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…(Basketball)…NBA-Trading Deadline-Thursday-Noon
Golden State-Milwaukee-Lakers..Trade talks for Giannis Antetokounmpo expand…Warriors would send #1-1-F-Jon Kuminga-Draymond Green to Bucks for Giannis..Milwaukee would then deal Green to Lakers for #2-Dalton Knecht.
Lakers-Miami..Trade talks..Rui Hachimura-for-Andrew Wiggins
Memphis-Miami..Overnight trade talks about a deal to send Ja Morant to Heat
Toronto-Sacramento..Trade talks continued for Kings C-Damontas Sabonis
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(Roster Moves)
Dallas-Washington…TRADE..Stunning 13-player-pick trade
..Wizards get Anthony Davis-F..G-D’Angelo Russell..G-Dante Exum..F-Jaden Hardey
..Mavs get #1-1-2-2-2..G-Khris Middleton..F-AJ Johnson..G-Malaki Branham..C-Marvin Bagley
Washington..Inherits Davis and 2-years on contract (58-62M)..had already traded for G-Trae Young of Atlanta two weeks ago…
Dallas..Davis leaves having played just 29-games for Mavs-had 5-different injuries in 13-months with team.
Clippers-Cleveland..TRADE..LA ships G-James Harden to Cavs for G-Darius Garland-#2 pick
Clippers-Toronto-Brooklyn..TRADE..LA sends G-Chris Paul to Raptors..Brooklyn gets G-Ochair Agbaji-#2…Clippers clear (7M) cap space
Bulls-Charlotte-Oklahoma City..TRADE..Chicago sends G-Colby White-G-Mike Conley to Charlotte…Bulls get G-Collin Sexton..F-Ous Dieng-#2-2-2..Thunder get C-Mason Plumlee
Cleveland-Utah..TRADE..Cavs ship G-Lonzo Ball to Jazz for #2-2
Cleveland-Atlanta..TRADE..Cavs move C-Jock Landale to Hawks
76ers-Thunder..Oklahoma City gets G-Jared McCain for #1-2-2
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(NBA Notes)
Clippers-Cavaliers…Cavs led (55-42) just before halftime at Press Time..lst game since James Harden trade.
Lakers..NBA suspends C-Jaxson Hayes-1 game-for shoving Wizards mascot on floor
Thunder..G-Shai Gilegous-Alexander to miss 5-games-All Star Game-oblique injury
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(College Basketball)
USD-St Marys…Gaels led (52-33) early in 2nd half at Press Time…Toreros fell behind by 19-points in first half…..Wednesday game…Toreros (10-13)..Gaels (19-4)
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…(Baseball)…
Padres…Seidler Family settles Shee Seidler lawsuit over control of team…Documents say widow of owner Peter Seidler dropped allegations of mishandling of Trust Money and control issues…Move allows sale of team to move forward.
Padres..Sportico.com reports Golden State owner Joe LaCob met with the Seidler family this past week in San Diego to discuss a (2.6M) purchase of team.
Padres..Sportico reports Houston entrepreneur Dan Friedkin-owns Everton soccer team-will meet with Seidlers….Jose Feliciano-owner of Chelsea team also want to place a bid on team.
Padres..Sign FA-IF-OF-Miguel Andujar-ex Reds-A’s-Yankees…(1Y-4M)…Hit (.318-10HR) as utilityman A’s-Reds..Not strong defensively..Was once promising Yankees prospect.
Padres…28-non roster invitees to spring training camp..Included in group are top prospects C-Ethan Salas..P-Miguel Mendez..P-Brad Rodriguez…Veterans invited include P-Marco Gonazlez-ex Seattle..P-Tristan McKenzie-ex Cleveland..P-Sean Boyle-ex Yankees…2B-Jose Miranda-ex Twins..1B-Nick Solak-ex Texas
Dodgers..Report team will rebuild mechanics of once hot-prospect Bobby Miller-whom they want to convert to a closer…Knee-shoulder injuries sidetracked him last year.
