…(BASEBALL)….

Giants…Legendary Giants star Willie Mays-passes away (93Y) at San Francisco home-heart disease…Was supposed to be honored in Birmingham, Alabama on Tuesday night

..22Y career with Giants-Mets
..24X-All Star
..2X-MVP…12-Gold Gloves
..660HRs..(3,293 hits)..(1,909RBIs)
..Made the ‘Catch’ in 1954-World Series against Indians
..Debuted with Birmingham Black Barons at 17-year old
..Sign with NY Giants at age 20

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Padres-L-Phillies (4-3)…Devastating loss-blew lead..bullpen collapses..Tuesday…Friars (37-40)…Lost (9) row on road

..Nick Castellanos 4-hits..including game winning double in 9th
..Phillies left 9-on base in first 5-innings against Michael King
..Phillies had 4-straight hits in 9th off Robert Suarez
..Phillies had 31-hits in last two games
..Wasted Luis Campusano 2R-HR
..Padres have lost 5-in a row..Starters (23inn-18R-31 Hits-16-walks)

San Diego-Philadelphia..Wednesday…Matt Waldron (4-6)..(1.91-ERA) last 7-stars…vs-Ranger Suarez (10-1)-1.77 ERA

Padres..Struggles vs left-handed starters continue…(5-11) this year…(.214-BA) have scored just 24-runs in 21-starts made by left handed starters since last year.

Padres…Composite record (119-119) since 2023 opening day
Padres..P-Joe Musgrove considering changing arm slot-release point
Padres..P-Yu Darvish-rehab start-Class A-Ft Wayne

Padres..3B-Manny Machado on criticism…’fans thing to criticize-different vibe in the dugout.

Padres..Manager Mike Schildt-defiant about teams up-down play..”Zero concern about long term progress of team-we will be where we expect in October…Privileged to see our compete level nightly..honor the heart they have”

Padres..OF-Jurickson Profar-top vote getter for all NL-OF-All Star voting
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Dodgers-W-Rockies (11-9)……Wild comeback win Tuesday in Denver….LA (46-29)…Dodgers (73-32) vs Rockies since (2018) season

..Rockies score 6R-off Walker Buehler early
..Buehler (4inn-7R-7H)..5.84-ERA
..Shohei Ohtani HR
..Dodgers score 7R-in 9th inning
..Jason Heyward Grand Slam HR in 9th
..Teo Hernandez 3R-HR in 9th in wild comeback

Dodgers-Colorado..Wednesday..Bobby Miller-vs-Ryan Feltner

Dodgers…X-Rays..SS-Mookie Betts-fractured hand..out 8W..might move him SS

Dodgers..Exploring additional trade deals for Milwaukee SS-Willy Adames or White Sox OF-Luis Robert…Toronto SS-Bo Bichette
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Angels-Milwaukee….Brewers led (6-0) ..Milwaukee at Press Time…Halos (29-43) heading into game
..Christian Yelich HR\
..Brewers score 3-runs on an error

Halos-Brewers..Wednesday…Tyler Anderson-vs-Freddy Peralta

Angels..DFA-P-Jose Suarez (8.15-ERA)
Angels..OF-Mike Trout says rehab knee surgery going slower than planned
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(Tuesday Scoreboard)

Yankees-W-Orioles…Giancarlo Stanton RBI-single..NY (51-24)..Balt (47-25)
Cardinals-L-Miami..Christian Bethancourt HR..Marlins 2R-10th inning
Reds-W-Pirates..Nick Ledolo now (8-2) Cinn
Cleveland-L-Seattle..JP Crawford HR-3RBIs-Sea…Guardians (44-26)
Arizona-W-Washington..Ketel Marte HR-Dbacks
Boston-W-Toronto..Ced Rafaela 3-hits-Bost
Tigers-L-Braves..Ozzie Albies RBI triple-Atl
Tampa Bay-W-Minnesota…Randy Arozarena 3RHR.
Mets-Texas..Tied 6-6 at Press Time..Dom Smith 3RHR-Tex
Giants-L-Cubs..Dansby Swanson 2R-HR-Chi
Astros-L-White Sox..Jon Cannon 7-hitter in debut for Sox
Royals-A’s..Royals trailed 7-4 at Press Time
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(MLB)

MLB..Adopts full time use of Replay Challenge for Balls-Strikes in  AAA-baseball in all games…Teams will be allowed to have just 2-challenges on home plate calls.

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(Injuries)

Yankees..1B-Anthony Rizzo-out 8W-fractured arm
Yankees..OF-Aaron Judge hand injury hit by pitch
Orioles..IF-Jake Westburg-hip injury
Toronto..DL-SS-Bo Bichette-calf
Toronto..DL-Pi-Yimi Garcia-elbow
Reds..OF-TJ Friedel-hamstring-3rd injury of year
Boston..Surgery P-Luis Perales-42nd pitcher surgery since February
Astros..DL-P-Justin Verlander-neck issue

Yankees..Activate P-Gerrit Cole-will start Wednesday vs Orioles
Mariners..Activate 1B-Ty France from DL

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(Roster Moves)

Yankees..Callup 1B-Ben Rice..hit 35-HRs AA-AAA last year and half
A’s..DFA-3B-JD Davis-hitting (.187)

