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…(Baseball)…

Padres-Dodgers…Game 3-Petco Park-Friday…Blake Snell-vs-Tony Gonsolin….Tied (1-1) in series

Padres..Will have Sean Manaea on call if Snell struggles
Padres..Bullpen has now gone 15-innings without allowing a run

Dodgers..Will have Andrew Heaney-Dustin May on call if Gonsolin struggles
Dodgers..Possible batting order shakeup coming
..Mookie Betts hitting (.125) in this series
..Justin Turner (.167)
..Cody Bellinger (.167)
..Trayce Thompson (.000)
..Chris Taylor (.000)

Dodgers…7-runners in scoring position in game 2-did not score a run…Had runners at 2nd base 4-times…at 3rd base 2-times..Could not score.
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(Scoreboard)

Astros-W-Mariners (4-2)….Yordan Alvarez 2RHR..Kyle Tucker solo HR in come from behind win over Luis Castillo-Seattle…..Astros lead series (2-0)….

Cleveland-Yankees…Rained out..will be rescheduled on Friday.
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(MLB Notes)

Colorado..Fire hitting coach Dave Magian..demote 3rd base coach Stu Cole.

Cubs..Owner Tom Ricketts writes letter to season ticket holders saying team will continue to invest in farm system.

Brewers…GM-David Stearns-says ‘trade of relief ace Josh Hader impacted team more than I thought it would’

Tigers..Reviewing medical treatment of pitchers…5-starters were injured with surgery this year

White Sox..Want to interview longtime Braves coach Ron Washington…and ex-Marlins coach Don Mattingly…did interview Astros coach Joe Espada.

Twins..SS-Carlos Correa opts out of remaining 2-years contract to test free agency.
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…(Football)….

Chargers..Did not practice on Thursday-since team plays on Monday Night vs Denver.

Rams..Coach Sean McVay-‘Club will make another offer to WR-Odell Beckham’
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(Scoreboard)

Washington-W-Bears (12-7)….Washington goal line stand at 1-yard line-4 straight stops of Bears to win…Commanders Defense 5-sacks-2-takeaways….Carson Wentz (99P) in win…Survive Justin Fields (190P-54R) effort…Thursday Night Football

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(Schedule)

Chargers-Broncos..Monday Night Football..Broncos QB-Russell Wilson had Plasma Platelet injection in shoulder..Wilson has thrown just 4-TD passes in 5-games

Cowboys-Eagles..Cooper Rush remains starting QB vs (5-0) Eagles
Bills-Chiefs..Josh Allen-Patrick Mahomes rematch
Arizona-Seattle..Kyler Murray-Geno Smith QB-showing down
Rams-Carolina..LA has 4-ailing Off lineman
49ers-Falcons..San Francisco power ball offense
Patriots-Browns..Bailey Zappe remains starting QB-New England
Jets-Packers..Green Bay struggling on offense with young WRs
Jaguars-Colts..Indy coach Frank Reich on thin ice
Vikings-Miami..Sky Thompson-3rd string QB starts for Dolphins vs (4-1) Vikes
Bengals-Saints..Andy Dalton starts against former team
Ravens-Giants..New York (4-1)..Daniel Jones against Ravens defense
Tampa Bay-Steelers..Pittsburgh off to (1-4) start
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(NFL Notes)

Washington…ESPN reports owner Daniel Snyder telling friends ‘I have so much dirt on owners and Roger Goodall-I could take them out’….’NFL owners are like Mafia-they hate each other’

NFL..Owners meetings next Monday-Tuesday…Vote will be taken on who pays the 790M- to St Louis for Rams move to Los Angeles….Rams owner Stan Kroenke-renegging of paying full payment of 790M in damages to St-Louis…Wants each team to pay a share-consider they are sharing huge revenue increase for Rams move back into Los Angeles market

NFL..Competition Committee will discuss possible use of instant replay in Video Booth on ‘Roughing QB’ penalties….13-QBs have been injured in 5-weeks of games this season…Only 29-Roughing Penalties been called.
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(Injuries)

