…(Baseball)…

Padres-Giants….San Diego teed off on Giants bullpen day…Led (5-1) early at Press Time…Adam Frazier 2R-double…Manny Machado RBI double..Eric Hosmer 2R-single…Friars (74-70)….Lost 21-of-29….

San Diego-San Francisco..Thursday game…Likely Bullpen Day led by Ryan Weathers-vs-Kevin Gausman.

Padres..Sign FA-P-Ross Detwiler (29-49) 4.58-ER
Padres..Team hitting (.196) since August.
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Dodgers-Arizona…..Gavin Lux RBI single….LA led (1-0) at Press TimeLA (93-53)…won 28-of-36

Dodgers…Off day on Thursday…open series in Cincinnati on Friday
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Angels-White Sox…..Brad Marsh HR….Angels led (3-2)..at Press Time…Halos (70-74)

Halos-White Sox..Final game of series on Thursday
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(Scoreboard)

Blue Jays-W-Rays..Bo Bichette HR-5RBI-Toronto..

Red Sox-W-Mariners..Hunter Renfro HR..Kyle Schswarber 2R-single

Marlins-W-Washington..Jesus Sanchez 2-2RHRs for Miami..

Tigers-W-Brewers.Dustin Garneau HR-Detroit.

Reds-L-Pirates..Colin Moran 2RBIs for Bucs

Yankees-W-Orioles..Gio Urshela 2RHR for NY

Cubs-L-Phillies..Fred Galvis 2RHR-Phila

Cardinals-W-Mets…Goldschmidt-Hader-Arenado HRs-StL.

Rockies-Braves..Tied 2-2 at Press Time..Eddie Rosario HR

Indians-W-Twins.Orlando Mercado 3RHR..Franmil Reyes HR-Tribe.

Houston-W-Texas..Jake Myers 2RHR-Astros

A’s-Royals..
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(Injuries)

Royals..DL-P-Mike Minor-shoulder impingement
Miami..DL-1B-Jesus Aguilar-knee issue
Red Sox..Activate P-Martin Perez from DL
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(Roster Moves)

Milwaukee..DH-Ryan Braun retires..(14Y)…Career (.296) 352-home runs
A’s..DFA-P-Burch Smith
Seattle..DFA-OF-Jose Marmolojos
Red Sox..Release P-Brandon Brennan
Cubs..Callup Of-Trayce Thompson
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…(Football)….

Chargers…Return to practice without 7-starters
..OT-Brian Bulaga-back issues
..LB-Ryan Fackrell-hamstring
..CB-Nassir Adderly shoulder
..CB-Chris Harris-shoulder
..FS-Derwin James-toe
..DT-Justin Jones-calf
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(Injuries)

Bengals..IR-S-Ricardo Allen-hamstring
Browns..WR-Odell Beckham ruled out-still rehab surgery-knee
Patriots..LB-Kyle Van Noy-out throat injury
Patriots..OT-Trent Brown-calf issue
Raiders..DT-Gerald McCoy-out for year-knee injury
Raiders..RB-Josh Jacobs-out with toe issue
Raiders..QB-Marcus Mariota-shoulder issue
49ers..DE-Arik Armstead-groin
Seattle..OC-Ethan Pocic-placed on IR-sprained knee
Dallas..DE-DeMarcus Lawrence-fractured foot injury in practice
Dallas..DE-Randy Gregory-out workouts-Covid issue
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(Roster Moves)

Bengals..Sign FA-S-Sean Davis-ex Steelers
Raiders..Sign FA-OT-Jordan Simmons-ex Seattle
Titans..Activate K-Randy Bullock
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(Schedule)

Thursday Night Football…Giants-Washington….NY without RB-Saquon Barkley and WR-Odell Beckham…Washington loses QB-Ryan Fitzpatrick for 8-weeks-hip injury.

New England..Owner Robert Kraft puts in bid for Gillette Stadium to host the 2026-World Cup.

Dallas…Defensive Line Coach Leon Lett suffers leg injury during Wednesday practice

NFL Union…Asks NFL to reinstate suspended WR-Josh Gordon-ex Patriots-Seattle

NFL…TV Ratings rocket for opening weekend of season:
..Weekend Ratings up 7% from last year…17.4M-viewers
..ESPN..Monday Night Football..15.2M viewers..up 2%
..CBS…19.5M viewers..up 21%
..Sunday Night Football..NBC 22M..up 11%
..Thursday Night Football..26M viewers..up 27%
..Fox…16.2M…down 37%
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…(College)…

Aztecs…WB-Jordan Brookshire misses two days of workout with foot injury..had boot on foot…Georgia Tech transfer Lucas Johnson took majority of number 1-snaps if Brookshire cannot play on Saturday against Utah.

Urban Meyer….Jaguars coach denies rumor he is interested in USC job
LSU..RB coach Kevin Faulk-leaves team..death of 19-year old daughter
Purdue..Lose RB-Zander Horvath-8W-oblique
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…(Basketball)….

Miami..Sign FA-G-Caleb Martin-ex Charlotte (5PPG)
Dallas..Sign FA-G-Frank Ntilikina-ex Knicks

Charlotte..Former coach Gene Littles-passes away (78)..ex Hornets-Detroit-Denver assistant coach…played in old ABA

Denver..Sign G-Aaron Gordon (4Y-92M)

NBA…Says 90% players in league now vaccinated…will not mandate all players have vaccine to start the season.
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….(Hockey)…

Arizona..Hire John Ferguson Junior-Assistant GM..former GM-Blues..Assistant Boston-Toronto
Carolina Hurricane…Hire Mike Futa-Assistant GM..ex Kings assistant

Ducks…Open training camp for rookies going to the Arizona rookie tournament…Group includes #1 draft pick Mason McTavish and last year’s rookie sensations Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale.

Kings..Open rookie camp workouts on Friday…led by top prospects Quinton Byfield

Edmonton..Sign FA-F-Colten Sceviour-ex Penguinsj
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…(General)…

FBI…Fires lead agent who mishandled investigation of evidence in the USA Gymnastics scandal…FBI employee Michael Langdon was fired last week….USA gymnasts Simone Biles-Ali Raisman testified before Senate Committee about incompetence in probe of Dr-Larry Nassar’s sexual predator actions against more than 120-female athletes…Charged FBI buried report for 17-months and allowed Nassar to continue on job-touching female gymnasts for over a year before being removed…Nassar serving 120-years in prison.

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