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…(Baseball)…
Padres…Lose OF-Jurickson Profar…signs (3Y-42M) with Atlanta Braves…Career best (.280) last year…Was seeking (15M) a year…signed for (14M) in Atlanta…Padres offer was (8M)
Padres-Twins…Open trade talks about a deal for C-Christian Vasquez…has 1-year left on contract worth (10M)…Padres want Twins to pay a portion of deal…Minnesota interested in Padres pitchers Brian Hoeing-Adrian Morejon and prospects.
Padres..Reopen talks with Boston and Atlanta about interest in P-Dylan Cease-due (13.7M) this season…Padres under mandate to reduce payroll from current (208M) figures.
Padres-Mets..Report New York might have interest in Luis Arraez (14M) if Peter Alonso leaves.
Dodgers…P-Roki Sasaki told Japanese reporters his ‘Homework Assignment’ to Dodgers-Padres-Toronto included questions how they would help him if he ‘lost velocity…had shoulder-elbow issues..mechanic problems’
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(Roster Moves)
Toronto..Prepare offer to Mets FA-1B-Peter Alonso
Houston..Reopens talks with FA-3B-Alex Bregman..offer (6Y-156M) stays on table
Cubs-Astros..Continued trade talks for Houston reliever Ryan Pressly
Cubs..Offer deal to FA-P-Carlos Estevez-ex Reds-Angels-Phillies
Cubs..Sign FA-3B-Jon Berti-ex Yankees
Cubs..Sign FA-C-Reese McGuire-ex Red Sox
Cleveland..Sign FA-P-Riley Pint-ex Rockies
Yankees..Sign FA-P-Roansy Contreras-ex Orioles-Reds
Yankees..Sign FA-P-Allan Winans-ex Braves
Tampa Bay..Sign FA-P-Brandon Eisert-ex Toronto
Cleveland..DFA-P-Pedro Avila
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(MLB. Notes)
NY Daily News..Reports Hall of Fame P-Mariano Rivera and his wife sued for coverup in sexual abuse case involving a teenager at Florida Church camp run by his wife
Dodgers..Prosecutors present taped phone call of Shohei Ohtani’s personal aide Ippei Mizuhara impersonating the Dodgers pitcher for making phone calls to banks to transfer large amounts of money from the players bank accounts, using his bank codes to gain access…Prosecutors asking for 6-to-14 years prison time and then deportation of Mizuhara back to Japan.
A’s..Hire Dave Stewart as Assistant to Owner John Fisher
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…(Football)…
(AFC-NFC Championships)
Bills-at-Kansas City..
..Patrick Mahomes (16-3) in postseason (42TD-8Int)…..(12-2) at Arrowhead in playoffs
..Mahomes career record (105-26)
..Mahomes-last 7-games (12TD-0Int)
..Mahomes vs Bills-3 postseason games (8TD-0TD)
..Chiefs no turnovers last 3-games
..Josh Allen (7-5) in career postseason…(30TD-4Int)
..Allen career record (76-34)
Eagles-Washington
..Jalen Hurts-full practice
..Saquon Barkley (324R-last 2-playoff games
..Eagles defense 30-takeaways-last 13 games
..Jayden Daniels led team to road wins at Tampa Bay-Detroit
..Commanders defense coming off 5-turnover performance in Detroit
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(NFL Coaching Moves)
Dallas..Talks to Pete Carroll-ex Seahawks-USC-about possible in person interview
Saints..Interview Mike McCarthy-ex Cowboys
Saints..Will bring Joe Brady-Kellen Moore in for 2nd interviews
Bears..Will interview Aubrey Pleasant for Def Coord job-is Rams DB coach
Jets..Bring back Darren Mougey-Broncos..Trey Brown-Bengals for 2nd interiew-GM job
Jaguars..Trent Baalke removed as GM after team made playoffs once in 4-years
