…(Basketball)…

Mountain West Conference Tourney:

Aztecs-W-Fresno State (53-46)…Nathan Mensah 5-blocked shots…Adam Seiko 3-3’s off the bench…SDSU grinds its way to win with strong 2nd half…Aztecs went on (13-3) run thanks to defense to come from 8-points back to finally take lead in second haslf….Orlando Robison (25P-11R) in loss……Matt Bradley-scoreless in first half….Two teams combined 22-turnvoers in first half in halfcourt game….SDSU (22-7)..

Boise State-W-Nevada (71-69)..Em Akot (22P)..Broncos shoot 50% floor

Utah State-L-Colorado State (53-51)..Chandler Jacobs layup (:01) left gives Rams win ..Aggies (1-15) on 3’s

Wyoming-W-UNLV (59-56)..Brendan Wenzel 12P off bench for Cowboys…Wyo now (25-7)..

(MWC Friday Games)
Aztecs-vs-Colorado State
Wyoming-vs-BoiseState

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(Pac 12 Tourney)

UCLA-W-Washington State  (75-65)..Jaime Jaquez (23P) in win ..Bruins used (19-2) run to blow it open

USC-W-Washington (65-61)….USC held UW to 31% shooting…..

Arizona-W-Stanford (84-80)..Christian Koloco (24P) in Cats come from behind win..UA (29-3)

Oregon-L-Colorado (80-69)….Buffs score 44P-2nd half in upset win..Ducks shot 34%

(Pac 12 Friday Games)

Arizona-vs-Colorado
UCLA-vs-USC

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(College Notes)

Georgia..Fires coach Tom Crean after (6-26) season..was (47-75)
Citadel..Fires Duggar Baucom..was (77-136)

Syracuse..G-Buddy Boeheim suspended 1-game punching Florida State players
Kansas State..Coach Bruce Weber quits after (14-17) season..10-years at K-State
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(NBA)

Lakers-Washington..Friday game..Lakers (28-37)..Lost 13-of-17
Clippers-at-Atlanta..Friday game..LA (35-33)

Lakers..Report LA would consider Russell Westbrook-John Wall trade in off season…or Lakers would buyout Westbrook (47M) contract..spread cap hit over 3-years

Clippers..F-Kawhi Leonard goes thru full individual workout to test knee recovery-yet cleared to scrimmage

Indians..G-Malcom Brogdon-concussion..G-Lance Stephenson-ankle
Miami..G-Caleb Martin-knee injury
Bulls..G-Alex Caruso-cleared workouts coming off wrist injury
Knicks..G-Cam Reddish-shoulder injury-out for year
Pelicans..G-CJ McCollom placed in Covid protocols

Cavs..Sign FA-C-Moses Brown to 10-day contract
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…(Baseball)…

MLB-Union..Approve Collective Bargaining Agreement..End 99-day lockout..Owners vote (30-0) to 5-year deal…Union Executive Board voted (8-0)-Not to Accept..Player Reps voted (26-4) in favor-rebuking Tony Clark leadership.

..Training camps open Friday
..Free Agent window opened Thursday night
..Trade Window reopens Friday
..Spring Training Camps open Friday..Sunday final day report
..Spring Training Games start March 17th
..Regular season opens April 7th
..Play full 162-games..Season extended 3-days in October..3-extra doubleheaders this year
..Players get full salary and full year Service Time
..Union drops 500M-Grievance over Pandemic schedule in 2020
..Union drops lawsuits against Marlins-Pirates-Tampa-A’s for payroll violations

..Luxury Tax Threshold starts at 230M this year and goes to 244M
..Bonus Pool for Young Players will be 50M per year
..Minimum Salary-1st year players starts at 700M
..MLB can invoke Rule Changes for 2023-eliminate shift..Pitch Clock
..International Draft..Union will vote on July 25th on structure of draft
..12-team Playoff this fall
..Max Tax-major penalties if club goes over 290M final year deal
..6-Team Draft lottery
..Tanking rule-Small market can be in lottery only 2-years in a row
..Tanking rule-Big market team can be in lottery just 1-year before penalties
..Rookie of Year..Top 3-young players get 1-year service time
..Rookie Year Bonus..Teams whose rookies win awards get 3-bonus draft picks
..Ads on Uniforms
..Designated hitter for National League teams
..Drop extra inning rule-runners on 2nd
..All doubleheaders go back to 9-inning games
..International Draft 20-rounds-Slot payment system if Union Approves
..Drop Qualifying offers and Draft pick compensation on top free agents
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(Baseball Notes)

Padres..Sign FA-3B-Mitch Walding-ex Phillies-will convert him to C
Blue Jays..Sign FA-1B-Greg Byrd-ex Yankees-Cubs
Blue Jays..Sign FA-P-Joe Biagni-ex Astros

Odalis Perez..former Dodgers-Braves-Rangers pitcher passes away (44Y)-fell off ladder at home in Dominican.
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…(Football)…

Chargers-Bears…TRADE…Chicago sends DE-Khalil Mack to Bolts for #2-#7 draft picks…Mack is 6X-Pro Bowler…76-sacks..103-tackles for loss..10-fumble recoveries..3-interceptions…Chargers inherit salaries of 17-22-23M.

