“CHARGERS–2026-WHAT I SEE-WHAT I THINK”
My thoughts have never changed about the Chargers, regardless of what city they are in. General Manager Joe Hortiz has put together a very athletic-talented roster. Jim Harbaugh's track record everywhere shows he wins. Justin Herbert is a dynamic-strong armed-athletic quarterback. And so the Bolts open the season, likely to go (2-0) out of the gate, beating up on the bottom feeding Arizona Cardinals and the forever failure of a Raiders franchise. But the Chargers are not a complete team...
“NFL PREVIEW-DIVISION BY DIVISION PICKS”
======= Who's the team to beat in 2026...here's a look see at the NFL roadmap. NFC EAST: COWBOYS..A surprise year coming.? Dak Prescott, the explosive wide outs, and running backs, and a rebuilt defense of veterans plus the addition of the top...
“AZTECS-UCLA FOOTBALL..HOW ABOUT REALITY”
=========== It was a torrid 99-degrees and humid walking up on the SDSU campus. I cannot imagine practicing in that weather this week. I cannot fathom the heat San Diego State will face when they play UCLA on Saturday. Both are (1-0). Both...
PADRES-DODGERS GO ON ROAD..OHTANI GOES TO DL…NINERS RIP RAMS IN NFL OPENER…BIG SUNDAY IN NFL…1-VS-4-OHIO STATE VS TEXAS..NBA-NHL-US OPEN TENNIS..RORY RIPS LIV —–
...(Baseball)... Padres-at-Giants...Friday-Friars open 7-game road trip..SD (78-68)...Won 5-of-6...Padres (32-39) on road..second worst of playoff teams....Robbie Ray-vs-Anthony Molina Padres..Off day-Thursday -------- Dodgers-at-Miami..Friday..LA (89-57)..Won 7-in a row..Blake Snell-vs-Ray Gusto. Dodgers..Off day-Thursday Dodgers..DL-DH-Shohei Ohtani-ongoing bicep problem..hitting just (.129) last 3-weeks Dodgers..Callup OF-Josue DePaula from AA..Hit (.303-27HR-31 Stolen Bases) ----------- Angels-at-Washington..Friday...Halos (56-90)..Yusei Kikuchi-vs-Cade Cavalli Angels..Off day-Thursday ------------- (Thursday Scoreboard) Tampa Bay-L-Atlanta...Austin Riley RBI single..Rays...
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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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