“CAN THEY SAVE COLLEGE SPORTS”
Interesting day in Congress, aside from the White House chaos we have to live with day in day out in the Trump era. Congress held hearings on a bill presented by Ted Cruz, to save the NCAA. And Congress heard from leadership people including legendary former coach Nick Saban. The 'Save College Sports' Bill would give the NCAA an anti-trust exemption that would allow them to take control of all business aspects of college athletics, in this new big money era. Saban was strong...
“NBA PLAYOFFS WORTH WATCHING”
It's not whom we expected to see in the NBA finals, but it shapes up as a fascinating series that starts tonight. The San Antonio Spurs have arrived ahead of schedule, and not just because of the dominance of Victor Wembenyama. The New York Knicks...
“NFL BLOCKBUSTER TRADES ROCK LEAGUE”
n a span of two hours, two of the elite teams in the NFL got even better. The LA Rams, conducting business the way they always have under GM-Les Sneed, shipped out 3-more draft picks and a young pass rusher. The New England Patriots reached...
PADRES FAIL AGAIN..OHTANI DAZZLING LA..ANGELS WIN..DODGERS PITCHER GUILTY IN 173M-LAWSUIT..KNICKS SHOCK SPURS..NICK SABAN TESTIFIES IN CONGRESS..GAME 2-NHL PLAYOFFS COMING
...(Basketball)... (NBA Finals)-Game 1 ..San Antonio-L-NY Knicks (105-95)..Knicks come from behind in upset win ..Jalen Brunson (30P) plays thru bruised knee-twisted ankle ..Karl Anthony Towns (18P-13R) ..Knicks reeled off 11-0 spurt at end of game to seal victory ..NY outscored Spurs (57-40) in 2nd half ..Victor Wembenyama (26P-12R) ..Spurs shot just (36%)...went (11-43) from 3 point range. ---------- (NBA Notes) Miami..Arbitrator rules G-Terry Rozier must forfeit (26M) in salary to Heat for his arres on Gambling-Point Shaving charges...Has 6-felony counts pending Boston-New Orleans..NBA Reports-Pelicans discussing trade for G-Jaylen Brown..Celtics want F-Trey...
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Lee ‘Hacksaw’ Hamilton has built a national reputation as one of America’s top sports-talk show hosts. He has been named Talk Show Host of the Year seven times by the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association. He has spent his last 26-years doing Sports-Talk Radio in San Diego, and was the first talk show host hired at the legendary 77,000-watt XTRA-Sports-690, and now at 50,000-watt Mighty 1090, hosts the San Diego Padres pre-postgame talk shows. .
He was the popular longtime Radio Voice of the San Diego Chargers, and also did NFL play-by-play for the Seattle Seahawks, and the Compass Media Networks, in addition to his college play-by-play work for the USC-Trojans, Arizona State Sun Devils, San Diego State Aztecs and the Ohio University Bobcats. His NFL play-by-play has been featured at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in the Hall of Champions in San Diego, and for NFL-Films.
He broadcast the Super Bowl, the Rose Bowl, and the WHA-All Star games.
He has also worked for Sirius-XMs Home Plate Baseball Channel, and did talk shows for Fox Sports 570-KLAC in Los Angeles, and Fox Sports Radio’s network..
He spent 8-years doing hockey for the Cleveland Crusaders and Indianapolis Racers, and 8-years doing Minor League baseball for the Phoenix Giants and the Utica Blue Sox.
He worked at KTAR-Phoenix, 3WE-Radio in Cleveland, and began his career at WLGN-Logan, Ohio and WIBX-Utica, New York.
An accomplished writer, he was named ‘Columnist of the Year’ by the San Diego Press Club, and has written freelance sports columns for the San Diego Union Tribune, and the SDNN-San News Network website.
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