Baseball

• Padres…Win bidding war for FA-P-James Shields-Royals…(4Y-$72M) deal with 5th year option worth another $16M…Padres give up next year’s lst round draft pick to the Royals as compensation…San Diego goes to Cactus League with 8-experienced starting pitchers and 7-established relief pitchers-Total 15 for 11-spots on staff….Shields signing gives them depth in case Ian Kennedy leaves as a free agent….would allow them to move Andrew Cashner to a closer’s role to protect his arm.
• Padres..Hold private workout for Cuban 2B-3B-Yoan Moncada-19Y-free agent…At least 6-teams expected to bid on him.

• Miami..Opens talks with FA-P-Frankie Rodriguez-Brewers closer.
• Giants..Open talks with FA-OF-Dayan Viciedo-cut by White Sox.
• Mets..Not interested in signing FA-SS-Evreth Cabrera-Padres yet.
• Detroit-Toronto..Talk about deal..Tigers interested in veteran C-Dionner Navarro due to knee surgery Victor Martinez.

• Braves..Hire Fred McGriff-Greg Walker as Assistants to GM-John Hart.

Football

• NFL..Issues Memo to owners of 32-teams reminding them the NFL will decide which franchise moves to Los Angeles…and that any application has to go thru the Committee on Los Angeles-headed by Chiefs owner Clark Hunt…Memo is issued a day after dirt moving equipment moved into Hollywood Park sight..Rams owner Stan Kroenke seems certain to test NFL in court over ability to move from St. Louis to Los Angeles.

• Carolina..DE-Greg Hardy domestic abuse trial ends when fiancee refuses to cooperate with investigators..Report Hardy settled a financial claim with her out of court…Hardy is on NFL Exempt List after being paid $13M to sit out Panthers season while court case was being developed..NFL maintains he still has to face a Roger Goodell disciplinary hearing.
• Colts..RB-Trent Richardson was removed from playoff roster after numerous issues with weight problems-missing meeting with Colts..Indy may void the $3.1M-guarantee in his contract for next season.
• Bears..Legendary DT-Steve McMichael rips QB-Jay Cutler-‘like bad family member-you can’t get rid of him’.

• Rams..Ask QB-Sam Bradford to take a paycut from $12.9M-deal for 2015 after missing last two years with knee injuries.
• Ravens..Ex-RB-Jamal Lewis-in bankruptcy-sells Super Bowl ring for $51,000

• Chargers..Hire Chris Shula-grandson of Don Shula-to work on quality control on defense.
• Packers..Hire Mike Solari-OL-49ers.
• Green Bay..Shakeup on Mike McCarthy staff..RB-coach Edgar Bennett-named Off Coor..QB-coach-Tom Clements may call plays.
• 49ers..Hire Adam Henry-WR-LSU

• Dallas..Legendary RB-Tony Dorsett-says his CTE problems are growing-age 60.
• NY..Dave Goldberg-longtime NFL writer for Associated Press dies at (73Y)..worked for AP from 1968-2009.
• Philadelphia..Ed Sabol-Senior..Founder of NFL Films in 1964-passes away (93Y).

Basketball

• Clippers-W-Dallas..(115-98)…DeAndre Jordan (25P-27R) monster game…LA (34-19)..Mavs (35-9).
• Atlanta-W-Minnesota..Hawks (43-10).
• Golden State-W-76ers..Warriors (41-9).
• San Antonio-W-Indiana…Greg Popovich gets 1,000th career win.

• Lakers-Denver…Tonight…LA (13-38)

• Clippers..F-Blake Griffin-out (3-6W)…undergoes emergency surgery-staph infection on right elbow.
• Houston..C-Dwight Howard-told he will sit out 8W-rehab knee with plasma platelet stem cell injection.
• Oklahoma City..C-Steve Adams-out with fractured hand.
• NBA..Will not discipline Knicks owner James Dolan who wrote nasty letter to critical fan telling him to go root for Brooklyn Nets.
• Sacramento..C-DeMarcus Cousins goes on rant about “God’s Plan’ over poor season Kings having and coaching changes.
• Cleveland..LeBron James tweets ‘Fit in-not-Fit out’ in response to Kevin Love wanting to be his own man on Cavaliers.

• Mountain West Conference…Colorado State (7-4) MWC-hosts-New Mexico (6-5) in Fort Collins-both trying get back into race.
• San Diego State..off till Wednesday night-hosts Wyoming.

Hockey

• LAKings-W-Columbus…Jeff Carter goal-assist….LA won just 3-of-11 games.
• Ducks-at-Florida…Anaheim (34-13-7) heading into tonight’s game in Miami.

• Montreal..Claude Ruel-legendary Scout who replaced Toe Blake as coach and won Stanley Cup passes away (79Y)
• Tampa Bay-San Jose…Trade-Lightning deal veteran G-Evgeni Nabokov back to Sharks..he will retire at age 39.

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