Baseball

• Padres-L-Mariners (4-3)..Justin Upton hits HR…Upton-Matt Kemp combined (1-6)..P-Jason Lane (2in-1R-4H)..Yanger Solarte 2H…Mariners Taijuan Walker (2in-0R)
• Padres-Mariners…Cactus League…Ian Kennedy-Andrew Cashner will both pitch in today’s game in Peoria..Cashner to start..
• Padres..P-Josh Johnson cleared for lst bullpen session early next week..P-Corey Luebke-cleared throw on flat ground.

• Dodgers-L-White Sox (6-4)..Alexi Ramirez 3RBIs for Chisox..Jose Quintana (2in-0H) vs LA..Joc Pederson 2H for Dodgers as DH.
• Dodgers-White Sox…Clayton Kershaw makes start for LA-vs-John Danks

• Angels-Milwaukee…Halos open Cactus League schedule at Diablo Stadium-Tempe.
• Angels..An Arbitrator will decide whether slugger Josh Hamilton should be ordered into drug rehab for a cocaine-relapse, or be suspended without pay for another violation of drug program…4-member panel was deadlocked on how to deal with Hamilton…Slugger self-reported himself to MLB-his 3rd relapse of his career since 2009…If he enters rehab he gets partial salary…If suspended-he gets no salary.

• Tigers..P-Joel Hanrahan told he needs 2nd elbow ligament transplant operation.
• Red Sox..OF-Rusney Castillo suffers major oblique injury while in last at bat in game vs Boston College.
• Braves..P- Mike Minor-shutdown-shoulder tightness.
• Orioles..P-Brian Matusz stops workout with shoulder issue.
• Royals..P-Tim Collins to have MRI on ailing elbow.
• Pirates..2B-Josh Harrison-sprained ankle.
• Mariners..1B-Ji Choi-breaks ankle reaching for throw in game.

• Mets..Daniel Murphy-2B…Speaks out after former player Billy Bean visits clubhouse as Ambassador of Inclusion..Murphy-devout Catholic-said he disagrees with Bean’s lifestyle.
• Mets..Blowup in clubhouse..3B-David Wright-P-Bobby Parnell confront rookie P-Noah Syndegaard for eating lunch while game going on..Parnell dumps rookie’s food tray into garbage.

• Arizona-W-Rockies..Rubby DeLaRosa (2inn-0R)…Jordan Lyles-John Gray combine (4in-0R) for Rockies.
• A’s-W-Giants..Josh Reddick (3H-2RBI)..P-Jake Peavy (1in-2R-4H) for Giants.
• Toronto-W-Pirates..Kevin Pillar RBI-double for Jays…Bucs-rookie SS-Korea-Jung Kang-HR.
• Mets-W-Atlanta..NY-OF-Kirk Nieuwenhuis (4H)
• Royals-W-Texas..Eric Hosmer-Anthony Rios-Kendry Morales hit 3-homers in row in lst inning..Colby Lewis-Yvonni Gallardo give up combined (10R).
• Phillies-W-Yankees..Kevin Slowey (2in-0H) for Phillies..A-Rod (1-2-Walk)…mixture cheers-boos in Tampa.
• Detroit-W-Baltimore..Alex Castellalnos 2RHR for Tigers.
• Milwaukee-W-UMilwaukee..Brewers pitchers strike out 17.
• Cleveland-W-Cincinnati..Tribe rookie Francisco Lindon (2H) 3-big defensive plays.

• Dodgers..On this Day-1946… Jackie Robinson went thru lst workout with Montreal Royals-International League-Dodgers top farm club.
• Giants..Hire ex-C-Eli Whiteside as minor league catching instructor.
• Angels..Alex Johnson-former AL batting champion-passes away (72Y)-Cancer..hit (.329) with Angels..spent 13Y-in majors.

Football

• Chargers..Stadium Task Force meets with JMI-John Moore’s Construction Company to look at thier plans for Stadium-Convention Center Annex-cost $1.4B.

• Chargers..National Research group does survey-does not think San Diego market has enough wealth to buy PSLs…Says Public funding might reach 65% cost of stadium…Mark Fabiani criticizes says it City wants to try and sell 550M-in PSLs-go ahead-but city will then have to makeup any shortfall…Research group says Fabiani is being disingenuous again-saying Chargers would never let city sell PSLs on their own.

