—————-(Baseball)—————————–

 

 
Padres-L-Mariners (7-0)…Cactus League opener…James Paxton throws 2-perfect inning….Seattle hits 3HRs off Padres pitching….Hunter Renfro 2-singles for San Diego…Luis Perdomo-Daniel McCutcheon give up 2R-each in 1-inning work…Padres held to 4-singles in game.

 

 
Padres-Mariners….Drew Pomeranz-ex A’s…Phil Humber-ex-White Sox will throw against Seattle this afternoon.

 

 
Padres…Manager Andy Green says Derek Norris will be stating catcher…decision to be made on Austin Hedges-is he better served to catch everyday in El Paso and work on his his offensive game or catch twice a week and sit rest of time in San Diego.

 

 
Padres..Baseball America says San Diego favorite to sign Cuban star OF-Lazarito (16Y)….Signing could come in July….However Padres might have to commit to 16M-signing bonus.

 

 
Dodgers-White Sox…LA opens Cactus League schedule today…Japanese free agent Kenta Maeda may make debut.

 

 
Dodgers..Yasiel Puig says he does not expect to be disciplined by MLB for bar incident with family member early in the off season.
Dodgers….Cuban free agent P-Yaisel Sierra reports to camp-will be working out of bullpen.
Dodgers…Setback for P-Hyun Jin-Ryu-feels discomfort in shoulder trying to get ready for bullpen session.
Dodgers..P-Brett Anderson sent to specialists for exam after back issues resurface-likley out of sptring training rotation.
Dodgers..P-Josh Ravin-miss 3-months with broken forearm in auto accident.

 

 
Angels-L-Giants…Cactus League opener….Cam Bedrosian gives up 3R-4H in lone inning of work…Hector Santiago throws 2-shutout innings…Conor Gillespie HR for Giants..Jeff Samardzija (2inn-1R)

 

 
Angels…Albert Pujols takes ground balls at first in practice…might DH this weekend-not ready to play in field-post foot surgery.

 

 
(Roster)

 

 
Yankees…Sign FA-OF-Chris Denorfia-ex Padres-Cubs-A’s.
Rangers..Sign FA-P-Anthony Carter-ex Red Sox.
Mariners..Sign FA-1B-Efren Navarro-ex-Orioles.

 

 
(MLB)

 

 
Yankees..Joe Girardi lectures Yankees players in aftermath of Aroldis Chapman 30G-suspension-domestic abuse…”Think before you act”….GM-Brian Cashman says he is glad MLB ‘sending strong message’.

 

 
Cardinals…Sign 2B-Kolten Wang-(5Y-36M) extension

Royals…OF-Jarrod Dyson out with oblique injury

 

 
Rockies…Decide to elevate fences at Coors Field…Left field wall goes from 5′ to 13’…..Right field wall elevated to 8′ high.

 

 
(Scoreboard)

 

 
Braves-W-Orioles…Mallex Smith HR-3 hits..Ubaldo Jiminez-Odri Despainge give up 8-runs in first two innings.

 

 
Yankees-W-Tigers..Luis Severino gives up 5R-in 2nd…Yankees rally on Dustin Ackley 2R-double..came from (7-0) deficit.

 

 
Tigers-W-Pirates…Jarrod Saltalamacchia HR-JaCoby Jones HRs-Detroit.

 

 
Twins-W-Orioles..Jorge Polanco-double-HR for Minnesota.

 

 
Nationals-W-Tampa..Scott Sizemore 3R-HR.

 

 
Jays-Tie-Phillies..Ryan Goins 2R-triple for Toronto

 

 
Indians-Tie-Reds..Tribe hits 2HRs.

 

 
Rangers-W-Kansas City..Nomar Mazara 3R-HR-4RBI for Texas

 

 
Arizona-W-Rockies..Wellington Castillo Double-HR-Archie Bradley 2inn-0 hits for Dbacks.

 

 
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NFL…Releases update Salary Cap figures for 2016-Free Agency.
…Jacksonville (74.6M) to spend.
…Raiders (74.1M)
…Giants (57.7M)
…49ers (55M)
…Bucs (49.4M)
…Browns (47.6M)..Titans (47.2M)
…Bears (46.3M)..Rams (46.1M).

