isolated thunderstorms were also possible in Los Angeles and Orange counties, especially closer to the coast.

There was a 40% chance of rain in the high desert Friday with lows in the 40s.

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Earthquake: 3.5 quake shakes near Barstow, Calif.

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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Thursday afternoon at 3:10 p.m. Pacific time 13 miles from Barstow, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The earthquake occurred 14 miles from Adelanto, 15 miles from Victorville, 18 miles from Apple Valley and 23 miles from California City.

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In the past 10 days, there have been six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.

An average of 234 earthquakes with magnitudes between 3.0 and 4.0 occur per year in California and Nevada, according to a recent three year data sample.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.7 miles. Did you feel this earthquake? Consider reporting what you felt to the USGS.

Even if you didn’t feel this small earthquake, you never know when the Big One is going to strike. Ready yourself by following our five-step earthquake preparedness guide and building your own emergency kit.

This story was automatically generated by Quakebot, a computer application that monitors the latest earthquakes detected by the USGS. A Times editor reviewed the post before it was published. If you’re interested in learning more about the system, visit our list of frequently asked questions.


New 'snow gate' helps drivers on 5 Freeway

November 29, 2019 | News | No Comments

A new gate installed along Interstate 5 in Castaic allows drivers to turn around and travel back in the other direction when road conditions are dicey.

That came in handy on Thursday, when a snowstorm forced the closure of the freeway through the Grapevine in the midst of the Thanksgiving travel crush.

Crews rolled open the gate north of Lake Hughes Road just after the freeway was shut down about 4:30 a.m., said Eric Menjivar, a spokesman for the California Department of Transportation.

It was the first time that Caltrans had to use the equipment, which was installed last month as part of an ongoing construction project.

The 52-foot-long steel gate weighs 5 tons, and crews can open it by hand in less than two minutes. It allows drivers to turn around on the freeway rather than using surface streets, which creates congestion along on- and off-ramps and in local communities, Menjivar said. It’s the first gate of its kind Caltrans has installed in Los Angeles County.

“We were pretty excited to get this new gate into use. We were looking forward to it,” Menjivar said. “We want to get people to their destination, and we think this ‘snow gate’ will help people get to where they need to get to.”

It appeared to be working well — by early Thursday afternoon, delays along the I-5 in the Castaic area were ranging from 15 to 20 minutes; usually, with a full freeway closure, they’d be much worse, Menjivar said.

He said workers were plowing snow “so that hopefully we can get it open for everyone to get home in time for Thanksgiving dinner.”

By 2:55 p.m., the freeway reopened in both directions and traffic was soon flowing freely.


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