Hacksaw’s Headlines-Friday

Posted by on June 29th, 2018  •  0 Comments  • 

……..(World Cup Soccer)

Knockout Round-Matchups-Schedule

(Saturday)
..France-Argentina…Matchup Paul Pogba-vs-Lionel Messi
..Uruguay-Portugal…Luis Suarez-vs-Christiano Ronaldo

(Sunday)
..Spain-Russia..Diego Costa-vs-Dennis Cherynev
..Croatia-Denmark…..Croats (3-0) heading into knockout round
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(Monday)
..Brazil-Mexico..Neymar-vs-Chicharito
..Belgium-Japan

(Tuesday)
..England-Colombia..Harry Kane and English firepower
..Sweden-Switzerland.

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(Scoreboard)

England-L-Belgium (1-0)..Adrian Januzij scores in (51′)
Poland-W-Japan (1-0)..Japan advances on ‘fair play rule’-lest number yellow cards
Senegal-L-Columbia (1-0)..Yerry Mina scores on header.
Tunisia-W-Panama (2-1)…..1st win in 40-years in Cup play for Tunisia.

(MLS)

DC United…Signs Wayne Rooney-Chelsea to 13M-transfer deal.

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……..(Baseball)……..

Padres….Off day on Thursday.

Padres-Pirates…Friday matchup..Eric Lauer (3-4)-vs-Joe Mutgrave (2-3).

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Dodgers-L-Cubs (11-5)..Anthony Rizzo 3R-double..Addison Russel 2R-HR-4RBI…Clayton Kershaw (5inn-1R)….LA bullpen gave up 10-runs…..Dodgers (17-7) last 24-games….Cubs won just 4-of-12.

Dodgers-Rockies…Friday…Rich Hill (1-2)-vs-Tyler Anderson (4-3)…Rockies lost 7-of-12.

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Angels-Red Sox…..Angels lost 12-of-16.

Halos-Orioles….Friday pitcher Felix Pena (0-0)-vs-Dave Hess (20-4)….Orioles (23-57) record.

Angels…DH-Shohei Ohtani-cleared to take batting practice and DH in games-will not pitch though but injured elbow is healing after plasma injection.

Angels..DL-P-Jake Jewell-broken fibular above ankle.

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Arizona-W-Miami…Zach Greinke 7-shuout innings…Nick Ahmed RBI-double…D-Backs have won 15-of-20.

Houston-W-Tampa Bay….Joe Marisnick solo HR in 1-0 win…..Astros won 18-of-21

Twins-W-White Sox..Logan Morrison HR…winning run on bases loaded walk

A’s-W-Tigers..Ced Pinder RBI double.

Mariners-W-Orioles…Nelson Cruz 2R-HR..RBI single….Baltimore (23-57)

Rockies-W-Giants…DJ LeMahieu HR-5RBI….Rockies lost 13-of-20…SF won 7-of-9

Washington-L-Phillies…Rhys Hoskins 2R-HR…..Nationals lost 12-of-16

Reds-L-Brewers…..Eric Thames 3R-HR…Jesus Aguilar 2R-HR….Cincinnati won 12-of-16….Milwaukee (5-6) last 11 games.

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(MLB)

Detroit…Fired pitching coach Chris Bosio hires lawyer for ‘wrongful termination suit’….denies he slurred clubhouse attendant….says he was calling P-Daniel Stumpf ‘spider monkey’ in joke…not making reference towards black clubhouse attendant.

Atlanta…Man found dead in freezer at Braves Park…was trapped inside while installing beer equipment.

David Wells..former major league pitching star retires as head coach at Point Loma High-…was (67-54) with two titles.

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(Injuries)

Houston..DL-SS-Carlos Cornea-Back strain.
Cubs..P-Yu Darvish shutdown again in bullpen-tricep pain
Braves..DL-P-Brandon McCarthy-knee strain
Pirates..DL-2B-Sean Rodriguez-quad injury.
Royals..DL-P-Justin Grimm-shoulder
Orioles..DL-P-Darren O’Day-shoulder
Arizona..DL-C-Alex Avila-concussion
Braves..DL-P-Mike Soroka-transferred to 60-day DL
Cubs..Activate P-Brandon Morrow from DL
Phillies..P-Pat Neshek-sent out on rehab.

