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…(Football)…

Chargers-Titans..Sunday..Bolts (5-3)-Titans (1-6)
..QB-Justin Herbert (10TD-1 Int)
..Bolts #22-Red Zone offense-10TD scored
..Chargers #32-Red Zone..just 19-trips inside 20Y line
..Chargers offense #32..3rd down conversions
..Bolts Plus 9-Turnover Ratio
..Chargers Defense 13-takeaways
..Bolts Defense #2-Red Zone defense-6 TDs allowed
..Chargers Defense #2-3rd downs-allow 32%-conversion rate
..Titans #1-NFL defense (269YPG)
..Titans #2-NFL offense (296YPG)..scored 15TD-8games
..Titans QBs 11-Int..21-sacks..32%-3d downs
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(Scoreboard)..Thursday Night Football

Ravens-W-Bengals (35-34)…Baltimore wins wild shootout..Balt (7-3)..Cinn (4-6)
..QB-Lamar Jackson 3TDs in 4th quarter..(290P-4TD)
..QB-Joe Burrow (428P-4TD)
..WR-Ja’Marr Chase (11R-234Y)-3TD in loss
..WR-Ty Williams (3R-115Y)-Baltimore
..Ravens defense stop 2Pt conversion in final minute

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(Schedule)

Giants-Carolina..NY (2-7)..Panthers (2-7)
Patriots-Bears..Caleb Williams-vs-Drake Maye
Bills-Colts..Bills (7-2)-Colts (4-5)
Broncos-Chiefs..KC (8-0)..Denver (5-4)
Saints-Falcons..Atlanta (6-3)
49ers-Tampa Bay..SF (4-4)..Bucs (4-5)..both beset by injuries
Steelers-Washington..Steelers (6-2)..Commanders (7-2)..Jayden Daniels-vs-TJ Watt
Vikings-Jaguars..Minnesota (6-2)..Jacksonville (2-7)
Eagles-Cowboys..Phil (6-2)-vs-Cowboys (3-5) without Dak Prescott
Jets-Arizona..Aaron Rodgers-vs-Kyler Murray shootout
Lions-Houston..Detroit (7-1)..Houston (6-3)-beset by injuries\\
Rams-Miami..LA goes for 4th win in a row..Dolphins lost 5-of-6
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(NFL Roster Moves)

Ravens..Release DE-Yannick Ngakoue
Houston..Sign FA-OT-Zach Thomas-ex Bears
49ers..Sign FA-WR-Russell Gage-ex Lions
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(NFL Notes)

Carolina..4Y-extension to RB-Chuba Howard
Cowboys..will not start Trey Lance at QB

Don Bosseler…Longtime Washington Redskins fullback in 1950s-60s-passes away (88Y)
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(Injuries)

Dallas..QB-Dak Prescott facing surgery-torn hamstring
Jaguars..QB-Trevor Lawrence-injured left shoulder
Saints..WR-Chis Olave meets with neurologists about concussion issues
Houston..LB-Willie Anderson-ankle
Colts..WR-Mike Pittman-finger injury in practice
Bears..DT-Andrew Billings-knee surgery

Ravens..Activate RB-Keaton Mitchell from IR
Chargers..Activate RB-Gus Edwards from IR
49ers..Activate DE-Yesir Matos from IR
Carolina..Activate RB-Jonathon Brooks from IR
Lions..Activate CB-Emmanuel Mosely from IR
Giants..Activate K-Grahame Ganoe from IR
Rams..Activate OG-Steven Avila..G-Jonah Jackson from IR
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(College Football)

Aztecs-New Mexico..Friday night..SDSU (3-5)..Lobos (3-6)
..SDSU defense faces Lobos QB-Devon Dampier (2988APY-23TD)
..Lobos averaging (420YPG)..offense
..Lobos defense gives up 40PPG..(492YPG)

USD-at-Dayton..Saturday..Toreros (5-3)
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(Top 10)

1-Oregon-vs-Maryland..Ducks (9-0) heading on road
2-Ohio State-vs-Purdue
3-Georgia-vs-Mississippi..QB matchup Christian Beck-vs-Jaxson Dart
4-Miami-vs-Georgia Tech..Canes (9-0)
5-Texas-Florida
6-Penn State-Washington..Huskies travel to State College
7-Tennessee-Mississippi State
8-Indiana-Michigan..Hoosiers (9-0)
9-BYU-Utah..Beehive State rivalry
10-Boise-Nevada
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(West Coast)

UCLA-Iowa..Bruins (3-5) heading on road
USC..Off Weekend (4-5)
Cal-Wake Forest
Oregon State-San Jose State
Colorado-Texas Tech
ASU-Central Florida
Washington State-Utah State
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(Mountain West)

SDSU-New Mexico
Boise State-Nevada
UNLV-Hawaii
Fresno State-Air Force
Utah State-Washington State
San Jose State-Oregon State
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(College Notes)