Cowboys..QB-Dak Prescott goes thru practice-test ailing thumb
Cowboys..TE-Dalton Schultz-possible PCL damage in knee
Arizona..RB-James Conner-rib injury-could be out 2-weeks
Browns..DE-Jadaveon Clowney-out of practice-elbow issue continues
Jaguars..IR-LB-Ben Bartch-season ending knee injury
Chiefs..Activate K-Harrison Butker from IR
Washington..QB-Carson Went-having bicep issue
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(College Football)

Aztecs…Off weekend…QB-Braxton Burmeister shutdown again because of setback while in Concussion protocol
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Pac 12 Conference

USC-Utah…Trojans take (6-0) record to Salt Lake City
UCLA…Bye weekend
Washington State-Oregon State..Cougars QB-Cam Ward vs Beavers defense
Arizona-Washington..QB battle Jayden DePaula-vs-Michael Penix
California-Colorado..Buffs under new coach
Stanford-Notre Dame..Tanner McKee vs Irish defense
Arizona State-Oregon…bye weeks
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Mountain West Conference

Aztecs..Bye week
Air Force-UNLV..Both teams coming off losses
Utah State-Colorado State
New Mexico-New Mexico State..Lobos step outside conference schedule
Fresno State-San Jose..Bulldogs struggling since QB-Jake Haener injury
Nevada-Hawaii….2-struggling offense
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Top 10

1..Georgia-Vanderbilt
2-Ohio State..Bye week
3-Alabama-6-Tennessee..Tide may not have QB-Bryce Young
4-Clemson-Florida State
5-Michigan-10 Penn State..Matchup power run games
7-USC-Utah..Trojans take 6-0 to Salt Lake City
8-Oklahoma State-TCU
9-Ole Miss-Auburn
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(Notes)

Kansas..Jayhawks lose QB-Jalon Daniels-shoulder issue
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…(Basketball)….

Golden State…F-Draymond Green returns to team after fight last week

Lakers..(1-4) preseason…Decision coming on starting guard..Russell Westbrook-Patrick Beverly-Dennis Schroeder.

Clippers..Battle for starting guard Reggie Jackson-vs-John Wall

Bucks..Finish strange (0-5) preseason

New Orleans…C-Zion Williamson-twists ankle…Missed last year with foot surgery.

Brooklyn…G-Ben Simmons struggling with Nets…won’t shoot ball…8-turnovers..9-assists in games

Sacramento Kings..Release G-Kent Bazemore..G-Quinn Cook
76ers..Release C-Charles Bassey
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…(Hockey)…

Kings-Seattle…Friday home game in LA

Kings-at-Minnesota..Saturday
Ducks-at-New York islanders..Saturday

San Diego Gulls…Open up AHL schedule with Friday-Saturday road games vs Grand Rapids Griffins.
..Gulls must replace 10-players and 84-goals on roster
..Gulls lost 2-leading scorers and 6-defenseman from last year
..Roy Somnor debuts as head coach..(808) career wins in AHL
..Return veterans Lukas Dostal-Olli Erickson-Ek in goal
..Chase DeLeon returns after scoring 25-goals in Utica
..Justin Kirkland scored 21-goals in Stockton
..Glen Gadwin had 15-goals in Stockholm
..Juuli Ovelevi was #1 pick-Vancouver as defenseman

Columbus..RW-Patrick Laine-out 3W-elbow sprain
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…(General)…

NASCAR…Las Vegas 400-final 4-races in Chase for Championship
NASCAR..Doctors rule out driver Alex Bowman-3 more weeks-concussion issues

Formula 1..Off week
Formula 1..Daniel Ricciardo-leaves Alpine team-wants to run Indy car in 2023
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Golf…Phil Mickelson sounds off…PGA Tour trending down…LIV is ascending…Players will have to make a choice on their futures
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Soccer-English Premier League-Top games:
..Hot Spur (6-1-2)-vs-Everton
..Arsenal (8-1)-vs-Leeds
..Manchester United (5-3)-vs-Newcastle
..Manchester City (7-0-2)-vs-Liverpool
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