Football

• Chargers..Stadium Task Force says it chose Qualcomm Stadium sight for new NFL Stadium because it would cost $250M-less-City owns property.
• Task Force..East Village would have entailed purchasing-spending $150M for the MTS land and $100M-for additional parcels owned by State.
• Task Force..Qualcomm sight offers additional land-funding from San Diego River District…Ability to obtain State funding for River Walk development…Believe they can formulate a “Q Community” involving Stadium…Business offices…Buildings for SDSU…Parking Garage…1500-room hotel
• Task Force…Estimate project would cost $1.2B in its entirety….Negotiate 10-different revenue streams-plus Loan from County…NFL G-Loan… Spanos contribution….”We want to develop a Q-Village within the city”….”Difficult does not mean impossible”.

• Task Force..Mayor Kevin Faulconer spoke to Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday afternoon.  NFL-VP Stadium Operation Eric Grubman will meet with Mayor-Task Force the first week of April to discuss their plans.

• Task Force…Adam Day says Mark Fabiani told him the Chargers would be willing to work on developing either sight…Says there were too many obstacles to overcome with the East Village sight, with land purchase, hotel tax issue, Convention Center, MTS issues, zoning, Port District….Said 4-of-9 Task force members believed Downtown was best sight but after reviewing all documents-Q sight with growth potential the best…Says when financing is put to a vote-it will not involve any public tax money-will not need 2/3rds vote…only 50%-Plus-1….Says he will not negotiate with Chargers-only responsibility gather data-make recommendation to Mayor.

• Chargers..Remain mum about free agent visits-in desperate need of DL help-available Vince Wilfork-New England..Red Bryant-Jaguars…Bringing in Miami-CB-Jimmy Wilson for visit.
• Chargers…Ryan Matthews finally signs with Eagles..says injuries in San Diego were ‘bad luck’…Future starts now…excited with ‘Run Downhill’ offense…Chargers lose S-Marcus Gilchrist-signs FA-deal NY Jets.

• NFL Free Agency…(19) Signings Thursday….Total (87) Players signed in 3-days…Plus 8-trades.

• Eagles..Sign FA-RB-DeMarco Murray-Cowboys (5Y-$42M-21G)…FA-RB-Ryan Mathews-Chargers (3Y-$11.5M-5G).
• Jets..Sign FA-CB-Antonio Cromartie-Arizona (4Y-$32M)..CB-Marcus Gilchrist-Chargers
• New Orleans..Sign FA-CB-Brandon Browner-Patriots.

• Atlanta..Sign-FA-DE-Adrian Clayborn-Tampa Bay…FA-CB-Philip Adams-Jets.
• Buffalo..Sign FA-QB-Tyrod Taylor-Ravens.
• Chicago..Sign FA-WR-Eddie Royal-Chargers (3Y)
• Cleveland..Sign FA-QB-Thad Lewis.
• Dallas..Sign FA-FB-Jed Collins-Lions…LB-Jasper Brinkley-Vikings
• Denver..Sign FA-DT-Vance Walker-Chiefs
• Houston..Sign FA-S-Rahim Moore-Denver.
• Kansas City..Sign FA-OG-Paul Fanaika-Arizona.
• New England..Sign FA-LB-Jon Freeny-Miami.
• Oakland..Sign FA-S-Nate Allen-Eagles.
• San Francisco..Sign FA-TE-Gerrett Celek.
• St Louis..Sign FA-S-Akeem Ayers-Patriots
• Tampa Bay..Signs FA-S-Chris Conte-Bears..FA-DT-Henry Melton-Cowboys
• Washington..Sign FA-DT-Terrance Knighton-Broncos.

• Saints-Chiefs…Trade-New Orleans deals OG-Ben Grubbs to Chiefs for #5

• Kansas City..Release WR-Dwayne Bowe-had ($14M-Cap Figure)
• Colts..Release RB-Trent Richardson-former lst round pick.
• Arizona..Release-Lyle Sendlein-C
• Jacksonville..Release-Red Bryant-DE
• San Francisco..Release-Stevie Johnson-WR.

• Minnesota..Adrian Peterson meets 3rd time with Front office to discuss his future.

• Buffalo..Visit Percy Harvin-WR-Bills
• Denver..Visit Darian Stewart-S-Ravens.
• Detroit..Visit Justin Blalock-OT-Atlanta.
• Indianapolis..Visit Vince Wilfork-DT-Patriots..
• Minnesota..Visit Michael Johnson-DE-Tampa Bay.
• New England..Visit Nick Fairley-DT-Detroit..Ahtyba Rubin-DT-Cleveland.
• New Orleans..Visit CJ Spiller-RB-Buffalo.
• NYJets..Visit Cecil Shorts-WR-Jaguars.
• St. Louis..Visit Nick Fairley-DT-Detroit.
• Seattle..Visit Stefan Wisniewski-C-Raiders.
• Tampa Bay..Visit Derrick Morgan-DE-Tennessee…Sterling Moore-LB-Dallas.

Baseball

• Padres-L-Dodgers (1-0)..Joc Pederson hits HR-9th inning off Jose Valverde…James Shields (3inn-0R-5K)
• Padres…Tim Fedorowicz-Surgery was delayed by one day…will be operated on today…Coach Glen Hoffman-minor meniscus surgery yesterday-back in Peoria to begin rehab this weekend.

