…(Football)…

(NFL Draft)…1st Round-Thursday-Top 10 Choices
..Carolina..Expected to take Alabama QB-Bryce Young
..Houston..has 6-trade offers..could take Alabama LB-Will Anderson
..Arizona..Fielding trade offers..likely to take Texas Tech DE-Tyree Wilson
..Colts..Will take QB-CJ Stroud-Ohio State or QB-Will Levis-Kentucky
..Seattle..Jalen Carter-DT-Georgia
..Detroit..Rumor might take Florida QB-Anthony Richardson
..Raiders..Likely to take a DB-CB-Christian Gonzalez-Oregon
..Atlanta..Choose DE-Lukas Van Ness-Iowa
..Bears..OT-Peter Skoronski-Northwestern
..Eagles..DE-Myles Murphy-Clemson
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(Draft Picks)

Houston..chooses 2-and-12
Seattle…selects 5 and 20
Detroit..picks 6-and-18
Eagles..choose 10-and-30

Houston has 5-of-top-73 picks
Seattle has 4-of top 52
Bears choose 4-of-64
Lions have 4-of-55
Arizona selects 3-of top 66
Carolina has 3-of-61

Raiders have 12 picks-most in NFL
Rams-Patriots among teams with 11-choices
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Chargers…Choose 21st…Could take TE or DT-top choices:
..TE-Dalton Kinkaid-Utah
..TE-Mark Mayers-Notre Dame
..WR-Jaxon Njiba-Ohio State
..WR-Zay Flowers-Boston College
..DT-Calijah Kansey-Pitt

Rams..Do not have pick till 36th choice in 2nd round..Expected take OL-DT

Rams..Looking to draft QB for future..in contact with Purdue-Aiden O’Connell…Fresno State-Jake Haener…Stanford-Tanner McKee.
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(NFL Notes)

Jets…QB-Aaron Rodgers will report on Thursday to begin off season meetings with coaches and will take part in all OTA workouts

Washington.. Will not pick up 5th year option DE-Chase Young-has struggled for 2-years coming back from ACL surgery

Arizona-Buffalo…Trade Talks for WR-DeAndre Hopkins
Arizona..Owe DeAndre Hopkins (19.4M and 14.8M) final 2-years of deal

Tennessee…Nashville City Council approves (1.2B) in local-county-state financing to help build (2.1B) new downtown Stadium.
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…(Baseball)…

Padres-W-Cubs.(5-3)…Fernando Tatis-breakout game..2R-single-RBI single rally Padres to win…Nick Martinez throws 3-shutout innings-long relief……Wednesday game…Friars (13-13)

San Diego-Chicago..Thursday game..Seth Lugo-vs-Hayden Wesneski

Padres…MLB rankings have Padres:
..30th in batting average (.214)
..27th..On base percentage (301)
..25th..Slugging percentage (.371)

Padres..Sign FA-SS-Jose Iglesias…career (.269) over 11-years..Been with Tigers-Reds-Angels-Red Sox-Rockies

Padres..Callup P-Tom Cosgrove from AAA-El Paso
Pades..P-Drew Pomeranz to remain in El Paso after struggling in rehab outing
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Dodgers-L-Pirates…(8-1)….Dodgers bullpen gives up 8-runs after Tony Gionsolin took shutout into 4th inning in first start of season….LA (13-12)

LA-Pittsburgh…Thursday game…Julio Urias-vs-Mitch Keller

Dodgers..Option P-Andre Jackson to AAA-Oklahoma City
Dodgers…Send P-Jimmy Nelson to AAA on rehab-has been out two years
Dodgers..DH-JD Martinez-ailing back
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Angels-A’s…Angels score 5R-in 2nd inning……Hunter Renfroe HR….Angels led (6-2) at Press Time..Halos (12-12)….Athletics (5-19)

Halos-A’s..Thursday game…Shohei Ohtani (3-0) with 0.64-ERA starts
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(Wednesday Scoreboard)

Orioles-W-Boston..Anthony Santander 2RBI..Balt (16-8)
Blue Jays-W-White Sox..Bo Bichette HR-RBI single..Sox (7-18)
Cleveland-W-Rockies..Josh Naylor 2RHR..Rockies (8-18)
Yankees-W-Twins..Aaron Judge 3R-triple…Anthony Volpe 3RBI
Brewers-W-Detroit..Victor Caratini 2RHR
Arizona-W-Royals…Evan Longoria RBI singles…KC (6-19)
Tampa Bay-L-Houston…Hunteer Brown (7inn-0R),,Rays (20-5)
Reds-W-Texas..Cinn 2R-rally 9ty-Nick Senzel 2RHR-Cinn
Cardinals-Giants..St Louis led 2-1 at Press Time
Braves-W-Marlins…Vaughn Grisson 2H-game winning single..Atlanta (17-8)
Mets-L-Washington..MacKenzie Gore (6inn-10K) for Nats..Mets lose 4th row.
Phillies-W-Mariners…Nick Castellanos 3H-3RBI-Phila win.
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(Injuries)