Aztecs..Giving away 2-free tickets for final 2-home games to football season ticket holders and to basketball season ticket holders…Attendance this year (19,385)…Will hold season ticket prices for 2025 at this year level (200-to-1200) with stadium gift (100-to-1500) per ticket…
Season tickets have plunged from 15,993-to-8,755) this year-season 3-Snapdragon Stadium

Florida..Vote confidence Coach Billy Napier (15-18) with Gators
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…(Baseball)…

Padres..Manager Mike Shildt signs 2Y-extension thru 2027..Press Conference:
..There is a camaraderie that exists
..We have a common ground
..Manager-GM in alignment

Padres..Source GM-AJ Preller will meet with President-Eric Kutsenda and CEO-Erik Greupner to discuss 2025 payroll as early as Monday…Padres could boost payroll from (169M) to (190M) but not expected to go over 200M-threshold.

Dodgers…Moving Mookie Betts to 2B…Will look at rookie Dalton Rushing as OF..Might move Gavin Lux to OF..Will move Tommy Edman to SS…Will consider at 6-man starting rotation

Dodgers…Source say will have inside track to sign Japanese pitching sensation Roki Sasaki-who may be posted by Chiba Lotte Marines..Career record (30-15)..has (505K-394 innings)…Could sign a (2.5M) base contract

Dodgers..P-Clayton Kershaw undergoes 2-surgeries-knee meniscus-toe bone spur..Pronounced successful..will be ready for spring training.
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(MLB Notes)

Mets..Owner Steve Cohen will have face to face meeting with slugger Juan Soto early next week with Agent Scott Boras..Mets have 100M-payroll space…Boras says he will not sign a contract with deferred payments.

Mets..Open talks with FA-SS-Willy Adames-ex Brewers

Red Sox-Orioles..set up meetings with Dodgers FA-OF-Teoscar Hernandez

MLB owners express concern about cash flow for mid-to-small market teams who have lost their Regional Sports Market TV deals because of bankruptcy of Diamond Sports…At least 11-major league teams are facing reduced TV rights fees.

Houston..Consider moving 3B-Alex Bregman to 2B
Cardinals..Move C-Will Contreras to 1B

Giants..Sign FA-2B-Sergio Alcantra-ex Arizona
Mets..Sign FA-P-Rico Garcia-ex Washington
Giants..Meet with FA-SS-Ha Seong Kim-ex Padres
Seattle..Meet with FA-SS Hy Kim-ex Korean star

Cleveland..Re-sign FA-C-Austin Hedges
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…(Basketball)…

Lakers-76ers..Friday game…LA (4-4)..coming off 4-losses on 5-game road trip

Lakers..Coach JJ Redick critical of team for poor defensive play
Lakers..Ranked #28-Defense..giving up (118PPG)
Lakers..Bench G-D’Angelo Russell (2-9) shooting..Dalton Knecht (1-7) shooting
Lakers..Rookie Bronny James removed from roster..sent to NBA G-League team.

Clippers-at-Sacramento..Friday
Clippers-vs-Toronto Raptors..Saturday

Cleveland..off to (9-0) start
Boston..now (7-2)..without Jaylen Brown-Kristaps Porzingas

Memphis..Ja Morant-hamstring
Sixers..Tyrese Maxey-hamstring
Utah..F-Taylor Hendricks-surgery-fractured leg-dislocated ankle
Pistons..G-Jared Duran-ankle

Aztecs..Off weekend-host Occidental next Tuesday
USD..Host Boston University-Friday night

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…(Hockey)

LA Kings-Vancouver..Canucks led (2-1) in 2nd period at PressTime…Thursday…Kings (8-3-3)

Ducks-vs-Minnesota..Friday…Ducks (4-6-2)

Gulls-at-Tucson..AHL action-Saturday night

NJ Devils..Fire Coach Kevin Dineen-AHL-Utica Comets off to an (0-8-1) start
NCAA..Approves Bylaw change allowing Junior Hockey players to enroll at US colleges

Calgary..Lose  F-Anthony Mantha-knee strain
Vancouver..D-Derek Forbert-0knee injury
Boston..F-Andrew Peeke-shoulder
Ottawa..Activate D-Artem Zeb from concussion list

Las Vegas..Sign FA-F-Lucas Johansen-ex #1 pick-Washington
Flyers..Sit #1 pick-Matvris Michkov-was (-8) plus minus rating

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…(General)…

(Soccer)..France demotes star Kylian Mbappe-conditioning issues-will not play in Nations League tourney

(EPL)..Top weekend games:
..Arsenal-Chelsea
..Manchester United-Leicester City
..Manchester City-Brighton
..Liverpool-Aston Villa
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(Auto Racing)

F-1…Off weekend
NASCAR..Final 4-Championship Race-Phoenix 400..Tyler Reddick-Joey Logano race for 5M-prize in final race of season.

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