(Roster Moves)

Mets..Confirm they will look at trade offers for P-Noah Syndegaard-Jacob deGrom.
Orioles..Ask OF-Adam Jones to waive 10-5 no trade clause for a deal
Twins..Sign FA-C-Jason Grateral-ex Angels.
Braves..Callup P-Mike Zagurski
Royals..DFA-2B-Ryan Goins
Marlins..Callup P-Sandy Alcantra
Giants..Release 2B-Josh Rutledge.

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……(Basketball)…….

Cavaliers….LeBron James faces 9pm-deadline to opt out of 36M-contract-become free agent.

Clippers…C-DeAndre Jordan must decide by tonite on option out of his 24M-contract.

San Antonio…NBA reports Spurs have decided to trade F-Kawhi Leonard-deep discussions with Boston….Asking price G-Jaylen Brown…#1-picks belonging to Sacramento and Memphis…Boston wants Spurs to take on contract of Kyrie Irving.

San Antonio….Dialogue reopens with Lakers….package may include Brandon Ingram…rights to 1st round pick Moritz Wagner…Kyle Kouzma and 1st round pick.

Oklahoma City…G-Paul George opts out of 20M final year of contract.

Lakers….Invite Malik Pope-SDSU….Malik Nesome-Kansas…Joel Berry-North Carolina…Jon Williams-Gonzaga to play on Summer League team.

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……….(Football)……….

Tampa Bay…QB-Jameis Winston suspended for groping a female Uber driver….suspended 3-games without pay…..apologizes to driver….still facing lawsuit from March 2016 incident.

Carolina…Outgoing owner Jerry Richardson fined 2.7M by NFL for sexual workplace misconduct.

Chicago…Tammates praise QB-Mitch Trubisky for his leadership of team.

Kansas City…Players say QB-Pat Mahomes has competitive personality of Brett Favre.

Arizona..Rookie QB-Josh Rosen praises veteran Sam Bradford of helping him.

Seattle…NFL off coor Darrel Bevell says he will likely sit out this season then hopes to return to NFL next year as an assistant.

Josh Norman-DeMario Tavis…Redskins DB-Texans LB-showup at Texas border with truckload supplies for migrant families stuck at the border.

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NCAA…confirms 778-schools will field football teams next fall at all levels…7-new football programs will launch in 2019…and 4-more in 2020…including University of New England and Wheeling Jesuit….all new schools will be Division II-III or NAIA

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……..(Hockey)………

NHL Free Agency…..Window to sign players opens on Sunday.

John Tavares….6-clubs make bids on New York Islanders star free agent.

Montreal-Buffalo…Trade talks…Habs trying to acquire Sabres-C-Ryan O’Reilly…coust cost Habs 1st-and-2nd round picks.

Ottawa…Taking trade offers for D-Erik Karlsson.

New York Islanders…meet with Ottawa free agent G-Craig Anderson.
Detroit…visits with BuffaloFfA-G-Robin Lehrner
Montreal…meets with Red Wings FA-D-Xavier Ouellete.

Ottawa…Owner Eugene Melynk and NHL both deny reports he has put Senators franchise up for sale.

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……(General)………

PGA Golf…Quicken Loan Open…..Andrew Landry-JJ Spann fired 7-under 63 for lead…Tiger Woods has double bogey-finishes even par (70)

NASCAR….runs Chicagoland 400 this weekend.
Formula 1…Austrian Grand Prix…Lewis Hamilton has 5-wins on year
Indy Car…Off weekend.

Iditarod….Alaskan dog sled race has financial problems…Jack Daniels-Whiskey-cancels sponsorship because of ‘dog doping’ allegations involving some breeders..

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