…(College Football)…
Aztecs..National Letter of Intent Signing Day…SDSU reportedly has 21-signed-Top players:
..WR-Derek Stevenson-Katy, Texas..3-stars
..RB-Josiah Lewis-(5’8-speedster)..Grand Prairie, Texas
..LB-Alijah Lewis-(6’3)..Dallas, Texas
..LB-Rob Lavat’i..Tacoma, Washington
..QB-Brady Campbell-(6’3) Bakersfield (38TD)
..WR-Carson Diel-(6’2) LaJolla
Aztecs…Of 21-commitments as of Tuesday..1-QB-1RB-3WR-3-TE..heavy on DL-LB-DBs
USC..Has #1 ranked recruiting class in country-top early signees:
..TE-Mark Bowman-Mater Dei..5-star recruit
..CB-Elbert Hill-Akron Buchtel-Ohio..4-star recruit
..WR-Boogie Feaster-DeSoto, Texas..4-star recruit
UCLA..Ranked 57th in recruiting because of coaching vacancy:
..Carter Goodwin-DT-Massachusetts-4 star recruit
..Micah Smith-WR..OT-Vero Beach, Florida-4 star
..Tory Davis-S-Boulder, Colorado-4 star
Aztecs…S-Chris Johnson named Co-Defensive player of year-in Mountain West Conference…LB-Owen Chambliss..RB-Lucky Sutton..DE-Trey White..OC-Ross Maseuli…PR-Jordan Napier also named to 1st team…2nd unit includes record setting K-Gabe Plasencia-19FG.
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(College Notes)
College Football Playoff Poll:
..1-Ohio State..2-Indiana..3-Georgia..4-Texas Tech..5-Oregon..6-Ole Miss..7-Texas AM…8-Oklahoma…9-Alabama…10-Notre Dame…11-BYU….12-Miami….Just on the Outside 13-Texas…14-Vanderbilt….Top Group of 5-teams..Tulane..North Texas…James Madison.
Penn State..Opens negotiations with BYU-coach Kalani Sitake..has gone (11-1)..(11-2) the last two years
Kentucky..Hire Will Stien..Off Coord-Oregon
Boston College..Vote of confidence Bill O’Brien-despite (2-10) season
Ohio..Coach Brian Smith takes leave of absence for team Bowl game
North Carolina..Bill Belichick finishes (4-8)..says he will return to coach next year
Nebraska…Matt Rhule fires Def Coordinator John Butler
Syracuse..Coach Fran Brown fires all 4-defensive coaches after (3-9) season
Rose Bowl..Price tag on buyout of lease might be as high as 80M for UCLA to leave to move to So Fi Stadium.
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(NLFL)
Chargers..QB-Justin Herbert may take part in limited workouts with soft-cast and brace on his left hand to protect palm where fracture of metacarpal bone took place-Sunday…Backup QB-Trey Lance will take majority of snaps with #1-offense preparing for Monday game vs Eagles….Normal recovery from surgery on hand is 8W
Chargers…Sign veteran RB-Royce Freeman…ex-Denver Broncos-Rams-Carolina veteran bigger back.
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(Injuries)
Bengals..DE-Trey Hendrickson-out indefinitely-hip issues
Giants..RB-Tyrone Tracy-hip flexor issue
Houston..S-Jaylen Reed-fractures forearm
Packers..Activate RB-Marshawn Lloyd from IR
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(Roster Moves)
Steelers..Sign FA-WR-Adam Thielen-ex Vikings
Steelers..Release S-Darius Slay
Broncos..Sign FA-WR-Elijah Moore-ex Bills-Browns-Jets
Colts..Sign FA-K-Blake Grupe-ex-Saints
Colts..Release K-Michael Badgley..had missed 4-kicks
Houston..Release OG-Laken Tomlinson
Titans..Release LB-Kyzir White
Lions..Workout FA-WR-Russell Gage-ex Titanss..TE-CJ Uzomah-ex Bengals
Chiefs..Visit with FA-OT-Zach Banner-ex US..Zach Thomas-ex Aztecs
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(NFL Notes)
Giants..DL-Dexter Lawrene-Brian Burns say #1 pick-DE-Abdul Carter needs to ‘grow’ up..disciplined 2nd time for being late to meetings.
