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…(Basketball)…
Aztecs-L-Michigan. (94-54)..1st round Players Festival-Las Vegas.
..Michigan had (17-2 ) and (11-3) runs-opened up 17-point lead
..Aztecs hit 5-3’s to cut lead to as close to 9-points
..Michigan led (45-33) at halftime but was sloppy on offense
..Elzie Harrington-BJ Davis combined for 15-in strong first half for SDSU
..Harrington-Davis combined (26P)
..Magoon Gwatch-Miles Byrd shot combined (4-16)
..Wolverines builds 42-point lead in 2nd half
..UM put 6-in double figures..hit 11-3s
..Michigan shot 51%-SDSU 28%
Aztecs face Oregon in 2nd round game
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USD-vs-Cal Baptist..Tuesday game
Lakers-vs-Clippers..Tuesday…Lakers (12-4)..Clippers (5-12)
Lakers..C-Deandre Ayton-bruised knee
Denver..Lose F-Aaron Gordon out 6-10 weeks-hamstring
Golden State..F-Al Horford-sciatica
Golden State..F-Draymond Green-sprained finger
Utah..F-Georges Niang-stress fracture foot
Oklahoma City continues hot-start…now (17-1)
Detroit Pistons won 12-in a row
Chauncey Billups…Longtime NBA players pleads ‘Not Guilty’ to Insider Trading-Rigged Gambling charges…Posted 5M-Bail.
AP Poll…1-Purdue..2-Arizona..3-Houston..4-Duke…5-UConn..6-Louisville..7-Michigan..8-Alabama..9-BYU…10-Florida
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…(Baseball)…
Padres…Manager Craig Stammen hires Randy Knorr as bench coach and Steve Souza-hitting coach…Knorr was with Washington Nationals from 2012-2023 as bench coach-hitting coach-Player Development….Souza comes from Tampa Bay-has never been a hitting coach.
Padres…Veteran FA-P-Michael King is meeting with Miami Marlins
Dodgers..may lose out on top FA-P-Tatsuya Imai-Japan…Told reporters ‘Want to pave my own way…Not interested in following other stars from Japan to LA….Want to pitch against them and take them down’…Rumors-Mets-Giants may be a destination point.
Angels..Express interest in FA-OF-Cody Bellinger-ex Yankees.
Angels..Testimony resume in Tyler Skaggs Drug Death trial
..Human Resource Consultant…Eric Kay should have been fired
..Angels failed their own team policies
..Angels failed to contact Police when they found drugs in Eric Kay house
..Angels never drug tested Eric Kay
..Angels failed to check Eric Kay private E-mails-he made drug purchases on line
..Stepfather of Tyler Skaggs testified..despite past addiction to Percocet-he told Skaggs he should pitch thru injuries.
..Judge puts trial on Thanksgiving break..Angels lawyers will present their case next Monday-have 2-weeks before closing testimony
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(Roster Moves)
Atlanta..Sign FA-P-Joel Payamps-ex Brewers
Tigers..Visit with FA-P-Ryan Helsley-ex Cardinals
Pirates-Cardinals..Trade talks for 2B-Brendan Donovan-Cardinals
Yankees..Sign FA-P-Yonny Rodriguez-ex Pirates
A’s..Sign FA-P-Matt Krook-ex Cleveland
Royals..Sign FA-OF-Alberto Rodriguez-ex Mets..hit (.315) in Mexico
Chiba Lotte Marines..Sign FA-P-Sam Long-ex Royals
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(MLB Notes)
Yankees..Owner Hal Steinbrenner says team may reduce (318M) payroll
Rockies…Re-hire Warren Schaeffer as manager despite team going (43-119)
Mets..GM-David Stearns..’Not going to run it back-2025 was a failure’
Cardinals..Hire Mike McFerrin as Asst Hitting Coach-ex A’s coach
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…(Football)…
Thursday Night Football
..49ers-W-Carolina Panthers (20-9)..RB-Christian McCaffrey (142APY)..QB-Brock Purdy (193P-TD-3Int)…Carolina QB-Bryce Young (169-TD-2Int)…in loss…Niners defense 2-picks..3-sacks..held Panthers (1-7) on 3rd down…Niners now (8-4)…
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(Injuries)
Tampa Bay..MRI-QB-Baker Mayfield-has sprained shoulder-no fracture
Patriots..MRI-OT-Will Campbell..sprained MCL-knee
Vikings..QB-JJ McCarthy in concussion protocol
Chiefs..OG-Trey Smith 2-sprained ankles
Eagles..CB-Andrew Mukuba-season ending surgery-2 fractures to ankle
Eagles..CB-Reed Blankenship-knee injury
Falcons..CB-Billy Bowman-torn Achilles
Rams..Activate WR-Tutu Atwell
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(NFL Notes)
Raiders..Coach Pete Carroll said he dismissed Off Coord-Chip Kelly..’We need to be better moving the football-we weren’t’…Raiders ranked #30 in Offense
Raiders..Elevate Greg Olson to be Off Coord…has been with Raiders 3-times in career.