• Chargers..Visit with FA-KR-Jacoby Jones-Baltimore Ravens.
• 49ers..Offer FA contract to DT-Darnell Dockett-ex-Cardinals.
• Bills-Vikings..Trade..Minnesota deals QB-Matt Cassell-#6 pick  to Bills for 5th-7th round picks.
• Titans..Sign FA-LB-Jon Massaquoi-ex Falcons

• Houston..WR-Andre Johnson asks for release…walking away from (2Y-21M) contract…Release C-Chris Myers.
• Bears..Visit with FA-WR-Brian Hartline-Miami.
• Colts..Visit with FA-S-Tyvon Branch-ex Raiders.
• Saints..Visit with DT-Kendall Langford-Rams…Release-RB-Pierre Thomas.
• Jets..Visit with DT-Chris Canty-ex-Ravens.
• 49ers..Visit with KR-Ted Ginn-Arizona

• Vikings..Coach Mike Zimmer-GM Rick Spielman meet in Texas with RB-Adrian Peterson-4 hours..want him to take cut from $12.7M salary.
• Vikings..Adrian Peterson tells reporters there are still issues from his year long-suspension..that Vikings exec worked to block him from playing in 2014.
• Eagles..Asked DE-Trent Cole to take paycut from $11M-cap figure deal-refused-released.
• Steelers..Asking S-Troy Polamalu to retire
• Denver..QB-Peyton Manning reworks $15M-contract-with $4M incentives
• Ravens..Ask CB-Lardarius Webb to take paycut from $8M-deal…Ask DT-Hloti Ngata to take cut from 12M-cap figure contract.

• Green Bay..DT-Letroy Guion plea bargains DUI-Marijuana-Gun charges into deferred prosecution-probation..still facing NFL suspension.
• Carolina..DE-Greg Hardy meets with NFL to discuss possible suspension for last year domestic abuse arrest

• Toronto-CFL..Argos sign ex-Bengals RB-Bernard Scott..ex-Houston-RB-Steve Slaton.
• Rams..Officials meet with St Louis city officials to review plans for $1B-Stadium built on Mississippi River.

• Aaron Hernandez Trial..Judge bars any testimony of alleged shooting Hernandez was involved in badly wounded friend while at U-Florida.

Basketball

• Lakers-L-Miami.(100-94)..Dwayne Wade (25P)..Hassan Whiteside (25R) for Heat…LA  drops to (16-44)
• Clippers-L-Portland (98-93)..Clippers blow 10P-lead in 4th Q..Blazers win in OT…Chris Paul-JJ Redick combine 62..LA without Blake Griffin-Jamal Crawford-Matt Barnes injuries..Blazers Damian Lillard (1-13) shooting..Blazers hit 22FT in game…LaMarcus Aldridge (29P)
• Golden State-W-Milwaukee..Warriors (47-12)
• Memphis-W-Houston..Grizzlies now (43-17)
• Cavs-W-Toronto..LeBron James (29P)
• Oklahoma City-W-76ers…Russell Westbrook (49P-16R-10A) in Thunder victory
• Knicks-L-Indiana..New York (12-48)

• Knicks..Coach Derek Fisher questions character-integrity of players after team lost by 38 points at home to Sacramento.
• Knicks..NBA fines GM-Phil Jackson again-this time for making comment on Ohio State player-ready for NBA draft.

• SDSU-W-UNLV..(60-58)..Aztecs strong 2nd half rally-hit FT down stretch….State (13-5) in league..
• CSU-W-Nevada..JJ Avila (27P) for Rams..CSU (12-5) in conference.
• Boise State-W-San Jose..Broncos hit 9-3’s..BSU (13-4) in MWC…Spartans (2-27) on year.
• Wyoming-W-Utah State…Larry Nance scores 21P-after missing 3-weeks iwth mono..Cowboys (11-6) in league.

Hockey

• Ducks-W-Canadiens (3-1)…Goalie John Gibson (37-Saves)……Anaheim (42-17-7)…Habs (41-18-5)
• Kings-Montreal…Tonight
• Florida..Panthers crisis in goal-both goalies hurt..Al Montoya-severe groin..Roberto Luongo-concussion.

General

• MLS..Mediator enters soccer talks trying to avert Friday player’s strike…16-Hours of talks ends strike threat with late nite deal…Free Agency for players with 8-years in league..League approves 64% increase in lst year salaries..Salary capped-Tiered free agency with max pay raises from 15-to-25% based on new contract…Teams not have right to match offers…Player has ‘right to choose next market’ option and leave club without compensation.

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