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…(Baseball)…
Padres…Look at video-scouting reports on Korean P-Cody Ponce (6’6-225)…went (17-1)..1.89-ERA…(252K-180inn)…picked up 3mph on fastball this year-made other pitches tougher to hit….only to learn Toronto Blue Jays were signing Ponce-Tuesday night.
Angels..Sign FA-P-Alek Manoah-ex Toronto Blue Jays..former 1st round pick-career impacted by forearm-shoulders issues…Career (29-20) 3.34-ERA..(412K-420inn)..Broke into majors in 2021 with All Star season (16-7) 2.24-ERA.
Angels..Testimony in Tyler Skaggs continued…Former 1B-CJ Cron said Skaggs hid his drug addiction…Knew he could get help if he admitted problems to Angels..but did not inform them for 3-years.
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(Roster Moves)
Blue Jays..Sign FA-P-Cody Ponce-went (17-1) Korea..inks (3Y-30M) record deal-KBO
Astros..Sign FA-P-Ryan Weiss..went (16-5) Hanwah Eagles-Korea…ex-Royals
Giants..Open talks with FA-DH-Kyle Schwarber-ex Phillies
Giants..Meet with FA-SS-HaSeong Kim-ex Padres-Braves
Washington..Shopping P-Mackenzie Gore (26-41) 4.19-but want 3-for-1 deal
Cardinals..1B-C-Willin Contreras-willing to waive no trade clause in contract for deal
Mets..Still talking about re-signing relief ace Edwin Diaz-wants (5Y-100M) deal
Braves..sign FA-P-Danny Young-ex Mets
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(Notes)
Cleveland..Sports Gambling trial date-May 4th for Guardians P-Emmanuel Clase
Boston..Former Red Sox 1960s pitching star Dave Morehead passes (80Y)
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…(Basketball)…
Aztecs-vs-Utah Valley..Wednesday…SDSU (3-3)..UVU (5-3)
Clippers-at-Atlanta…LA (5-16) off to one of worst starts in club history
WNBA..Makes new offer to Union in CBA-Talks:
..Offers Max Salary 1M for two players per roster
..Average salary of players (500,000)
..Minimum salary (225,000)
..Record (5M) salary cap..will increase yearly based on gross revenues
New Orleans…Injury prone C-Zion Williamson out 3W-core muscle issue again.
NY Knicks..16-year veteran forward Dino Gallinari retires.
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…(Hockey)…
Gulls..Former Gulls head coach Kevin Dineen diagnosed pancreatic cancer (62Y)…scored 299-goals…coached Florida Panthers…longtime minor league coach…Scored (355G) in NHL-career.
LA Kings-Washington..0-0 at Press Time.. Late Start game-Tuesday..LA (12-6) in 2nd place in Pacific division.
Ducks-Utah..Wednesday..Anaheim (15-9-1)…in 1st place in Pacific Division
Kings-Blues..TRADE…LA deals F-Akill Thomas to St Louis for F-Nikita Alexandrov
Blues..F-Nathan Walker-surgery shoulder-out 8-weeks
Toronto..D-Brandon Carlo-back surgery-out 3-months
Boston..Activate F-Viktor Arviddson from IR
Colorado..Activate Valeri Nichushkin from IR
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…(General)…
(Soccer)..SDFC…GM-Tyler Heaps says he is willing to work a short term loan with a team in Liga-MX to help Chucky Lozano get playing time to get on Mexican World Cup team.
SDFC..G-CJ Dos Santos confirms he still has double vision after surgeries for fractured orbital bones in playoff injury.
(Tennis)..Serean Williams petitions ITA to activate her membership to begin a comeback at age 44.
(Formula 1)..Team Red Bull..Removes rookie driver Yuki9 Tsunda…replaces him with with Isack Hadjaer-who will team next year with Max Verstappen…will retain Liam Lawson to run on F2-team..Signs English teenage star Arvid Lindblad-England to team with Lawson
(Golf)..Tiger Woods…says his recovery from Disc Replacement Surgery on back is going slow..has not played any golf.
Laurin Canter…European player who earned PGA card-decides to sign to play next year in LIV-Golf.
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