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…(Baseball)…
Padres-W-Washington (12-3)…..Destroy Nats pitching Wednesday game…Friars (54-50)…SD (28-22) on road
..Jurickson Profar 2RHR..Kyle Higashioka RBI double-2RHR…Luis Arraez 2R-single…Xander Bogaerts-Jackson Merrill combed to go (6-6) at the plate…Padres had 15-hits in first 5-innings
Padres-Nationals..Thursday afternoon game..Dylan Cease-vs-Patrick Corbin..Cease back to back dominant starts..(13inn-0R-2H-21K) in last two starts.
Padres…Last 4-starts…(26inn-2R-22K) heading into Tuesday game
Padres…Trade Talks with Tampa Bay for P-Zach Eflin stall..Rays not interested in paying some of 18M-owed to Eflin in 2025.
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Dodgers-Giants…SF led (2-1) in late starting game..Wednesday…LA (61-41)…won 5-in row
LA-San Francisco..Thursday..Clayton Kershaw-vs-Logan Webb…Kershaw has not started a game since last year’s October playoffs vs Arizona…Had off season shoulder capsule surgery…had 2-setbacks in spring…Made 4-rehab starts including last 3-in Oklahoma City.
Dodgers-Tampa Bay…Trade talks continue with Tampa Bay for OF-Randy Arozarena
Dodgers-White Sox..Trade talks continue for OF-Luis Robert
Dodgers-Tigers..Trade talks continue for P-Tarik Skubal.
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Angels-W-Mariners.(2-1).Brandon Drury RBI-single in 8th…Wednesday game…Halos (45-57)…Won 7-of-9
Angels-vs-Athletics..Thursday…Kenny Rosenberg-vs-Mitch Spence
Angels..Shutdown OF-Mike Trout-knee in 2nd inning of first rehab outing in Salt Lake City because of pain and inflammation…Halos had hoped he would rejoin the team on Friday
Angels…National reports Yankees-Red Sox both interested in Halos closer Carlos Estevez.
Angels..DFA-2B-Keston Hiura.
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(Wednesday Scoreboard)
Reds-W-Braves..1st game..Spence Steer RBI double-RBI triple..Reds 2HRs win
Reds-Braves..2nd game..Rained out
Pirates-W-Cardinals..Rowdy Tellez HR-Buccos
Phillies-Minnesota…Kyle Schwarber 2R-single
Cubs-L-Brewers..Will Contreras RBI-double in 9th-Milw
Rockies-W-Boston..Colorado explodes 20-run..Brenton Doyle Grand Slam HR
Astros-W-A’s..Alex Bregman 2R-double
Orioles-L-Miami..Jazz Chisholm 2R-double…Balt (60-41)
Cleveland-W-Detroit..Josh Naylor RBI single-in win..Cleve (61-40)
Yankees-Mets..Pete Alonso 2R-HR..Francisco Lindor 2R-3RHRs..Yanks (60-43)
Blue Jays-W-Tampa..Justin Turner RBI single-Jays
Texas-W-White Sox..Adolis Garcia 3H-Rangers win
Arizona-W-Royals..Ketel Marte 3R-HR..Dbacks hit 4HRs in win..
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(Injuries)
Brewers..DL-OF-Christian Yelich-back strain
Brewers..Activate C-Gary Sanchez
Twins..Activate P-Brock Stewart
Mets..DL-P-Christian Scott-sprained elbow
Piates..OF-Bryan Reynolds-back issue
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(Roster Moves)
Houston-Tampa..Trade talks for Rays SS-Isaiah Paredes
Houston-Cubs..Trade talks for P-Jameson Taillon
Detroit..shopping OF-Mark Canha
Reds..shopping P-Frankie Montas
Giants..Sign FA-OF-Derek Hill
Orioles..Callup P-Chayce McDermott
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…(Football)…
49ers..WR-Brandon Aiyuk does not practice in 1st day of csmp-but reported
49ers..OT-Trent Williams holds out despite contract runs thru 2026
Cowboys..WR-Cee Dee Lamb does not report to camp-faces (50,000) fine daily
Miami..QB-Tua Tagovailoa goes thru ‘walkthru practice’ not on field for 11-on-11
Vikings..Sign FA-CB-Duke Shelley-ex Bears-Rams
Raiders..WR-Michael Gallup-retires after signing contract after leaving Cowboys
Chargers…Lose rookie LB-Junior Colson..undergoes appendectomy-on NFI list
Vikings..Lose CB-Meckhi Blackmon-torn ACL-first workout
Browns..PUP RB-Nick Chubb..Ot-Jed Wills-OT-Jack Conklin
Carolina..Workout FA-DE-Carl Lawson-ex Jets
49ers..WR-Ricky Pearsall on NFI list
Washington..RB-Antonio Gibson on NFI list
Bengals..OT-Trent Brown on NFI list
49ers..Report San Francisco offered Bill Belichick the Def Coord job in spring…he rejected it..wants to be a head coach
Saints..Hire Dave Zielger-ex GM-Raiders as Asst GM
Dallas..Judge ends Jerry Jones-Paternity Lawsuit..both sides drop lawsuits after judge ruled 1998-Paternity Contract Agreement in Arkansas was legal and no paternity test was necessary…Jones had filed (1.6M) lawsuit against his wedlock daughter for violating Paternity contract.
NFL..Files paperwork asking Judge to order Brian Flores racial discrimination lawsuit against NFL to be sent to NFL arbitration…since Flores is under contract to Steelers…Flores lawyer fights back saying racial lawsuit was filed while Flores was unemployed after failing to get head coaching job.
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(College Football)
Rose Bowl…Asks College Football Playoffs to allow its game to be played in traditional January 1st slot…would mean Rose Bowl could only host quarterfinals game..not semi final game
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…(Basketball)….
NBA…Voids the ‘matching clause’ TNT says it wanted to use to take back NBA rights…TNT said it would match the (1.8B)-investment by Amazon for games…The NBA said the Amazon Prime package was for ‘streaming rights’ and the league had a right to create a separate streaming package compared to over the air or cable packages…Amazon Prime gets NBA Cup…NBA Play in Series and regular season games as part of the package.
NY Knicks..Give Coach Tom Thibodeau extension thru 2028 season.
Atlanta..Lose 2nd round pick Nikola Djurisic-surgery fractured foot
Indiana..Sign G-Andrew Nembhard to (3Y-59M) extension.
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…(Hockey)…
Edmonton…Oilers hire former Blackhawks GM-Stan Bowman to replace departed GM-Ken Holland…Bowman was suspended for 3Y by NHL for failing to proper sexual assault case involving teams video coach and a minor league player.
Evgeny Kuznetsov…ex Washington Capitals star does not sign contract to return to KHL-Russia…is negotiating with other NHL teams…was just released by Carolina Hurricane.
Vancouver..Sign FA-D-Layton Ahac-ex Las Vegas.
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…(General)…
PGA Tour..1st round action ‘3M-Open’ Minnesota on Thursday
Charley Woods…15-year old son of Tiger Woods finished 264th-dead last, trying to qualify for US-Junior-Amatuer tourney…Did not make the cut shooting 22-over par in first two rounds
NHRA..Legendy driver John Force released from rehab center after 6W-treatment of head injuries in violent 300mph fiery crash in race in Virginia two months ago.
IOC..International Olympic Committee awards 2034-Winter games to Salt Lake City.
Olympics..Opening ceremonies-Friday (10:30PT) in Paris…19-days of events…329-events..nearly 10,000-athletes will be involved…Telecasts on NBC-Peacock and its network of stations.
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