Phillies…Bryce Harper-Takes live BP-could return in a week
Phillies..Send P-Ranger Suarez out on rehab
Rockies..Activate P-German Marquez-IL
Seattle..P-Robbie Ray-season ending forearm surgery
Twins..P-Kenta Maeda-MRI-ailing elbow
Toronto..OF-George Springer-bruised hand-hit by pitch
Yankees..Send OF-Harrison Bader to AAA-rehab outing
Braves..Activate P-Collin McHugh from IL
Rockies..Send P-Antonio Senzitela on rehab
Cubs..Send P-Kyle Hendricks on rehab outing
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(Roster Moves)
Arizona..Release P-Madison Bumgarner-will eat (34M) left on contract
A’s..Option P-James Kaprelian to AAA
Rockies..DFA-P-Jose Urena
Cardinals..DFA-OF-Taylor Motter
Cleveland..Callup P-Tanner Bibee..Has had (2.17-1.76ERA) in minors-2 years
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…(Basketball)…

(Wednesday Scoreboard)

Lakers-L-Memphis (116-99)…Series heads back to LA……LA (3-2) lead
..Grizzlies opened 17P-lead in opening half with fierce fast break
..Lakers cut lead to 1-point in second half
..Grizzlies went on (25-2) run in 3rd quarter to blow game open
..Memphis built to 25P lead
..Ja Morant-Des Bane combined (64P-20R) dominated game
..Anthony Davis (31P-19R) in loss
..LeBron James only 5-field goals in game.

Knicks-W-Cavaliers (106-95)..Jalen Brunson-RJ Barrett combined (44P)..Knicks win series (4-1)

Miami-Milwaukee..Bucks must win game..led (69-68)  in 3rd quarter at Press Time….Heat led series 3-1

Golden State-Sacramento…Warriors led (56-54) at 2nd quarter at Press Time….Series tied 2-2
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(Schedule)..Thursday

Boston-Atlanta…Celtics lead  (3-2)
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(NBA Notes)

Clippers…F-Kawhi Leonard has torn meniscus-knee…might need 6-months rehab

Clippers..Coach Tyronn Lue says he will return next season…says he wants G-Russell Westbrook to be part of the team.

Minnesota…Timberwolves do not believe that they can play two centers in starting lineup…means Karl Anthony Towns or Rudy Gobert may be traded

Milwaukee..Ailing F-Giannis Antetocounmpo being trated for dehydration

NBA…Announces (242) players file for NBA draft including (192) college and (42) international players.

Aztecs…Jaedon LeDee..Keshad Johnson..Lamont Butler-file for NBA draft..Have till May 31st to withdraw and return to school

USC..Recruiting visit with Aztecs F-Keshad Johnson.
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…(Hockey)…

(NHL Playoff Scoreboard)

Boston-L-Florida (4-3) OT..Matt Tkachuck overtime goal in Florida win in Boston……Bruins lead 3-2

Seattle-Colorado…Game tied (1-1) in 2nd period at Press Time…Series was Tied 2-2
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(Schedule-Thursday)

Maple Leafs-Tampa Bay…Toronto leads (3-1)
Rangers-Devils…Tied 2-2
Las Vegas-Winnipeg…Knights lead Jets 3-1
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(NHL Notes)

Kings…Coach Todd McLellan says ‘effort not good enough’…Off till Saturday when host Oilers

Calgary Flames…NHL team, City, Province Alberta reach agreement on funding for new (874M) arena as part of (2.1B) entertainment district…Would replace 40-year old Saddledome.

Detroit..Lose F-Pontus Andreasson-signs with Lulea-Sweden
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…(General)…

PGA…Mexican Open…1st round on Thursday

PGA-LPGA…Report of talks involving PGA helping operate LPGA…comes a day after report that LIV has approached LPGA about working agreement.
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NASCAR…Driver Alex Bowman-out 4W with fractured back
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(Soccer)…English Premier League-Scoreboard:

…Manchester City-W-Arsenal (4-1)…City moves into 1st place..Erling Haaland 33rd goal in EPL season..Kevin DeBruyne 2-goals in dominant win…Arsenal has 2-point lead in standings…City has 2-games in hand on schedule

..Liverpool-W-West Ham…Liverpool scores in 18’
..Chelsea-L-Brentford
..Nottingham Forest-W-Brighton..Forest scores on Penalty shot and own goal
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