…(Football)…

Dallas…Cowboys to retain Mike McCarthy as head coach despite 1st round ouster in playoffs…McCarthy is (45-26) in Dallas

Eagles..Weeklong meetings cotniue over status of Coach Nick Sirianni after second half collapse…Sirianni may remove both his coordinators but retain his job…Sirianni is (34-17)

Raiders…Interview longtime NFL Def Coor-Gregg Williams-ex Saints-worked for 8-NFL team…means club may retain Antonio Pierce as head coach-add Williams as Def Coord

Raiders..Interview Leslie Fraizer-ex Bills..Kris Richard-ex Seattle for head job

Cleveland..Fire Off Coord-Alex Van Pelt…RB-coach Stump Mitchell..TE-coach TJ McCartney

Atlanta..Interview Jim Harbaugh for head coaching job
Chargers..Interview Jeff Ireland for GM job-ex Bears-Miami
Jaguars..Interview Marquand Manuel-ex Atl for Def Coor job
Jaguars..Interview Ryan Nielsen-ex Falcons for Def Coor job
Chicago..Interview Shane Waldron-ex Seattle for Off Coor job
Chicago..Interview Thomas Brown-ex Carolina for Off Coor job
Saints..Interview Dan Pitcher-Bengals for Off Coor job

Indianapolis..Source say owner Jim Irsay was found ‘unresponsive’ in his home on December 8th and was given Narcan as drug to overcome an Opiod overdose…Irsay has been in and out of hospital with ‘pneumonia’….Irsay has had a history of drug issues.

Washington..Fired head coach Ron Rivera says he’d like to stay in the NFL as a defensive coordinator.

Patriots..New head coach Jared Mayo…’Want to rebuild relationships….will hire Name Off-Def Coord’…Need to knock down silos in the building….Want collaboration’
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…(College Football)…

San Diego State…picks up 20th transfer player…CB-Bennet Williams-Eastern Michigan.

San Diego State…New coaching staff begins off season conditioning program…Some 50-to-55 players on campus right not.

Auburn…Hires Derrick Nix-Off Coord…was at Ole Miss

Harvard..Tim Murphy retires as Crimson head coach after 30-years on the job…was (200-89) at Harvard…All time Ivy League record…also coached at Maine-Cincinnati…won 10-Ivy League titles

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…(Baseball)….

Padres…Continued trade talks with Miami Marlins…Padres seeking either OF-Jazz Chisholm or starting P-Jesus Luzardo…Marlins demanding SS-Ha Seong Kim and minor league prospects in trade.
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(Roster Moves)

Toronto..Sign Cuban FA=P-Yariel Rodriguez..had (1.15-ERA) Chunichi Dragons in 2022…did not pitch last year.

Braves..Sign FA-OF-Jordan Luplow-ex Pirates-Toronto
Reds..Sign FA-P-Tyler Gilbert-ex Arizona
Dodgers..Sign FA-P-Jesse Hahn-ex Padres-Royals
Dodges..Sign FA-P-Steven Gonsalves-ex Cubs
Yankees..Sign FA-OF-Josh Van Meter-ex Reds-Pirates-Brewers
Royals..Sign FA-C-Sandy Leon-ex Rangers-Indians-Red Sox
Seattle..Sign FA-P-Austin Voth-ex Orioles
Seattle..Sign FA-P-Ty Buttrey-ex Angels
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(MLB Notes)

Amazon…Reaches deal to pay Bally Sports (115M) to become part owner of Diamond Sports and gain access to take over streaming rights of Tigers-Royals-Miami-Milwaukee-Tampa Bay…Amazon has option to further  buy in (50M) future  ownership..Parent company Diamond Sports remains in negotiations to solve all Bankruptcy issues

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…(Basketball)…

Aztecs-W-Nevada….SDSU led (38-24) at halftime at Press Time…Aztecs bigs went wild and battered Wolfpack in 1st half…SDSU had (10-0) run early…built (16P) lead in first half…Aztecs ‘bigs’ scored 25-points in first half…strong on offensive glass….held UNR to 37%-shooting in opening half…Wolfpack (0-10) from 3’s….SDSU 10-offensive boards…..game had 23-fouls in first half…MWC game-Wednesday…..Heading into game..SDSU (14-3)…Wolfpack (15-2)

UCLA-W-Arizona State (68-66)…Bruins upset road win…F-Lazar Stefanovik (19P)…Bruins wiped out 13-point lead in comeback win…Pac 12 action..Bruins (7-10)

USC-L-Arizona (82-61)….Bronny James (11P)…..Pac 12…Trojans (8-10)

Lakers-W-Dallas (127-110)…Lakers  erupt for 42-points in 3rd quarter……D’Angelo Russell (29P)l…Anthony Davis (28P)…LeBron James (25P)….Luka Doncic (33P) in loss…Kyrie Irvining (4-14) shooting….Wednesday….Lakers (21-21) on season

Golden State-Utah…Came postponed after Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic suffered a stroke or heart attack at a team dinner on Tuesday night…Passed away Wednesday mid-day with coaching staff at the hospital

Clippers..G-James Harden says ‘home in LA-keep team together’.

Toronto-Indiana-New Orleans…TRADE
..Raptors send F-Pascal Siaka (21P) to Indiana Pacers.
..Indiana ships G-Bruce Brown (12P)..F-Jordan Nwora..G-Kira Lewis and #1-1-1

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…(Hockey)…

LA Kings-Nashville…Thursday game…Kings have lost 8-of-9 and stopped scoring

Edmonton…Oilers have won 11-in a row…now (21-6)..since hiring Kris Knoblauch as head coach in November

Blackhawks-Sabres….game in Buffalo cancelled by 2nd blizzard in a week
Chicago…IR-D-Nakita Zaitsev-knee
Blues..Lose F-Kasperi Kapanen-4W-knee injury

Tampa Bay…Says it will not trade star goal scorer Steve Stamkos….has (533) career goals…is making (8M) a year…wants (12M) a season as free agent

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…(General)…

(Soccer)…Spanish star Karim Benzema wants out of Saudi Super League-has scored (15G) for Al Hittihad…upset with people-culture Saudi Arabia…wants to play for Chelsea in EPL

(Golf)…PGA Tour heads stateside….American Express Classic-La Quinta…Defending champ Jon Rahm is gone to LIV…Scottie Scheffler…Xander Schauffele…Pat Cantlay head a strong field.

PGA-LIV..Reports talks stalled because LIV is demanding ‘team golf’ be part of global schedule in Europe-Africa-Japan…PGA balking at that….Struggling how to integrate LPGA tour into special events.

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