Blue Jays..Sign FA-P-James Kaprelian-ex Yankees-A’s prospects-3 surgeries
Mets..Sign FA-P-Davis Hollowell-ex Rockies
Seattle..DFA-C-Seb Zuvala
Orioles..Sign FA-P-Nick Avila-ex Mariners

Mets..Release C-Tomas Nido
Reds..Callup P-Brooks Kriske

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…(BASKETBALL)…

Clippers…Hire Jeff Van Gundy as Asst Head coach..(430-318) NBA head coach

Boston..Prepared to offer Super Max contract-Jason Tatum (5Y-315M)
Boston..F-Kristaps Porzingas-to have surgery-torn tendon-leg
Indiana..Off F-Pascal Siakam (4Y-180M) max deal

NBA..Luxury Tax Bills sent out
..Golden State owes (177M) tax bill
..Clippers (142M) bill
..Suns (68M)
..Bucks (52M)
..Boston (43M)

NBA..Final Draft List is out…33-Underclassmen…18-Internationals…6-NBA Ignite-GL League..38-seniors

ESPN…Taking criticiism of non-stop NBA racial rants Steven A-Smith

St Johns..Fires AD-Mike Cragg-8Y on job…had been at Duke (30Y)

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…(FOOTBALL)…

NFL Lawsuit…Jerry Jones-Cowboys owner testifies…’Against allowing teams to sell off individual TV rights as part of Direct package..would damage value of Network contracts with CBS-Fox-ESPN-NBC…Impact Revenue Sharing model…’Cowboys would make alot more money than Bengals…not good for overall value for league”

Kansas…State Legislature overwhelmingly approves financing plan to fund Kansas Chiefs Stadium….City-County-State will fund 70-percent of funds…Chiefs will fund 30%-cost overrunns and build practice facility for team.

United Football League..Rules out expansion in 2025 spring league…Not put teams in LA-SF-Boston-NY-San Diego

Cleveland..QB-Deshaun Watson-ahead of schedule throwing rehab

Chargers..RB-Austin Ekeler said team told him they wanted a 200-touch running back as part of new offense.
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(Roster Moves)

Dallas..sign FA-CB-Gareon Conley-ex Raiders #1 pick
Cowboys..sign FA-LB-Will Harvey-ex Browns
Steelers..Release WR-Denzel Mims-ex Jets
Raiders..Set up visit FA-RB-Kareem Hunt-ex Browns-Chiefs
Giants..Talk to FA-RB-Dalvin Cook-ex Vikings star
Atlanta..Sign FA-Ot-Jaryd Smith..UFL-St Louis
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(College)

USC…Former Trojans LB-Abdul McClain-Pleads Guilty to Felony Fraud charges for attempting to bilk Government out of 1.B-in Debit card benefits issued to workers who lost jobs because of Covid…Files false claims for he-his brother-USC players using stolen personal information..Faces 10-20 years in prison.

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…(HOCKEY)…

(NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs)

Oilers-W-Florida Panthers..(5-3)…Edmonton wins must-win game in Florida..Panthers lead series (3-2) heading back to Alberta
..Connor McDavid 1-goal-3 assists
..Oilers build 4-1 lead..on shorthanded goal..power play goal
..Oilers hit post on empty net goal..has puck swept out crease empty net shot
..Oilers finally score empty net goal (;02) to secure win

Edmonton put up sign in dressing room last game..’No Quit isn Us’….new sign “Let’s Drag this series back to Alberta’
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(NHL Notes)

Ducks..3rd picks..workout London Knights top D-Sam Dickson (6’2-18Y) had 18G-70 Points this year…May take him in draft rather than Russian player

Utah HC..Put #6 draft pick up for trade..want veteran players

NY Rangers..Interested in soon be FA-LW-Tyler Toffoli-Winnipeg
NY Rangers..Release F-Barclay Goodrow-despite 6-goals in playoffs
Vancouver-Carolina..Trade Talks for rights to LW-Jake Guentzel-30 goals
Buffalo..discuss 9M-buyout veteran winger Jeff Skinner

Utah..Hires Chris Armstrong..former player agent as Team President
Carolina..Promote Eric Tulskey to be new GM
Columbus..Will interview ex Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft..ex Kings coach Todd McLellan

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…(GENERAL)…

Euro Cup-Team France…F-Kylian M’Bappe-ruled out after major surgery-fractured nose-possible concussion

Euro Championship-Scoreboard:
..Turkey-W-Georgia…Turkish side wins on 65′ laser goal
..Portugal-W-Czechia..Game winning goal 92′

Euro Championship-Wednesday games:
..Germany-Hungary
..Scotland-Switzerland
..Croatia-Albania

Euro Championships..Have sold record 2.4M-tickets for games at 10-different German venues
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(Golf)..Rory McIlroy taking break from PGA schedule to ‘recharge batteries’…will play in Scottish Open then British Open

Bryson DeChambeau-Scottie Scheffler interviews on status merger talks:
..DeChambeau-‘Let the past be in the past’
..Scheffler-‘You took the LIV money and splintered golf’

Xander Schaufelle…Chosen to play for Team USA in Paris Olympics

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