…(Football)…
Chargers…Fire Off Coord-Greg Roman and OL-coach Mike Devlin…both longtime associates of head coach Jim Harbaugh after 2nd playoff failure in 2-years…Roman was at Stanford-San Francisco-Baltimore.
Chargers…Players said “Herbert was fighting for his life in playoff game with no help’….RG-Mekhi Becton finished season ranked #46 in pass blocking and #61-of-62 in run blocking.
Chargers…Interview list for Off Coord job include David Shaw-ex Stanford..Todd Monken-ex Ravens..Brian Daboll-ex Giants…Nate Scheelhaase-Rams…Tommy Rees-ex Cleveland…Davis Webb-Broncos…Kliff Kingsbury-ex Washington.
Chargers…Defensive Coordinator Jesse Minter now has interviews lined up with all 9-teams including Ravens-Giants-Steelers looking for head coaches
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(NFL Notes)
Steelers..Mike Tomlin steps down as head coach…Wants to take 2026-season off-possibly work on TV…Maybe interview in 2027…(193-114-2) in Pittsburgh over 19-years…but has lost 7-playoff games in a row..not won a playoff game in 9-years….Won Super Bowl…Won 7-AFC-North titles…..Steelers have had just 3-head coaches since 1969.
Steelers..Hot list of candidates they want to talk to include Marcus Freeman-Notre Dame..Mike McCarthy-ex Packers-Cowboys..John Harbaugh-ex Ravens…Brian Flores-ex Vikings…..Mike McDaniel-ex Miami.
Steelers…QB-Aaron Rodgers says fans yelling ‘Fire Tomlin’ is a disgrace…Defiant in his support of veteran coach…Called Twitter-TV analyst ‘a joke’…DE-Cam Heyward ‘too much noise from those outside’
Giants…Met with John Harbaugh as his home in Maryland in first formal interview for head coach job after Zoom calls last week
Eagles..Fire Off Coord-Kevin Patullo
Miami..Interviewed Kevin Stefanski-Tuesday for head coach job
Washington..Will interview Brian Flores-Vikings Def Coord
Tampa Bay..Interview Todd Monken-ex Ravens
Titans..Interview Brian Daboll-ex Giants for head coaching job
Dallas..Interview Zach Orr-ex Ravens for Def Coord job
Lions..interview Mike Kafka-ex Giants for Off Coord job
Vikings..Assistant Head Coach Mike Pettine-retires
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(Injuries)
Houston..WR-Nico Collins-concussion protocol
Dallas..CB-DaRon Bland-2nd surgery on foot
Bills..WR-Tyrell Shavers-torn ACL
49ers..Activate LB-Fred Werner from IR
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(College Football)
Aztecs…Sign 5-more players from transfer portal…Total 16-signings:
..OT-Matt Montgomery..Western Illinois
..LB-Scone Hala-Boston College
..WR-Al Doe-Bryant University
..TE-Kime Fangupo-Snow Junior College
..OT-Djibril Rahman-Rutgers
Aztecs..CB-Dalesean Staley pulls out of transfer portal-will return..WR-Donovan Brown (33R) changes mind and returns to SDsU.
College Football Coaches Association…Votes to allow players to play 9-games in a year and yet preserve redshirt status…Old rule-players could play only 4-games..NCAA will now vote on issue.
UCLA..Alumni Lawrence Layne donates (17.3M)..to UCLA football-basketball NIL fund.
Colorado..Starting OT-Jordan Seaton enters transfer portal…34th player to defect from Deion Sanders team this off season.
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…(Baseball)…
Cardinals-Arizona..TRADE…St Louis deals 3B-Nolan Arenado and (26M) to Diamondbacks for P-Jack Martinez.
Marlins-Yankees…TRADE…Miami deals P-Ryan Weathers for 4-minor leaguers including minor league slugger OF-Darren Lewis (22HR)
NY Mets..New York offers FA-OF-Kyle Tucker (3Y-150M) but refuses opt outs in deal
Yankees..OF-Cody Bellinger-offered (5Y-150M)..Bellinger asks for opt outs in deal-Yankees yet to respond
Giants-Cubs..Trade talks for 2B-Nico Hoerner continued-Tuesday
Cubs..Put 3B-Matt Shaw on trade block.
Cubs..Sign FA-OF-Justin Dean-ex-Giants
Cleveland..Sign FA-3B-Carter Kieboom-ex Arizona
Phillies..Sign FA-P-Genesis Cabrera-ex Twins
Arizona..Sign FA-P-Shawn Dubin-ex Houston
Arizona..Sign FA-P-Jon Loaisiga-ex Yankees
Pirates-Phillies..TRADE..Bucs deal P-Chase Shugart
Giants..P-Sean Hjelle-signs with Orix Buffaloes-Japan
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(MLB Notes)
Royals…Moving in fences by 10′ in left and right field…Reduce Wall from 10′ to 8′ height.
Braves..Hire Johnny Washington as minor league hitting coordinator-ex Angels hitting coach
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…(Basketball)…
Lakers-Atlanta…Tuesday….Lakers built 25-point lead…Led (99-74) late in 3rd quarter at Press Time…Heading into game-.Lakers lost 7-of-11
Lakers..G-Luka Doncic-thigh-groin issue develops-but did play-Tuesday
Clippers-vs-Washington Wizards…Clippers (16-23)
Dallas..F-Anthony Davis-could be out 4-months-surgery-torn hand ligament
Aztecs-at-Wyoming..Wednesday game..SDSU (11-4)
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…(Hockey)…
Ducks-Dallas Stars..Tuesday game…Anaheim led 1-0 in 3rd period at Press Time….Heading into Tuesday game-Ducks lost 9-in a row
Kings-vs-Las Vegas..Wednesday game..Kings (5-11) skid
Rangers…Put C-Artemi Panarin on trade block..Rangers (2-6-2) skid
Oilers..Activate G-Tristan Jarry off IR..Activate D-Jay Walman
Blues..Activate F-Nick Bjugstad from IR
Pittsburgh..IR-D-Erik Karlsson
Calgary..IR-F-Blake Coleman
Tampa Bay..Lose F-Brayden Point-knee issue
Gulls-vs-Abbotsford Canucks…AHL action-Wednesday
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…(General)…
LIV…Report that Bryson DeChambeau-John Rahm-Cam Smith contemplating filing for PGA reinstatement…after Brooks Koepka paid 5M-to be reinstated.
PGA..Readmits Pat Perez-who jumped to LIV-then retired-reinstated.
Farmers Open..Xander Schauffele..Ludvig Aberg..Patrick Cantlay enter Torrey Pines tourney
Soccer..Manchester United..Hires Michael Carrick-Middlesbrough as interim head coach
NASCAR..Change rules for 2026 season..Reinstate ‘The Chase’ points championship…Will use 10-race format-for top 16-drivers…No drivers will be eliminated.
Formula 1..Alpine Team releases driver Jack Doohan from contract.
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