Friday September 19th, 2014
Baseball
- Padres…Conflicting rumors about future Manager Bud Black…Black and entire staff told they will likely come back to serve final year of their contracts in 2015-but may not be given a contract extension unless team makes playoffs….Peter Gammons-Ken Rosenthal both reported this week-internal discussions Padres organization-would consider making a change-team not made playoffs in 8-years…4-straight sub-500 seasons in a row.
- Padres-W-Phillies (7-3)..Alexi Amirista-Will Venable HRs..Padres win 3-of-4 vs Phillies
- Padres-Giants…San Francisco just 2-half GB-Dodgers in fight for first place..Odri Despaigne (3-7) vs Tim Hudson.
- Dodgers-W-Cubs (8-4)..LA scores 5R-in-7th come-from-behind win.
- LA-Chicago…Clayton Kershaw (19-3) tries to stop the Dodgers slide.
- Angels-L-Seattle (3-0)..Logan Morrison hits 3RHR in 9th for Mariners
- Angels..Shutdown slugger Josh Hamilton-severe pain from ribcage injury.
- Halos-Texas…weekend series in Anaheim.
- Pirates-W-Red Sox..Starlin Marte HR for Pittsburgh.
- Nationals-W-Miami..Bryce Harper 3H-for Washington.
- Brewers-L-Cardinals..Redbirds take 2-half game lead in NL Central.
- Rockies-W-Diamondbacks..Will Rosario 2R-HR in 9th for Colorado
- Rangers-W-Athletics..Texas wins 6th in row…Athletics monumental collapse continues-lost 25-of-36 since July.
- Indians-W-Astros..Mike Aviles SFly in 13th gives Tribe win.
- Yankees-W-Toronto..Derek Jeter HR..Chase Headley drives home game winner in 9th.
- Detroit-Kansas City…Showdown series in AL Central…Tigers have half-game lead over Royals…Detroit will start Justin Verlander-Max Scherzer-Rick Porcello in 3-game series…Royals best record since 1989.
- Texas..Manager Ron Washington 3-minute press conference-said he resigned because he committed adultery-could not live with guilty.
- Rockies..Manager Wal Weiss says he will not quit despite disastrous season.
- Yankees…OF-Carlos Beltran leaves club-wife had miscarriage at 8-months.
- Twins..P-Glen Perkins taken to Mayo Clinic-full exam of neck-shoulder-arm problems.
- Braves..SS-Andreltton Simmons-sprained foot..OF-Jason Heyward-Thumb
- Arizona..P-Oliver Perez–65G-shutdown-shoulder fatigue.
- Giants..Barry Bonds-disgraced slugger-goes to California Court of Appeals-to argue obstruction of justice conviction should be overturned…initially convicted for giving false-misleading-meandering answers during the BALCO trial.
Football
- Chargers..May be forced to start rookie Chris Watt at center…journeyman Doug Legursky at guard…Back injuries-Johnnie Troutmann-Rich Ohrnberger…Bills off to (2-0) start with strong defensive front anchored by Kyle Williams-Marcel Darius…QB-EJ Manuel-WR-Sammy Watkins-3 RBs…Chargers without heavy duty RB-Ryan Mathews-will become a throw first-run second team…Weather-Hi Winds-Rain-Warm in Buffalo….Credibility check game for Bills-How really good are they.
- NFL…Pepsico-becomes 2nd big corporate sponsor-send letter to NFL-“Disturbed repugnant behavior of NFL players-Cloud over the integrity over the NFL now.
- NFL…Verizon-which spends 250M a year in advertising-demands the NFL begin education program with players ‘right-vs-wrong’ decisions in life.
- Giants..Eli Manning tells media-“NFL-Players-Teammates should not accept bad behavior of players.”
- Arizona..Police report..RB-Jon Dwyer-head butted wife-breaking nose-threw shoe at infant-punch wife in face next day-threatened to kill himself in angry rage.
- NY Jets..QB-Michael Vick says he supports Commissioner Roger Goodell-doing best he can..RB-Chris Johnson-agrees with Adrian Peterson approach discipline.
- San Francisco..Hall of Fame WR-Jerry Rice-“Niners should remove DT-Ray McDonald” from team till his court case is over.
- Carolina..Outrage over fact Panthers will have to pay 7M-salaries for next 10W-to DE-Greg Hardy while he awaits trial on domestic abuse.
- Raiders..Criticism mounts against GM-Reggie McKenzie for wasting 69M-cap space on aging defensive players-and mistakes with money given QBs-Terrelle Pryor-Matt Flynn-Matt Schaub.
- Arizona..QB-Carson Palmer-no progress in recovering from nerve bruise in right throwing shoulder-could be out for 5-weeks.
- Denver-Seattle..lst meeting since Super Bowl blowout…Seahawks upset at loss last week in San Diego..Broncos get WR-Wes Welker back.
- Eagles-Redskins..DeSean Jackson-WR-says he will play against old team..QB-Kirk Cousins takes over as starter for RG3…Redskins pass rush vs Nick Foles.
- Green Bay-Detroit..Big NFC matchup…Aaron Rogers-vs-Matt Stafford in QB-duel.
- 49ers-Arizona..Early season showdown in NFC-West..Cardinals seeking to go (3-0)…Could Niners be looking at 2nd loss already.
- Chiefs-Miami..Kansas City-ripped by injuries-could be looking at (0-3) start.
- Bears-Jets..QB-Jay Cutler goes against New York pass rush.
- Atlanta-W-Tampa Bay (56-14)..Falcons jump out to (49-0)..Matt Ryan (286P-3TD)..Devin Hester 20th TD on kick returns..Julio Jones (9R-190)..Bucs give up 488-yards….
College Football
- San Diego State-Oregon State..Aztecs face high powered Beavers QB-Sean Mannion.
- USC-UCLA both have weekend off.
- 1-Florida State faces Clemson..QB-Jameis Winston suspended for first half of game for obscene language incident on-campus.
- 2-Oregon meets Washington State…Ducks QB-Marcus Mariota vs-Cougars QB-Connor Halladay-who threw 6TDs last week.
- 3-Alabama-vs-Florida…Tide (3-0)..Gators (2-0)
- 5th ranked Auburn-W-Kansas State..Tigers QB-Nick Marshall 2TDs…Auburn defense 3-takeaways from KState.
Basketball
- Sacramento Kings..Sign-FA-backup C-Ryan Hollins-LA Clippers
Hockey
- LAKings-Anaheim Ducks…Both open preseason camp workouts today…Kings return Stanley Cup team intact..Ducks without Teemu Selanne-Saku Koivu.
- Chicago..Opens camp with veteran center Brad Richards joining team.
- St Louis..Big money free agent Paul Stasny joins team today.
- Colorado..Surprise team last year-adds Jarome Iginla to roster.
- Ottawa..Begins life after hi scoring captain-center Jason Spezza who was traded.
General
- NASCAR…New Hampshire 400…2nd race in the 1M-Chase for Championship.
- Formula 1…Singapore Grand Prix.
- Formula 1..CEO Bernie Ecclestone says 4-small teams in trouble of folding..proposes 8-teams next field 3-cars per team for 24-car grid.
- Soccer..MLS may fold Chivas USA Team…put it up for sale and move it to another city..Team (6-16-6)-averaging just 6900-fans a game.
- Tennis..Wimbledon champ Andy Murray says he voted for Scotland to break away from the United KIngdom.
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