Best 15 Minutes in Sports-Wednesday
…(Baseball)…
Padres-L-Giants (11-6)….Mike Clevinger labors badly in first start after elbow surgery..(1.2inn-8R-7H–2W-2HR)….1st outing in 17-months in game..Tommy LaStella 3R-bases loaded double…Joc Pederson 2RHR..Andrew Bart adds 2RHR…..Mackenzie Gore continued dominant pitching. (4inn-2R-HR)….Padres (4-5-2)
Padres..P-Luis Garcia headed to DL with abdominal tightness
Dodgers-A’s…LA trailed (4-0) at Press Time…Starter Tony Gonsolin (2inn-4R-7H) for LA
Angels-W-Rockies (8-2)..Shohei Ohtani 2RHR..Kurt Suzuki 2RHR..Justin Upton 3RHR
Angels..Lose P-AJ Ramos for year-torn shoulder capsule
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USA Today..Projects Dodgers will win NL West (101-61)…Padres will finish second (89-73)…Angels will finish 3rd in AL West (82-80)
USA Today..Projects Braves-Milwaukee-Dodgers win NL divisional races…Toronto-White Sox-Houston will win AL divisional race
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(Roster Moves).
Brewers..Sign FA0P-Jose Urena-ex Marlins-Tigers
White Sox..DFA-OF-Blake Rutherford-former #1 pick
Phillies-White Sox…TRADE..Phillies deal OF-Adam Haseley for prospect
Cardinals..DFA-P-Johan Quezada
Reds-Mariners..TRADE..Cincinnati acquires P-Connor Phillip as final payment in Jess Winker-Eugenio Suarez trade
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(Injuries)
Tampa Bay..P-Peter Fairbanks to miss 6W-lat strain-shoulder
A’s..P-Brent Honeywell-stress fracture elbow
Giants..3B-Evan Longoria-surgery-injured ligament-finger
Giants..OF-Lamont Wade-strained knee
Reds..2B-Donovan Solano-hamstring
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…(Football)…
NFL Owners…Vote to change Overtime Rule for Playoffs only….Voted (29-3) to allow each team to have possession in OT in postseason and if game is tied-would then go to sudden death….Refuse to invoke new rule for regular season.
Roger Goodell…’No timetable on completion of Desean Watson probe…Does not anticipate putting him on the Commissioner’s Exempt List….Says the NFL’s Discipline officer will have the power to fine and suspend Watson.
NFL Owners..Mandate players OL-DL-TE-LB wear Guardian Helmet Caps in OTA-Preseason workouts to avoid concussions
Eagles..Announce team will wear ‘Kelly Green’ uniforms as 3rd jersey this year…Tampa Bay announced they would wear ‘Creamsicle Orange’ as 3rd jersey.
Tennessee…Governor proposes 500M in bonds to help finance a new domed stadium for Titans franchise.
NFL..Says investigator Mary Jo White will oversee probe of allegations that Miami owner Steven Ross wanted to tank games last year.
New England..Owner Robert Kraft..’Greatly disappointed team has not won a playoff game in 3-years.
Colts..Owner Jim Irsay said team ‘had made mistake on Carson Wentz trade-could not go on a 2nd year with that chemistry’..’Have mistake can’t keep living with it’
Ravens..Coach John Harbaugh gets 3Y-extension (148-96) record
Saints…QB-Taysom Hill is moving to tight end
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(Roster Moves)
Saints..Sign FA-QB-Andy Dalton-ex Bears-Bengals-Dallas
Patriots..Sign FA-S-Jabrill Peppers-ex Giants-Browns
Houston..Sign FA-WR-DaeSean Hamilton-ex Broncos
Browns..Sign FA-C-Ethan Pocic-ex Seattle
Atlanta..Visit with FA-LB-Rashaan Evans-ex Titans
Chiefs-Giants..Open trade talks for NY-CB-James Bradberry
Broncos..Meet with FA-S-Tyrann Mathieu-ex Chiefs-Cardinals
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(College Football)
Pac 12…Announce they are moving conference headquarters out of San Francisco…will downsize staff and work remotely…Will not move to Las Vegas…
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…(Basketball)…
Lakers-L-Dallas (128-110)…Mavs jump out to (15-2) lead-Lakers never recover…Luka Doncic (34P-12R-12A)…Mavs hit 20-3’s in win….Russell Westbrook-Malik Monk combined (53P)…..Lakers without Anthony Davis-LeBron James….LA lost 16-of-21….Lakers (31-44)
Clippers-Utah…..Jazz jumped out to (32-14) lead end of 1st quarter at Press Time…Paul George returned to lineup with ‘minutes cap after elbow injjury….LA (36-39)
76ers..C-Joel Embiid says Ben Simmons-boycott-holdout ‘drained the team’
Cavaliers..C-Evan Mobley-out 3W-ankle
Detroit..F-Jeremi Grant-calf injury-sit out rest of season
Oklahoma City..G-Shai Alexander-out rest of year-ankle sprain
Knicks..F-Julius Randle-quad issue
UCSD..Leading scorer Tony Rocak-enters transfer portal..(16PPG)
USD..G-Wayne McKinney to transfer
UConn…heads to 14th straight NCAA-Final Four after double OT-win over North Carolina State….Lady Huskies-Stanford-Louisville-South Carolina will play in Final Four
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…(Hockey)…
Ducks-Dallas…(0-0) late in first period at Press Time….Tuesday game…Anaheim lost 9-in row-fallen from 1st to 7th
Kings-at-Edmonton…Wednesday game
Ottawa Senators…Mourn passing owner Eugene Melnyk…complications from Liver transplant surgery a year ago.
Columbus..Head coach Brad Larson..Asst-Steve McCarthy-isolation-Covid
Blackhawks..F-Kirby Darch-positive covid test
Vancouver..F-Matthew Highmore back issue
Colorado..F-Nathan MacKinnon-shoulder injury in fight
Arizona..F-Logan Crouse-broken hand-blocking shot
Penguins..Sign FA-F-Ty Glover-Western Michigan
Penguins..Sign FA-F-Colin Sevoyer-Michigan Teh
Flyes..Sign D-Ron Attard-Western Michigan
Oilers..Sign G-Ryan Fanti-Minnesota Duluth
Minnesota..Sign F-SamĀ Hentges-St Cloud State
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…(General)…
Soccer-World Cup Qualifying-Final group games-Wednesday
..USA-at-Costa Rica…Wednesday game…USA (0-9-1) in games play in Costa Rica…US qualifies for Qatar with win or tie
..Mexico-El Salvador
..Canada-Panama.
World Cup Draw…Friday-Qatar-9am Pacific
Golf..Tiger Woods arrives at Augusta to shoot a practice round..Could decide to play in the Masters next week
Phil Mickelson…Will not play in Masters-remains in seclusion after explosive comments last month about PGA Tour leadership.
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