The Navy’s annual Coronado Bay Bridge Run/Walk will be held May 17, beginning at 8 a.m., bringing runners and walkers across the Coronado Bay Bridge on a four-mile course from San Diego to Coronado. The race starts at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront and finishes at Tidelands Park. Road closures and bridge preparations will begin […]
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Allyson Felix, 40, looks for a comeback and maybe a spot at the LA Olympics
Allyson Felix is attempting a comeback at age 40 that could give her a chance to add to her Olympic-record medal haul two years from now in Los Angeles. Felix, a mother of two, told Time Magazine she thought about coming back some four years after calling it quits and decided: “Let’s go after the […]
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Islanders’ track and field cleans up in final meets ahead of league championship
Coronado’s track team competed in the final league match of the season on April 16, with the Islander boys and girls defeating Kearny and Crawford. The girls’ team also beat Madison, and the boys lost by two points, 58-60. Sophomore Ah’Mahn Oliver led the charge for the boys, taking first place in the 100-meter dash. […]
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CHS swim hosts senior night
On April 23, the Islander swim team had its senior night in a meet against University City at the Brian Bent Memorial Aquatics Complex, sweeping both the boys and girls. There were multiple first-place finishes in the meet for the Islanders. Freshman Baleri Garces took first in the 200 freestyle. Sophomore Mirren Fallon won both […]
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Chargers bet on the trenches, adding an edge rusher and a center-turned-guard in the draft
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh understands the importance of the line of scrimmage, so it wasn’t a surprise that the Los Angeles Chargers used NFL draft capital to bolster their defensive and offensive fronts. The Chargers had needs on both lines, and they addressed them by selecting Miami defensive end Akheem Mesidor at […]
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Growing interest in women’s rugby is helping make push from club status to NCAA championship sport
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jara Emtage-Cave started playing rugby as a 13-year-old in Barbados, never really imagining how the sport might shape her world. She graduated from the flag program to full contact at age 16, continued her career as an undergrad on Stanford’s club team and this weekend played on one of more than two […]
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Coronado High senior Davin Collins on setting school records in track
At the beginning of this year’s track and field season, Coronado High School senior Davin Collins was assigned to the 400-meter leg in a sprint medley relay while he recovers from a hamstring injury that ended his season last year, a race whose results now ranks the school No. 3 in San Diego. Collins – […]
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New cricket stadium in Southern California heralds the sport’s Olympic return after 128 years
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s been 126 years since cricket — the second most watched sport in the world — made an appearance in the Olympics. That’s about to change in 2028. On April 22, shovels hit the ground in Pomona, a city in the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, where construction has begun […]
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San Diego State will play in the inaugural Bill Walton Classic on Nov. 7
LA MESA, Calif. (AP) — San Diego State coach Brian Dutcher has not quite seven months to order tie-dyed jerseys or warmup gear before his Aztecs play in the inaugural Bill Walton Classic. It would be only fitting, since the doubleheader on Nov. 7 is sure to be a mashup of the things Walton loved […]
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Right-hander Lucas Giolito agrees to deal with Padres for just under $2.8 million
Right-hander Lucas Giolito and the San Diego Padres agreed on April 22 to a one-year contract guaranteeing just under $2.8 million, bolstering the surging club’s injury-plagued rotation with the top starter left on the free agent market. Giolito is guaranteed $2,775,401 in the deal, which includes a 2027 mutual option, a person familiar with the […]
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Chargers take Miami defensive end Akheem Mesidor at No. 22 in NFL draft
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers selected defensive end Akheem Mesidor of Miami with the 22nd pick in the first round of the NFL draft on April 23. Mesidor, a 6-foot-3, 259-pounder from Ottawa, Ontario, became the first Canadian taken in the first round of the draft. He was a first team […]
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More World Cup seats will go on sale after FIFA adds costlier ticket categories
FIFA is putting more World Cup tickets on sale after angering some fans by adding new, more expensive categories. Soccer’s governing body announced on April 21 it will make more tickets available at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday for all 104 games in Categories 1, 2 and 3 plus the new “front category” pricing it added […]
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New head football coach Josh Dean preps for new program
It is only 6:45 a.m. on a Wednesday morning in April, but Josh Dean, the new head football coach at Coronado High School, is already blasting punk rock and moving through the school’s weight room. His players are preparing for games a full four months away, but Dean knows that building and maintaining team culture […]
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Islanders sporting events this week
This week is plenty busy for Coronado High athletics, but the two highlights of the week are senior nights. Boys’ lacrosse has its senior night on Tuesday, and boys’ volleyball ends its week with a senior night on Friday. 27 Monday: Varsity golf is headed to Fairbanks Ranch Country Club in Rancho Santa Fe for […]
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Fernando Mendoza leads group of once-overlooked college recruits in the NFL draft
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jack Endries saw everything the recruiting “experts” missed in Fernando Mendoza almost immediately in 2022. The former California tight end watched his roommate work in the film room and on the field to become a dependable leader, a model quarterback and an unmitigated winner. No, even Endries couldn’t predict Mendoza would become […]
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San Diego Padres are nearing a whopping sale, AP source says
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The family of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler is nearing a sale of the team, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on April 17. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Padres aren’t commenting publicly on the process. The Wall Street Journal […]