Christine Igot lives with her family in a small seaside community. After retiring from her career as a French teacher, she uses her voice to make booming, informative and upbeat declarationsIn May 2022, Christine Igot donned a feathered hat, white ruff and multicoloured tabard in the middle of the market square in her home town of Annapolis Royal, Canada. “Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!” she shouted while ringing a bell at a bemused crowd. “My gracious lords and ladies, wily judges, esteemed citizens and...
Last Friday, legendary Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald announced his retirement from the NFL. One of the greatest defensive players to ever suit up, the 32-year-old called an end to his decade-long career.There has been speculation that Donald could retire since winning the Super Bowl back in 2022, but even so, Donald had plenty left in the tank if he wanted to continue playing. However, Donald opted to retire.In a recent social media post on the NFL X page with his wife, Erica...
When the Los Angeles Times decided to launch its version of a news quiz earlier this year, I suddenly found myself tapped to serve as quizmaster — the person responsible for coming up with each week's questions. While that may seem random, it's not. Before landing at the paper, I spent some time as a game-show Q&A man. I wrote for the Maury Povich-hosted remake of "Twenty One" and a couple of incarnations of "Weakest Link," among others. Although all the questions I've written over the years are...
Last week the story broke that Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, stole at least $4.5 million of Ohtani's money to pay off massive gambling debt.Mizuhara was immediately fired by the Dodgers after reports came out of his having used money on illegal gambling. The drama and fallout have resulted in Ohtani speaking to reporters about his involvement.Ohtani addressed the media about the situation, which was spoken in English by his new interpreter, Will Ireton....
Amidst the Houston Rockets' ongoing eight-game winning streak, no player's improved output has stood out more than young shooting guard Jalen Green's. Ever since the 6'5" wing out of the soon-to-be-defunct G League Ignite was selected with the second pick in the 2021 draft, he struggled to string together much consistent ouput for Houston. But the winning streak has worked wonders for his game (as has the absence of center Alperen Sengun).During that eight-game run, he's averaging 29.3 points on...
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Young Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Austin Reaves has had a fun if somewhat understated third pro season this year. After emerging as a favorite contender for Most Improved Player honors preseason (finished 10th last year), Reaves saw himself shuffled in and out of Darvin Ham's starting lineups for much of the year, and though he enjoyed more consistent minutes than he did during a breakout stint on the 2022-23 Lakers.Across 72 contests this year (47 starts), the 6'5" swingman is averaging...
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