Best 15 Minutes in Sports–Thursday

Posted by on December 28th, 2023  •  0 Comments  • 

…(College Football)…

Holiday Bowl…USC-W-Louisville (42-28)..USC QB-Miller Moss-dazzling throws 4-first half touchdowns for Trojans in first college start….burns Louisville Cardinal secondary enroute to blowout win in wild shootout…Miller sets USC Trojans bowl game passing record..(372P-6TD)…Trojans piled up (443Y) offense…Cardinals QB-Jack Plummer held (145P-0TD) in lopsided win.

Texas Bowl..Oklahoma State-Texas AM..Cowboys led (31-23) in 4th quarter…Oklahoma State QB-Alan Bowman (327P-2TD) heading into 4th quarter.

Military Bowl…Virginia Tech-W-Tulane..Hokies (362R)in heavy rain..QB-Kyron Drones (176R)..RB-Bhay Tuten (136R) in win

Duke Mayo Bowl..West Virginia-W-North Carolina.QB-Garrett Green (228P-64R)….Mountaineers defense 3-takeaways in win
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(Schedule)..Thursday

Fenway Bowl..Boston College-vs-SMU
Pinstripe Bowl..Miami-vs-Rutgers
Orlando Bowl..North Carolina State-vs-Kansas State
Alamo Bowl..Arizona-vs-Oklahoma
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(College Notes)

Holiday Bowl…25-year agreement with Pac 12-Conference ended with Wednesday Bowl game

Arizona..QB-Jayden DeLaura enters transfer portal for 2nd time-grad studen
Florida State..WR-Keon Coleman files for NFL draft
Tennessee..QB-Joe Milton files for NFL draft
Missouri..QB-Max Garcia enters transfer portal

Florida State..Freshman QB-Brock Glenn will start Orange Bowl game against Georgia
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(NFL)

Denver Broncos..Benchi QB-Russell Wilson after poor play over last 4-games..Wilson (6TD-5 TOvers) as team went (1-3) to fall out of playoff race…Reports Broncos plan to release Wilson at end of season and take (35M) cap hit next year…Had he played and gotten hurt -his contract (70M) would have been guaranteed for 2024-2025….Journeyman backup Jared Stidman will start

Denver..Report team tried to change injury guarantee in contract during the season but NFL Union blocked the move…Coach Sean Payton says there was ‘economic’ part of the decision to sit Wilson for final two games of (7-8) season.

Chiefs..WR-Travis Kelce goes on obscenity laced rampage on social media over team’s poor play…”Everything F—- wrong with the offense…Be F—accountable….Do your F— job”….Chiefs have 34-Drops..26-turnovers…56-offensive penalties.

Chargers..Lose WR-Josh Palmer again-this time in concussion protocol
Chargers..WR-Keenan Allen limited practice-heel..LB-Joey Bosa-first practice

Hall of Fame..Legendary Chargers TE-Antonio Gates…S-Jabrill Peppers named as finalist for enshrinement in Canton…Both on list for  first time….DE-Jared Allen..WR-Reggie Wayne-Torry Holt-Andre Johnson return as finalists

Packers..Suspend CB-Jaire Alexander for sideline incidents last week vs Carolina

Giants..Bench QB-Tommy DeVito..Tyrod Taylor will start this weekend

Washington..Bench QB-Sam Howell (21-Tovers-60-sacks)..Jacoby Brissett starts

Bills..Activate CB-Kaiir Elam from IR

Tampa Bay..Lose CB-Carlton Davis-concussion…CB-Shaq Barrett-groin
Patriots..IR-RB-Rhamondre Stevenson-hi ankle sprain
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(Roster Moves)

49ers..Sign FA-DT-Sebastian Joseph Day-ex Chargers starter
Jaguars..Sign FA-QB-Matt Barkley-ex Giants-Bills
Patriots..Sign FA-S-Marco Wilson-ex Arizona.
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…(Baseball)…

Padres…Reopen talks with FA-P-Shoto Imanaga-Bay Stars-Japan..(30Y-LHP) had (2.80-ERA)…Will visit with teams starting next Tuesday

Dodgers..Yosh Yamamoto record contract (12Y-325M) contains 2-opt outs…is back end loaded…has no deferred money…was (70-29) with Orix Buffaloes

Dodgers..DFA-P-Bryan Hudson
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(Roster Moves)

Toronto..Sign FA-3B-Isaiah Kiner-Falefa-ex Yankees
White Sox..Sign FA-C-Martin Maldonado-ex Astros
Texas..Sign FA-OF-Derek Hill-ex Washington
Texas..Sign FA-C-Andrew Knapp-ex Tigers
Twins..Sign FA-P-Josh Staumont-ex Royals
Texas..Sign FA-P-Gerardo Carillo-ex Washington

Toronto..Opens talks with FA-SS-Ahmed Rosario-ex Mets-Cleveland-Dodgers
Boston..Meetings this weekend with FA-P-Blake Snell..FA-P-Jared Montgomery
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(MLB Notes)

Tampa Bay…SS-Wander Franco issued summons to meet with Dominican Republic police on Thursday to answer charges he was involved with relationships with 3-minors last season…has been on MLB-administrative leave…Police raided 2-homes looking for Franco this week

Washington..Report Nationals are attempting to negotiate out of the final (3Y-105M) of contract…Steven Strasburg….has been paid (140M) already because of career ending injuries…Union is attempting to block buyout.

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…(Basketball)…

Lakers-Charlotte…Thursday game….Lakers (16-15)…Hornets (7-21)…ravaged by injuries

Clippers…Off Thursday…play Ja Morant-Memphis on Friday

Detroit-Boston..Thursday..Pistons have lost (27G) in a row

Denver..Lose F-Aaron Gordon..attacked by pet dog-21-stitches in face-hands after being attacked at home

Chicago..puts veteran Andre Drummond in starting lineup-went for (24P-25R)

NBA..Board of Governors approves 73%-sale of stock of Dallas Mavericks to Las Vegas group led by Adelson-Dumont syndicate for (4.5B)

Milwaukee….Former Senator Herb Kohl passes away (88Y)..was original owner of NBA-Milwaukee Bucks in the Oscar Robertston-Bob Dandridge era.

Aztecs..Travel day…head to Spokane for Friday night showdown with 13th ranked Gonzaga.
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….(Hockey)….

Gulls-Coachella Valley…AHL action-Wednesday…Gulls trailed (3-0) in 3rd period…The Firebirds had a (44-17) shot advantage in final period4

Ducks-Las Vegas…Ducks led (5-2) in 3rd period at Press Time..Troy Terry-Jamie Drysdale score goals for Ducks…Anaheim (12-21) heading into game

Kings-San Jose..Pierre Luc Dubois scores 7th goal of season…Kings scored 3-goals in 2nd period….LA led (3-1) in 3rd period at Press Time….LA (19-7-4) heading into game.

Boston-Calgary..Trade talks Bruins seeking Flames C-Elias Lindholm in major deal

Toronto-Calgary..Leafs trade talks for Flames D-Chris Tanev

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…(General)…

English Premier League-Scoreboard
..Wolverhampton-W-Brentford..Hwang Hee-chen 2-goals for Wolves
..Chelsea-W-Crystal Palace..Blues win on penalty shot (89′)
..Manchester City-W-Everton..city scores in 64-81′ in win

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