Raiders…Video surfaces of QB -Geno Smith giving fans ‘the finger’ while coming off field after ugly loss to Cleveland on Sunday.
Giants..Fire Def Coord-Shane Bowen..Giants ranked #30-Defense (385YPG)
Cleveland..Legendary Browns QB-Bernie Kosar returns home after kidney transplant
Cleveland..Rookie QB-Shedeur Sanders-named starter for rest of the season.
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(Roster Moves)
Bengals..Release QB-Sean Clifford
Chiefs..Sign FA-RB-Dameon Pierce-ex Houston-Baltimore
Atlanta..Sign FA-WR-KJ Osborn-ex Vikings
Saints..workout FA-K-Justin Tucker-formeer star Baltimore Ravens.
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(College Football)
Aztecs…Coach Sean Lewis calls his team defense is ‘elite’ for their national rankings.
Aztecs..Sean Lewis referencing poor attendance-asked what he would tell Aztecs-4-Life fans…’We may have a 10-2 football team…we have done our job’…He did not say but was referencing the 300,000 SDSU graduates in San Diego need to stepup and do theirs.
Oregon State..Report they will meet with just fired head coach Justin Wilcox.
Oregon State..Interview Montana State coach Brett Vigen
Eastern New Mexico..Division II school hires former Baylor coach-Art Briles.
Colorado State..suspends QB-Darius Curry for spitting on a Boise player-Saturday
1AA..Playoff pairings announced:
..North Dakota State-ranked #1..Montanta State-#2…Montana #3…Tarleton Sstate-#$
..Harvard and Yale chosen to play-representing Ivy League
..Harvard will play at Villanova…Yale will play at Youngstown State.
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…(Hockey)…
LA Kings-W-Ottawa..Kings win (2-1)..Brandt Clarke with key goal for LA….Monday
Dallas…NHL suspends Mikko Rantanen-Stars for boarding penalty
Montreal..Sign FA-F-Alex Texier-ex Blues
Sabres..Release G-Alex Georgiov-will sign with KHL-Spartak
Winnipeg..Former Jets G-Chris Dreidger gets release from Traktor-KHL-Russia
Calgary..Calls up F-Matvei Gridin-AHL..had (8G-20Pts) in 17-AHL games
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…(General)…
(MLS)..SDFC-W-Minnesota United (1-0)-MLS Playoffs…Anders Dreyer scored on a close in blast in the box to give Azul & Chrome playoff win…SDFC dominated ball possesion time 71%…but did not have a shot on goal till 61st minute….SDFC plays Vancouver Whitecap next week in Western Conference finals…22nd win of year for Mikey Varas side.
NCAA Soccer…Wild weekend upsets-1st round of NCAA Tourney…#1-Vermont..#2-Virginia…#3 Princeton…#5-SMU…#6-Indiana all upset in opening rounds
English Premier League
..Everton-W-Manchester United..Everton wins despite a red card-had them playing shorthanded for 77-minutes.
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