Hacksaw’s Headlines-Wednesday

Posted by on March 8th, 2023  •  0 Comments  • 

…(Football)…

Packers-Jets…QB-Aaron Rodgers does Zoom Call with Jets on Monday night…Jets officials-led by Owner Woody Johnson- flew to Los Angeles to meet with Rodgers all day Tuesday…Jets trying to renegotiate (58.3M) cap figure contract

Bears-Colts..Open trade talks…Chicago offering #1 pick to Indianapolis for picks #4-35 and #1 next year.

Ravens…Franchise tag QB-Lamar Jackson (32M)..Ravens have the right to match any offer he gets or get 2-#1 picks as compensation.

NY Giants..Franchise tag RB-Saquon Barkley (10M)
NY Giants..Sign QB-Daniel Jones (4Y-160M) extension

Tampa..Release LT-Donovan Smith-clears 9M-cap space
Miami..Release CB-Byron Jones-waived injured

Browns..Confirm they are restructuring QB-Desean Watson’s  that has a (54.9M) cap figure

Philip Rivers…Legendary Chargers QB confirms 49ers-Miami reached out to him last year about coming out of retirement-elected to not come back to NFL.

Joe Mixon..Police come to his Cincinnati home at 1-30am after a shooting…Teenager in home taken to hospital…Mixon not charged in the incident. in family dispute.

John Demott..who broadcast Chargers football in the Air Coryell era…and was Padres PA announcer in early years of team…passes away (80Y) in West Palm Beach, Florida…Worked in radio-TV and for Sports Association over last 30-years in Florida.
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(College Football)

SEC…Proposed each team play 9-game league schedule…Each team would play 3-natural rivals…other 6-games would rotate thru schedule.

Alabama..Coach Nick Saban questions rotation that would have Tide play LSU-Auburn-Tennessee each year.

Aztecs…Coach Brady Hoke ‘disappointed’ he lost RB-coach Ron Gould to the Rams…says he will take 6-or-8 weeks to search out a successor….Retired coach Jeff Horton contact Hoke but State regulations prevent an immediate hiring.
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…(Baseball)….

Padres-L-Angels (5-4)…San Diego now (6-6)
..Halos bang out 18-hits in win
..Adrian Morejon (2inn-5R-7H) in loss
..Seth Lugo (3inn-0R-7H) as starter
..Jordyn Adams-2R single for Angels
..Jpo Adell 2-hits for Halos

Padres-Reds..Wednesday game

Dodgers…Off day on Tuesday
Dodgers-Mariners..Wednesday game
Dodges..P-Tony Gonsolin-sidelined ankle injury
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(MLB Notes)

USA Today…Picks Pennant races
NL West..Dodgers-Padres tie (95-67
NL East..Atlanta (98-64)
NL Central..St Louis (88-74)

AL East..Yankees (95-67)
AL Central..Cleveland (89-73)
AL-West..Houston (98-64)
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(Injuries)

Cubs..P-Kyle Hendricks throws first full bullpen session-coming off shoulder  surgery
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(Roster Moves)

Reds…Sign FA-P-Chase Anderson-ex Arizona-Milwaukee-Toronto
Miami..Reopens talks with FA-1B-Yuli Gurriel-ex Astros
Cubs..Reopen talks with FA-P-Zach Britton-ex Yankees
Yankees..Sign FA-C Nick Ciuoffo-ex Tampa Bay
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…(Basketball)…

Lakers-W-Memphis  (112-103)…Anthony Davis ‘Superman’ performances (30P-22R)…triggered Lakers (17-4) run in 4th quarter to bury outmanned Grizzlies team playing without Ja Morant-Steve Adams and 3-other players……Tuesday game…Lakers (32-33)

Lakers…Emotional ceremony retiring #16-Pao Gasol-won 2-rings with Lakers.

Clippers-Toronto..Wednesday game

Memphis..Controversial guard Ja Morant remains away from team while police investigate 4-different off cocurt incidents-some involving guns

NY Knicks..Red hot with 10-game winning streak
Pistons..8-game losing streak..have lost 20-of-24

Leonard Miller-Canada…Will declare for the NBA Draft…6-7-F is playig for NBA-Ignite team in NBA-G-League…19-year old averaging (15P-8R)

Portland…(7’1-C) Ibou Badji-knee surgery-to miss rest of the year
Oklahoma City..F-Kenwith Williams-wrist surgery-gone for the year
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(College Basketball)

Aztecs…head to Las Vegas-play 1st round Mountain West Tourney-Thursday…SDSU plays winner of Fresno State-Colorado State game at 12-noon on Thursday.

Mountain West-1st round games: Wednesday
..Fresno-Colorado State
..Air Force-UNLV
..New Mexico-Wyoming

UCLA..ranked 2nd in polls-heads to Las Vegas-plays on Thursday

Pac 12-1st round games-Wednesday
..Washington-Colorado
..Cal-Washington State
..Utah-Stanford
..ASU-Oregon State

West Coast Conference Tournament:
..Gonzaga-W-St Mary’s (77-51)..Drew Timme (8-10) shooting (18P)…Bulldogs had 20-point lead in opening half….Built 35P lead in 2nd half…..Zags shot 59%…Gaels 29% in blowout win……..Tuesday game

Mountain West Conference….Coaches Poll names Nathan Mensah as Defensive Player of Year for 2nd yar in a row….Matt Bradly named 1st team…MWC coch names Tim Miles-San Jose State as Coach of the Year.

Aztecs-L-UNLV (71-68)….Lady Aztecs came from 11-points back to get within 1-before losing in MW-tourney…..Aztecs had 18-turnovers..had 26-foulds…Lady Rebels hit 23-free throws in win…UNLV now (30-2)…SDSU (23-10) await NCAA bid.

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…(Hockey)……

Ducks-L-Seattle…Kraken led (4-1) late in 3rd period…..Ducks (21-35-8) heading into game…Tuesday game

Ducks-at-Vancouver…Wednesday game

Tampa Bay…D-Victor Hedman-back injury
Toronto..C-Ryan O’Reilly-surgery-fractured finger
Ottawa…G-Cam Talbot-groin injury

Colorado..Coch Jared Bednar says F-Gabe Landeskog has had setback in knee rehab..yet to be cleared to play late in season.
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…(General)….

Soccer…Reports that Manchester United has discussed deal with Chelse to acquire Christian Pulisic in next transfer window

English Premier League…7-bottom teams in standings fighting to stay out ofg relegation…7-teams separated by just 6-points.

NASCAR…Chase Elliott facing extended time out of the car for 1-month with fractured leg in snowboarding accident.
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