Hacksaw’s Headlines-Friday
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…(Baseball)…
Padres-at-Mets…Friday game…Kickoff 6-game road trip..Matt Waldren (4-5)-vs-Sean Manaea (3-3)
Padres..Off day-Thursday
Padres..P-Yu Darvish to throw Simulated Game at Citi Field- NY-Friday
Padres-Blue Jays..Trade talks for Toronto P-Yimi Garcia..Cardinals P-Ryan Helsley
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Dodgers-Texas…Rangers jumped to (3-0) lead at Press Time…vs Dodgers on bullpen day….LA looks like like a tired team..Thursday game…LA (42-27)..
Dodgers-Royals..Friday..Gavin Stone (7-2)-vs-Cole Ragins
Dodgers..Give P-Yosh Yamamoto 2-additional days rest-monitor innings
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Angels-Arizona..Thursday game..Halos (26-41)
..Christain Walker 3R-HR in 1st inning-Arizona
Angels-Giants…Friday game..Tyler Anderson (5-5)-vs-SF bullpen day
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(Thursday Scoreboard)
Orioles-L-Atlanta..Marcell Ozuna 2R-double-Braves..Balt (44-23)
Yankees-L-Royals..Maikel Garcia 2R-double in 9th-KC..NY (49-22)
Phillies-L-Red Sox..Tyler O’Neil 3RHR-Bosox…Phi (46-22)
Tigers-W-Washington..Detroit 5R-in 7th inning
Cardinals-W-Pirates…Paul Goldschmidt HR-St L
Cubs-L-Tampa Bay..Taj Bradley 11-Ks for Rays.
Mets-W-Miami..JD Martinez 2R-HR in 9th-NY.
Twins-W-A’s..Carlos Correa 2R-HR-RBI single-Minn
Seattle-White Sox….Sox led 2-1 in 5th at Press Time.
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(Injuries)
Mets..Activate P-Edwin Diaz from DL
White Sox..Activate P-Steven Wilson from DL
Miami..Activate P-JT Chargois from DL
Royals..OF-Hunter Renfroe-2nd exam..does not have fractured toe
Seattle..P-Bryan Woo..MRI on elbow clean on elbow
Cardinals..P-Steven Matz to throw 50-pitch rehab start
Mets..P-Kodai Senga throws clean bullpen session
Cardinals..Send P-Riley O’Brien-for rehab outing
Yankees..Send OF-Jasson Dominguez-to AAA-rehab
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(Roster Moves)
White Sox..DFA-P-Tim Hill..(5.87-ERA)_
Arizona..Sign FA-P-Erich Uelman-ex Cubs
Cubs..Sign FA-P-Jorge Lopez-ex Mets
Washington..Sign FA-P-Eduardo Salazar-ex Seattle
Orioles..Sign FA-P-Gavi Stoudt-ex Seattle
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…(Basketball)…
Lakers…U-Conn head coach Dan Hurley denies he tried to use Lakers job offer as leverage to get better contract in college…Says he agreed to dollars in extension before he was offered (6Y-70M) LA offer.
Lakers..Will interview JJ Redick for vacant head coaching job-Saturday-Sunday
NBA Playoffs…Celtics-at-Dallas…Game 4-Friday night…Boston leads series (3-0)
Mike Downey..Longtime columnist LA Times-Chicago Tribune-passes away (72Y)
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…(Football)…
NFL..Fines Atlanta Falcons (250,000) and takes 5th round draft pick for illegal contact with QB-Kirk Cousins and 2-other free agents before the free agent window opened up.
NFL..Clears Eagles of any wrongdoing in recruitment of ex Giants RB-Saquon Barkley.
Ravens..QB-Lamar Jackson-forfeits (750,000) workout bonus by not showing up for OTA workouts.
Washington..Coach Dan Quinn says no decision on starting QB after 5-weeks of OTA workouts…Jayden Daniels will compete with Marcus Mariota for the starting job in July camp.
Vikings..Say veteran QB-Sam Darnold will be starter when camp opens..Rookie JJ McCarthy will be #2-on depth chart
Jaguars..Extension QB-Trevor Lawrence (5Y-275M) with 200M-guaranteed..will earn 55M-average
New England..Patriots retire #12-Tom Brady in private dinner..Brady speech:
..To excel you must be willing-consistent-determined to work for stardom’
New Orleans..RB-Alvin Kamara walks out of camp after team says it will not give him extension for 2025 with guaranteed money…Has 1-year lef on (12.7M) deal for 2024…Club will not pick up 25M-option for 2025
New Orleans..Loses TE-Juwan Johnson-foot surgery
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(Roster Moves)
Jets..Sign FA-DE-Takk McKinley-ex Falcons-Browns
Denver..Sign FA-LB-Andre Smith-ex Falcons
Bears..Sign FA-KR-DeAndre Carter-ex Raiders-Chargers
Steelers..Release S-Luq Barcoo-ex Aztecs
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…(Hockey)….
Stanley Cup Finals:
..Oilers-L-Florida (4-3)…Panthers lead series (3-0) after win Oilers ice
..Panthers score 2-goals in (:94) in 2nd period blow game open
..Sam Reinhardt scores on deflection infront of net
..Alek Barkov scores on 2-on-1 break
..G-Sergei Bobovsky stones Edmonton in first 2-periods
..Florida outshot (35-23) by Edmonton again-but win
..Oilers star Connor McDavid yet to score goal
..Oilers star Leon Draisaitl..Ryan Nugent Hopkins..no goals
..Edmonton (0-10) on power plays
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(NHL Notes)
Blues..Hire Alexander Steen as Asst GM..will replace Doug Armstrong in 2026
San Jose..Promote Ryan Warsofsky to head coach-replacing Dan Quinn
Utah..Ownership says team will be known as ‘Utah Hockey Club’..colors Blue-Black-White
Ottawa..Opens trade talks for goaltending..Shopping #7 pick to Calgary-Boston
Columbus..Put troubled RW-Patrick Laine (6G) on trade block
San Jose..Lose F-Nathan Todd-signs with KHL-Salavat-Russia
Carolina-Winnipeg..Trade talks..F-Martin Necas for F-Nick Ehlers
AHL..Calder Cup finals begin…Coachella Valley Firebirds-vs-Hershey Bears for AHL championship…
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…(General)…
(Golf)..1st round Pinehurst
..(-5-65)..Rory McIlroy-Patrick Cantlay
..(-4)..Bryson DeChambeau-Ludwig Aberg
..(-2)..Tony Finau
..(Even)..Brooks Koepka..Xander Schauffele..Collin Morikawa
..(+1)..Scottie Scheffler
..(+4)..Tiger Woods-6 bogeys
..(+9)..Phil Mickelson carded (79)
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(Soccer)…Euro 2024-Championships begin
..Friday..Germany-Scotland opener
..Saturday..Hungary-Switzerland..Spain-Croatia..Italy-Albania
..Sunday..Poland-Netherlands..Denmark-Slovenia..England-Serbia
Team USA (1-1) Tie-Brazil..Christian Pulisic goal..Matt Turner 10-saves…USA is (1-18-1) vs Brazil
Manchester United..Contract extension coach Erik ten Hag but stripped of decision making power on player transfers.
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…(Auto Racing)….
Indy Car…signs 10-year TV deal with Fox Sports…all 17-races on Fox..plus Indy 500 and all qualifying rounds…Fox will televise 5-NASCAR races too.
NASCAR…Iowa 300-Sunday
Indy Car..off weekend
Formula 1..off weekend
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