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Tom Brady’s Netflix roast features lots of humor, reunion between Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick | Hollywood

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Three months before Tom Brady gets roasted by critics as Fox Sports’ top NFL analyst, he took his share of barbs from comedians, former teammates and his longtime coach Sunday night during a made-for-streaming comedy live event on Netflix. HT Image And it is safe to say after the one liners and jokes Brady heard during three hours of “The Greatest Roast of All Time” at The Forum, he will do just fine. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! “It’s like a football game. You run with a game plan, and then you get to see kind of how the strategy goes, and then you adjust on the fly,” Brady said before the event. “This is what a locker room has been like for me for all these years. So it’s not like I’m used to people not making fun of me.” Comedian Nikki Glaser, whose monologue was among the funniest of the night, termed the roast as …

Trout becomes 1st in majors to reach 10 home runs, but Orioles hold off Angels 6-5

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Gunnar Henderson continued his hot streak at the plate with three hits and three RBIs and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Los Angeles Angels 6-5 on Wednesday despite Mike Trout becoming the first player in the majors to reach 10 home runs this season. HT Image Batting leadoff for the second straight day, Trout got the Angels on the board with a solo shot down the left-field line off Dean Kremer in the sixth. It’s the third time in the past seven seasons Trout has been the first in the majors to reach double digits in homers. HT launches Crick-it, a one stop destination to catch Cricket, anytime, anywhere. Explore now! That began Los Angeles’ rally from being down 6-0 to having the tying run on first with two outs in the ninth. With the Angels trailing 6-4, Ehire Adrianza led off the ninth with an infield single off Orioles closer Craig Kimbrell and advanced to third on second baseman Jorge Mateo’s throwing error. Logan O’Hoppe’s grounder drove him in to get …

Caballero’s homer, 2 early runs on a wild pitch send Rays to a 4-2 victory over the Angels

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — José Caballero homered, Tampa Bay scored two runs on a wild pitch in the first inning, and the Rays wrapped up their road trip with a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday. HT Image Zack Littell allowed just one run despite giving up six hits and three walks while pitching into the fifth inning for Tampa Bay, which won four of five after losing the first game of the trip at Colorado last week. Unlock exclusive access to the story of India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Jo Adell homered and Zach Neto had an RBI single for the Angels, who have lost three of four. Los Angeles has also lost three of its first four series this season after closing out this 2-4 homestand. Mike Trout doubled, singled and walked after homering in each of his previous three games, but he finished the game in the on-deck circle when Mickey Moniak struck out with a runner on base. Moniak and Angels manager Ron Washington …

Ducks deny Kings chance to clinch playoff spot with 3-1 Freeway Faceoff win | Hockey

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Alex Killorn and Trevor Zegras scored in the third period, and the Anaheim Ducks prevented the Los Angeles Kings from securing a playoff spot with a 3-1 win on Tuesday night. HT Image Frank Vatrano also scored, Lukas Dostal made 36 saves, and the Ducks beat their Freeway Faceoff foes for the first time in three meetings. The season series concludes in Los Angeles on Saturday. Unlock exclusive access to the story of India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Akil Thomas scored and Cam Talbot made 24 saves for the Kings, who had won three straight games. Los Angeles will have to wait to confirm a third straight playoff appearance, and the defeat also put the chance to avenge two straight first-round losses to Edmonton at risk. Vegas is one point behind the Kings for third place in the Pacific Division with a game in hand. The Ducks went in front 2-1 at 1:51 of the third period when Killorn beat Talbot on a wrist shot from the …

Kidnapping of California woman that police called a hoax gets new attention with Netflix documentary

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VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — The ordeal of Denise Huskins, whose kidnapping from her boyfriend’s Northern California home was first dismissed as a hoax by law enforcement, is getting renewed attention as the subject of a new Netflix docuseries, “American Nightmare.” HT Image Here’s a look at the facts of the case, which captivated the country: Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here On March 23, 2015, Huskins was kidnapped by a masked intruder who broke into the home in Vallejo, a city in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, told detectives he woke up to a bright light on his face and that intruders had drugged, blindfolded and tied both of them up before forcefully taking Huskins in the middle of the night. Quinn also said the kidnappers were demanding an $8,500 ransom. A Vallejo police detective interrogated Quinn for hours, at times suggesting he may have been involved in Huskins’ disappearance. Quinn took a polygraph test which an FBI agent told him he …

Ruth Ashton Taylor, trailblazing journalist who had 50-year career in radio and TV, dies at age 101

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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Ruth Ashton Taylor, a trailblazing journalist who was the first female newscaster to work in television on the West Coast, has died. She was 101. HT Image Taylor died Thursday at an assisted living facility in San Rafael, California, according to her family. Amazon Sale season is here! Splurge and save now! Click here No cause of death was released. “She died very suddenly,” her daughter, Laurel Conklin, said Sunday. Conklin said her mother was born in Long Beach in 1922 and had a career in radio and television news that spanned more than 50 years. Taylor graduated from Scripps College in Claremont, California, and earned a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University before taking a job as a news writer and producer at CBS radio in New York. She was one of the original members — and only woman — in a documentary unit led by Edward R. Murrow. By 1949, Taylor was on the air doing notable interviews and conducted many over the ensuing decades, including with …