Rams..Expressing interest in FA-LB-Bobby Wagner-ex Seahawks
Rams..Negotiating deal with LB-Von Miller (2Y-28M)
Rams..Release LB-Troy Reeder

Titans..Release OG-Roger Saffold..OT-Kendall Lamm-cap savings 17M
Washington..Release S-Landon Collins-cap savings 6M..Release QB-Kyle Allen
Raiders..Release FB-Alec Ingold
Raiders..Redo contracts OT-Kolton Miller-RB-Kenyan Drake-cap space (14.5M)
Giants..Ask WR-Sterling Shepard-TE Evan Engram to take pay cuts from 8M contracts
Cowboys..Put RT-La’el Collins on trade block
Lions..Release LB-Trey Flowers
Houston..Release CB-Terrance Mitchell
Saints..Create (14.5M) cap space-re do contracts DE-Cam Jordan-Tan Kpassagan
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(NFL Notes)

Raiders..Felony drunk driving hearing Henry Rugg postponed till Mid-May
Houston..Grand Jury meets on Friday to determine charges against QB-Deshaun Watson in sexual misconduct lawsuits
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(College Football)

Ohio State..OG-Henry Miller retires-Mental Health issues..asked for help after suicidal thoughts

TCU..Kent Waldrop-ex RB-paralyzed in game in 1974-passe away..spent life in wheelchair and advocate for American Disability Act.
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…(Hockey)…

Ducks-L-Nashville (4-1)..Matt Duchene 2-goals for Predators…Thursday game…Ducks lost 9-of-13

Kings-L-San Jose (4-3)…Zach Sawchenko (33) saves for Sharks…..LA (32-20-7)

Gulls-at-Bakersfield..Friday game…Gulls (19-24-2)….Condors (31-9-3)

Ducks..Callup F-Danny O’Regan-Vinnie Lettieri from AHL-Gulls
Ducks..Put Ryan Getzlaf-Jakob Silfverberg on NHL IR list

Las Vegas..G-Robin Lehner sent home-road trip back injury
Columbus..F-Alex Texier leaves team-family problems
Dallas..D-Miro Heiskanen-on IR-Mono
Maple Leafs..G-Jack Campbell-out two weeks-rib injuries
St Louis..D-Scott Peerunovich-wrist surgery

Flyers..Sign F-Rasmus Ristolainen to (5Y-25M) extension
Penguins..Sign college star D-Casey Andonovski-Princeton

NHL..Meet with Lawyers seek Political Asylum for 23-Russian-Belarus players who want to move to the United States-Canada
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…(General)…

PGA-TPC-Sawgrass-1st round:..3-way tie atop leaderboard
(66)..Tommy Fleetwood-7 birdies
(66)..Tom Hoge-Eagle-5 birdies
(66)..Keith Mitchell-Eagle-4 birdies
(67)..Joaquim Nieman
(68)..Sam Burns
(69)..Jon Rahm

Tiger Woods…Inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame..82-wins-15 majors
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Tennis-Novak Djokovic pulls out of Indian Wells tourney-not allowed in US-unvaxxed
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Formula 1..Haas Team fired Russian driver Nikita Mazepin-close ties-public comments about Vladimir Putin

NASCAR…Phoenix 400-Sunday..Kyle Larson leads field
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English Premier League Soccer: Scoreboard
..Newcastle-W-Southampton..Christian Wood game winning goal
..Chelsea-W-Norwich..Blue scores in 3’14’ minutes
..Wolverhampton-W-Watford..Wolves score 3-goals in 8 minutes
..Aston Villa-W-Leeds..Phillipe Coutinho game winning goal for Villa

EPL…Top weekend games:
..Liverpool-Brighton
..Hot Spur-Manchester United
..Manchester City-Crystal Palace

San Diego Loyal..Open USL season-Saturday night home game-LA Galaxy II-to be played at USD

San Diego Sockers…Take (16-0-1) record..play at Baltimore-Saturday..at Utioa-Sunday
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