…(Football)…

Chargers..GM-Joe Hortiz defends decisions not to make a deal at trading deadline..”This roster does not need saving”…Refused to part with mid range draft picks to get help either at WR-or-DB
..Chargers ranked #22-offense..#21-passing..#20-rushing
..Chargers ranked #22-Red Zone with only 10-TDs on offense
..Chargers ranked #32-trips into Red Zone just 19-possessions
..Chargers offense is ranked last #32 on 3rd down offense (32%)
..Chargers are Plus 9-in turnover ratio..#3 best in NFL

Chargers..IR-WR-Simi Fehoko-shoulder
Chargers..IR-LB-Junior Colson-hamstring
Chargers..Release TE-Eric Tomlinson
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(Schedule)-Thursday Night Football

Bengals-Ravens..Matchup QB-Lamar Jackson-leads league with (120-QB-Rating)..Bengals QB-Joe Burrow (108R)

Amazon..Thursday TV ratings continue to increase…(13M) average viewers first half of the season..increase from (11.8M) last year…and (9.5M) first year of deal.
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(Roster Moves)

Bills..Sign FA-DT-Jordan Phillips-ex Dallas
Bills..Sign FA-DT-Quinton Jefferson-ex Browns
Patriots..Release OT-Zach Thomas
49ers..Release K-Anders Carlson
Giants..Release P-Matt Haack
Jaguars..Sign FA-QB-CJ Beatheard-ex Miami
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(Injuries)

Rams..Activate OT-Joe Noteboom from IR
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(College Football)

College Football Playoff Poll…1-Oregon..2-Ohio State..3-Georgia..4-Miami…5-Texas..6-Penn State..7-Tennessee..8-Indiana…9-BYU…10-Notre Dame…11-Alabama..12-Boise State
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…(Baseball)…

Padres..Offer Manager Mike Shildt (2Y) extension worth an additional 3M..Contract would run thru 2027 season…(93-69) season…Career record (345-268)

Dodgers..Announce Shohei Ohtani will not be ready to pitch when season opens..Will not throw bullpens while rehabbing surgically repaired left shoulder..

Dodgers..Say Mookie Betts will return to play 2B next season

Dodgers..Memorial service for legendary P-Fernando Valezuela-at Lady of Angels Cathedral-in Los Angeles..Eulogized as ‘Heart of a Lion’

Angels..Sign first FA of off season…P-Kyle Hendricks-ex Cubs (4-12) coming off shoulder surgery issues..(97-81)..3.68-ERA career record.
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(MLB Notes)

Yankees..Make contact with Mets-FA-1B-Peter Alonso and agent Scott Boras.

Yankees..Scott Boras tells reporters Juan Soto will only consider teams ‘committed to winning the World Series’

Cubs..Make contact with Orioles FA-P-Corbin Bunes
Toronto..Will not take trade offers for 1B-Vlad Guerrero..SS-Bo Bichette
Red Sox..Will make presentation to FA-P-Blake Snell-Giants
Houston..Willing to offer a 7Y-contract to FA-3B-Alex Bregman
Braves..Meet with FA-P-Nathan Eovaldi-ex Texas
Brewers..Sign FA-P-Vin Nittoli-ex Phillies-A’s

Arizona..GM-Mike Hazen indicates the team may try to trade P-Jordan Montgomery after owner Ken Kendrick called the (21M) a year a ‘horrible investment’ in the pitcher

Orioles..Promote Cody Asche to hitting coach
Orioles..Hire Tommy Joseph-ex Seattle as assistant hitting coach
Houston..3B-Alex Bregman-undergoes bone spur surgery-elbow
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…(Basketball)….

Aztecs-W-UCSD..(63-58)..Aztecs rally from 2nd half deficit with defensive stops
..Miles Byrd-career best (20P)
..Nick Boyd (11P) in debut
..Jared Caldwell-Jones (9P-9R) in 1st game
..BJ Davis (11P)
..Tritons Nick McGhie (21P)..hit 5-3’s
..Tritons hit 9-3’s in loss
..Aztecs blew 11-point lead in opening half..UCSD had 5-point lead in 2nd half
..Tritons had scoring runs of (12-0) and (12-2)
..SDSU rallied back with (12-0) spurt

USD-Rider..Toreros led (37-36) early in 2nd half in season opener at Press Time

Lakers-L-Memphis (131-114)..Trailed by 22-points in bad loss…LA goes (1-4) on road trip…gets blown out 3-straight games…….LA (4-4)
..LeBron James (39P) in loss
..Anthony Davis-out bruised heel..Rui Hachimura-flu
..Grizzlies put 7-in double figures
..Memphis hit 17-3’s
..Grizzlies bench scored (52P) in win

Clippers-76ers…Clippers led (97-73) in 4th quarter at Press Time…Clippers hit 10-3’s early in game….LA (3-4)

Lakers..F-Anthony Davis-bruised heel
Memphis…G-Ja Morant-hamstring issue during game
76ers..G-Paul George-bruised knee..was (4-14) shooting in debut
Spurs..Surgery G-Jeremy Sochan-fractured thumb
Suns..G-Brad Beal-bruised elbow
Dallas..F-PJ Washington-sprained knee

76ers..Ownership apologized to Philadelphia Inquirer for confrontation where C-Joel Embiid put his hands and shoved a columnist…Embiid suspended 3-games-lose 1.1M in game checks for incident.

Portland..Unveils 2-center offense..D’Andre Ayton-Donovan Clinghan combined (23PO-16R) in new look offense.
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…(Hockey)…

LA Kings-Vancouver..Thursday game…Kings now (8-3-3) in 1st place in Pacific Division.

Washington..Activate D-Matt Roy from longterm IR
St Louis..F-Dylan Hathaway in stable condition with bruised throat-hit by puck
Vancouver..F-Dakota Joshua rejoins team after cancer surgery
Colorado..D-Cole Makar-groin injury
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…(General)….

Formula 1..Team Sauber fires driver Val Bottas..will sign Brazilian rookie Gabe Boroleto

NASCAR…Hands out (600,000) fines and suspends 9-pit crew members from 3-teams for rough riding that allowed Christopher Bell to run up along the wall in final lap

NASCAR..Michael Jordan-owner of Team 23X..has asked courts to issue an injunction to allow his team and Front Row Motorsports to run next year without a ‘Charter’ in 2025…Two teams have filed an anti trust lawsuit over Charter rules that impact team’s revenue sharing abilities.
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NCAA..Sources say Republicans winning the Senate may lead the NCAA to obtaining an ‘anti-trust exemption’ to take control of NIL-Transfer Portal.

Golf..Rory McIlroy says Trump Administration-winning election-favors big business that should help the PGA-LIV merger talks which has been battling Anti-Trust issues.

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