• Padres..Comedian Will Farrell threw one pitch for Dodgers in game-then played RF for whole inning for Padres..Completed day long activity Cactus League-played in 6-games today to raise awareness for Cancer…Committed Cardinals sin-entered Stadium-went into Padres dugout wearing Giants uniform..came out wearing Dodgers jersey..then changed into Padres uniform in 9th inning…

• Angels-W-Cubs (10-9)…Sean Newcombe (.2inn-2R-4H)…Cubs pitcher Felix Doubrant (2inn-6R-9H)..Mike Trout 3H-Halos.
• Reds-W-Arizona..Brandon Phillips (3H) for Cinn…DBacks P-Allen Webster (2.2inn-4R-7H)
• Texas-W-Chisox..Adrian Beltre HR.
• Milwaukee-W-Colorado..Aramis Ramirez 2R-single..Willie Peralta (3inn-1H).
• A’s-W-Seattle..Austin Jackson single-double for Athletics.
• Kansas City-W-Cleveland..Sal Perez (3H) for Royalsl
• Giants-W-White Sox..Travis Ishakawa HR-2RBIs..Madison Bumgarner (2.2inn-2R)
• Yankees-W-Braves..Masahira Tanaka 2-perfect innings-first outing since elbow injury last year.
• Phillies-W-Detroit..Justin Verlander (3inn-1H)..Joe Nathan gives up 6R.
• Minnesota-W-Miami..Mike Pelfrey (3inn-0R).
• Houston-W-Detroit..Jose Altuve (3H) for Astros.
• Boston-W-Pirates…David Ortiz 3RHR-Pablo Sandoval HR back-to-back.
• St Louis-W-Baltimore..Mark Reynolds 3RHR..Jaime Garcia (4inn-5K)
• Tampa Bay-W-Toronto..Steve Souza-Logan Forsythe HRs for Rays.
• Mets-W-Washington..Mike Cuddyer-Curtis Granderson HRs

• Dodgers…Report offering Cuban 2B-Hector Olivero (6Y-$77M) deal…..Miami offer ($53M)..Padres ($52M)…Braves ($43M)

• Texas..P-Yu Darvish wants 3rd opinion on possible elbow surgery.
• Kansas City..P-Tim Collins to miss year-elbow ligament surgery yesterday.
• Indians..P-Gavin Floyd-out indefinitely with re-fractured elbow.
• Mets..P-Josh Edgin-needs elbow surgery.
• Atlanta..P-Mike Minor will start season on DL-shoulder woes.

Basketball

• Mountain West Tourney.
• Aztecs-W-UNLV (67-64)..Aqueel Quinn hits 5-3 point shots…(21P)..Aztecs go (25-7)…SDSU faces CSU tonite in 2nd round
• Wyoming-W-Utah State…Josh Adams (19P).
• Boise State-W-Air Force..Nic Duncan (23P) for Broncos.
• Colorado State-W-Fresno State..Rams jump out to early 18P-lead in first half..

• Lakers-L-NY Knicks (101-94)..Tim Hardaway Jr (22P) in NY come-from-behind win..Lakers (3-14) on 3’s…Lakers (17-47)..Knicks (13-51)

• Cleveland-W-San Antonio (OT)..(128-125)…Kyrie Irving scores (57P)..(7-7) on 3’s .(10-10) on FT…in huge Cavs comeback win on road..Cleveland won 22-of-27 games..LeBron James-Kevin Love went (12-30) shooting..Tony Parker (31)…Kawhi Leonard (24).

• Clippers-at-Dallas..Tonite

• NYKnicks..GM-Phil Jackson says “Project gone awry-season is failed experiment”…says team has 30M-cap space and will use free agency and a lottery pick to get better quickly…Says there will be 190-free agents to choose from….calls some of the teams losses this year ‘a fiasco’.

• Charlotte…F-Al Jefferson-MRI-knee-calf problems.

Hockey

• American Hockey League…Montreal moves top farmclub from Hamilton, Ontarito to St. John’s,New Brunswick….Winnipeg moving St. John’s team to Manitoba-then likely into AHL-Pacific Division in 2016.

• LAKings-W-Vancouver.(4-0)..Anzi Kopitar-Marian Gaborik score early… Kings won 12-of-16
• Ducks-at-Minnesota…Anaheim (42-20-7) heading into road game tonight.

General

• NASCAR…Headed to Valley of Sun for Phoenix 400.
• Formua 1..Season opening race Australian Grand Prix…huge questions about Team McLaren-Mercedes dominance
• Formula 1..Fernando Alonso ruled out of race with concussion suffered in pracctice in Spain.
• Formula 1..Sauber Team ordered to let driver Giedo Van DeGarde race-had contract to drive in 2015..Was removed when team added two other drivers for two rides-He sued-and won.
• Formula 1..Reinstates Marussia team-which folded last fall with money problems….has new backers.

• PGA-Valspar Championships-Palm Beach…Brandon Davis (65)..Sean O’Hara (66)..Henrik Stenson (66) head leaderboard.
• PGA..John Daly calls Drug Testing program a joke..says there are no random tests…he gets tested regularly and knows in advance when they are coming..says PGA has ‘safe players’ who are clean they keep testing to run up numbers how many tests they do during year.

• Floyd Mayweather..Reports he put chokehold on 19 year old son during family argument on Haloween…family wants son to press assault charges.
• Tennis..Australian star Bernard Tomic-under investigation for bragging he had access to $50,000-coacine to underage girls.
• MLS..New York Football Club-debut-Yankees Stadium turf a mess for weekend home opener.

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