 

 
…Chargers have (32.1M) to spend

 

 
…Redskins (-6M) over the cap-still must cut players.
…Dolphins (-3M)
…Denver (-1M).

 

 
…Saints (25M) in Dead Cap money for released players.
…Falcons (19.9M)
…Giants (9.7M)
…49ers (6.6M)…Rams (6.5M)..Bears (6.4M)..Titans (6.3M)

 

 
Broncos…Sports Authority-owns stadium naming rights files for Chapter 11-bankruptcy and will likely close stores

 

 
(Teams)

 

 
Ravens…Re-negotiate QB-Joe Flacco contract…3Y-extension worth 66M-with 40M-guaranteed bonus money…Cuts (28M) cap figure in half.

Browns…Pro Bowl C-Alex Mack opts out of contract for free agency.

Falcons…Release WR-Roddy White-(808-receptions) for 10,683Y in Atlanta career

Patriots..Release WR-Brandon LaFell..TE-Scott Chandler

Cowboys…CB-Brandon Carr-likely be released (13.8M) cap figure.

 

 
Raiders..Prepared to bid on Bengals FA-CB-Pac Man Jones next week.

 

 
Titans..Sign FA-CB-Brice McCain-released by Miami

 

 
(NFL)

 

 
Giants..Tom Coughlin admits there are hard feelings over his firing by team.
Saints..Consider pulling preseason camp out of Greenbrier, West Virginia-return to New Orleans
Dallas..Ex-Cowboys running back Joe Randle raises 100,000-bail after 9-days in jail..facing 7-different charges including 4-counts aggravated assault trying to run over people with car in Wichita, Kansas.

 

 

(College)

 

 
Sun Belt Conference…Drops Idaho-New Mexico State from league…geographical and money issues.
Big Sky Conference…Says it would consider bringing Idaho in as 1-AA school….New Mexico State refusing to drop to 1AA.

 

 
Ivy League…Bans all contact in spring football workouts to cut down on injuries and concussion issues.

 

 

San Diego State..Announces 2016-football schedule…Open 2-home games…New Hampshire-California…then play back to back on road at Northern Illinois and South Alabama….Conference schedule includes road games at Fresno-Utah State-Nevada-Wyoming….Home games with UNLV-Colorado State-Hawaii-San Jose.

 

 
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Lakers-L-Denver (117-107)..DJ Augustin scores 22P in 4th quarter for Nuggets…LA (12-50)

 

 

Clippers-W-Oklahoma City (103-98)..Thunder blow 20-point lead…DeAndre Jordan 2-baskets-free throw-2-rebounds in final minute…Jamal Crawford-Wesley Johnson combined 23-off bench….Jordan winds up with (20P-18R) in game…LA (40-20)..Thunder (42-19)

 

 

Spurs-W-Detroit..Kawhi Leonard (27P)…San Antonio (51-9)…(29-0) home

 

 
Golden State-Oklahoma City…Warriors (54-5)..(25-0) home heading into tonite game.
Spurs-New Orleans….San Antonio goes for 52nd win of season

 

 
Oklahoma City…Thunder owner Aubrey McClendon indicted for price fixing in oil-gas industry with Chesapeake Energy in Oklahoma.

 

 
Minnesota…Buys out contract of G-Kelvin Martin.

 

 
UMinnesota…Coach Richard Pitino suspends 3-players for rest of season when sexually explicit video shows up on their social media accounts.

 

 
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Ducks-W-Montreal (3-2) OT-Shootout…Jakub Silfverberg shootout goal-Ducks came from behind twice in game…Anaheim (17-1-1) in last 19-games…Habs (11-25-2) after (19-4-3) start.

 

 
Kings-Montreal…LA (37-21-4) heading into tonight’s game.
Ducks-at-Arizona..Anaheim hottest team in NHL since Christmas

 

 
Kings..Sign FA-G-Peter Budaj to NHL deal…top goalie in American Hockey League (30-10-3) with 1.60-GAA for Ontario.

 

 
Gulls..Release F-Kyle Boris (4G) this season.

 

 
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———————————-(General)—————————-

 

 
PGA…Cadillac Championships-Doral-tees off today…47-of-top-50 money winners in tourney.

 

 
NASCAR….Drivers head into Nevada for the Kobalt 400-at-Las Vegas on Sunday.

 

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