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SAN DIEGO — Perched atop a dugout bench at Petco Park on Monday, Angels manager Phil Nevin smiled when asked about a 2002 phone call that quietly cemented him into Padres history.

If there's a weirder way to win a national bass fishing tournament with 270 entries, Zach Piescher and Cole Semler don't know it.

Forget what we’ve seen so far in the Miami Dolphins’ backup quarterback battle between Mike White and Skylar Thompson during offseason workouts. It’s largely irrelevant. Their training camp battle, which begins in about three weeks, is much more significant.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The second game of the opening night of the California Classic was initially billed as a matchup of the two top selections in last month’s NBA Draft, deeming it good enough to be televised by ESPN.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is preemptively canceling the Nelchina caribou hunt, one of the most popular hunts in the state, citing low population estimates for the herd.

June 2023 always will belong to the Braves, Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani and Jonathan Vero. You’re likely familiar with the first two; Vero is a French firefighter who apparently has a taste for danger and a lot of free time. On June 29, he set Guinness World Records for fastest…

FICTION: Young Emilia Winthrop enjoys glamorous island life. Until she doesn't.

When I ask author James Lee Burke whether the rumor is true that he’s finally written a novel devoted to his brawling, beloved character Clete Purcel, he laughs heartily and pumps his fists in the air.

FICTION: Set in the early 2000s, Caroline O'Donoghue's novel is twisty and compulsive.

FICTION: Patrick deWitt's novel splits the difference between Anne Tyler and Kevin Wilson.

FICTION: An insightful, wry novel finds a family trying to heal when they flee the COVID-19 pandemic.