Jaguars..Will meet with Tampa Bay’s Liam Coen who rejected 2nd interview offer
Jaguars..Meet with ex Jets coach Robert Saleh-2nd interview
Giants..Hire Marquand Manuel as DB coach-ex Jets
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(NFL Notes)
Rams..Coach Sean McVay wants ‘clarity’ on QB-Matthew Stafford’s status
Rams..DT-Brandon Fiske-to have knee surgery
Chargers..Report want to talk trade with Seattle about WR-DK Metcalf
Chargers..Will talk to Bears FA-WR-Keenan Allen about returning as a free agent
NFL..MVP Finalists..QB-Lamar Jackson..QB-Josh Allen…QB-Jared Goff…QB-Joe Burrow…RB-Saquon Barkley
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…(Basketball)…
Lakers-Boston…LA bolted to huge 19-point lead in blowout ..Led 78-62-3rd Quarter-Press Time….Thursday…LA (23-18)
Clippers-Washington…Clippers led by 22-points in 2nd quarter…Led 63-41 at halftime at Press Time..Thursday…LA (24-19)
UCSD-UCSB…Tritons had 64-40 lead in 2nd half at Press Time on Thursday..Tritons (15-4)
USD-Portland…Pilots led 67-50 in 2nd half on Thursday…Toreros (4-16)
Miami..Coach Eric Spoelstra lectures team ‘deal with it’ over latest suspension to G-Jimmy Butler
Oklahoma City..Shea Gilegous-Alexander (54P)-vs-Utah
NBA..All Star Voting closes…LeBron James named to 20th All Star game…Giannia Antetokounmpo was top vote getter
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…(Hockey)…
Ducks-Pittsburgh….Ducks held 2-1 lead in 2nd period at Press Time on Thursday….Anaheim (18-23-6)
Ducks-Nashville..Saturday game
Kings-at-Columbus…Saturday
San Diego Gulls-at-Calgary…Saturday-Sunday games…Gulls (11-20-6)
Winnipeg..Jets interested in FA-Jonathon Toews-ex Blackhawks…has missed a whole year with Covid and Immune disease.
Vancouver…Callup F-Linus Karlsson..had 12-goals in AHL
Devils..Lose G-Jacob Markstrom-rib injury
Winnipeg..IR-C-Adam Lowrey-back issue
Vancouver..IR-Noah Juehlson=knee
Ottawa..Activate F-David Perron from Personal Leave List
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…(General)…
(Golf)..Farmers Insurance Open-2nd round…Had more than 4-hours delays by very high winds at Torrey Pines
..(138)..Ludvig Aberg-shot 75..3-bogeys-double bogey…tied with Lano Griffin
..(139)..Danny Walker
PGA-LIV…New leaders of Tour, Derek Sprague-Scott O’Neill say they will reopen merger talks this month in efforts to settle 3-year war between the two golf leagues…Sprague takes over as CEO of PGA…O’Neill replaced the fired Greg Norman.
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(Tennis)…Australian Open…Madison Keys upsets Iga Swiatek (5-7, 6-1, 7-6) including 10-point tiebreaker to move to the finals against Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday….Men’s Semifinals overnight Thursday…Novak Djokovic-vs-Alex Zverev….Jannik Sinner-vs-Ben Shelton
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(Soccer)..English Premier League-Top games:
..Liverpool (15-1-5)-vs-Ipswich
..Arsenal (12-2-8)-vs-Wolverhampton
..Nottingham Forest (13-4-5)-vs-Bournemouth
..Manchester City (11-6-5)-vs-Chelsea (11-4-7)
Manchester City…Signs German goal scoring star Omar Marmoush to transfer deal-worth (70M)…scored 20-goals this year for Frankfurt-Germany
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(Auto Racing)…Lewis Hamilton completes first round of testing with Team Ferrari at Maranello…says he left Mercedes…’Needed new challenge …taking a leap of faith’
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