Angels..Invite 27-non roster players to camp including last year’s #1 pick P-Ty Bremner-UCSB and ex-Orioles FA-Trey Mancini
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(MLB Notes)
Tigers..Nasty arbitration hearing for P-Tarik Skubal…Was offered (16M)..Demanded (31M)-record…Decision due on Thursday…Skubal (31-13) ..(2.21-ERA)…(469K-387inn) over last two seasons.
Tigers..Mourn passing of World Series hero P-Mickey Lolich-died (85Y)..Won 3-Games in 1968-World Series against the Cardinals…Was Series MVP…Career (220-192)…pitched 16-years in MLB
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(Roster Moves)
Tigers..Sign FA-P-Framber Valdez to record (3Y-115M) contract (38M) contract..ex Astros pitcher (81-52) in career…Outbid Orioles-Blue Jays in weekend talks.
Pirates..Sign FA-P-Mike Clevinger-ex Indians-Padres-White Sox
Pirates..Open talks with FA-OF-Marcel Ozuna-ex Braves (21HR)
Red Sox..Sign FA-SS-Isiah Kiner-Falefa..ex Texas-Toronto-Pirates
Royals..Sign FA-OF-Brandon Drury-ex White Sox-Angels
Red Sox..Sign FA-P-Kyle Keller-Hanshin Tigers-Japan (2.42-ERA)
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…(Football)…
(Super Bowl)
Seattle..QB-Sam Darnold takes all first team snaps-despite oblique issue
Patriots..QB-Drake Maye-limited snaps with bruised right shoulder
Jets..Hire Frank Reich-Off Coord-ex head coach Stanford
Arizona..Hire Nathan Hackett-ex Green Bay-Off Coord
Arizona..Interview Aubrey Pleasant-Rams for Def Coord
Steelers..Hire Brian Angelichio-ex Vikings as Off Coord
Steelers..Hire Joe Whitt-ex Washington as Asst Head Coach
Chiefs..Interview Deland McCullogh-ex Raiders as RB coach
Rams..Hire Kyle Hoke-ex Browns-assistant Spec Teams coach
Dallas..Hire Chidera Diribe-ex Georgia-LB coach
Dallas..Hire Marcus Dixon-ex Vikings-Def line coach
Houston..Fire 4-assistants including TE-coach Jake Moreland
Ravens..Fire Tee Martin-QB coach
Giants..Hire NFL Senior VP-Dawn Aponte as Senior VP-Operations
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(College Football)
Aztecs…Sign 51-recruits…27-transfers…3-JUCO…21-high school recruits-Top list:
..QB-Stone Stewart-U Kentucky
..OT-Evan Lawrence-Indiana University
..WR-Marshall Sanders-College Sequoias (70R)
..WR-Aldrich Doe-Bryant University (43R)
..WR-Justius Lowe-Oregon-kick returner
..S-Solomon Davis-Oregon-Special teams star
..DT-Gav Lightfoot-Colorado University
..LB-Kai Wallin-Oregon State
Aztecs..Sign only 2-recruits from San Diego high school ranks
Aztecs..Coach Sean Lewis:
..We have navigated the Transfer Portal well
..We had the 2nd ranked class in Pac 12 in transfers
..We are ranked in Top 10-for player retainment
..No one has a handle on this chaos
..We cannot keep all our players..It is the cost of doing business
Montana…Legendary Coach Bobby Hauck has quit…’Game-no longer fun’…was (151-43) with Grizzlies building them into a 1AA power..won 21-playoff games.
Tennessee…Transfer QB-Joey Aguilar gets restraining order against NCAA-allows lawsuit for extra year of eligibility to begin..Spent 3-years in JUCO-impacted by Covid years.
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…(Hockey)…
LA Kings-NY Rangers…TRADE…Kings win bidding war-acquire Rangers leading scorer Artemi Panarin for rookie F-Liam Greentree and #2 pick…Panarin signs (2Y-22M) extension…Kings outbid Ducks-Sharks-Washington Caps.
Blues-Devils..St Louis deals C-Nick Bjugstad for C-Thomas Bordeleau-#1-4 picks
Flyers..Deny reports they are shopping young Russian star Matvei Milikov-who has feuded with Coach Rick Tocchet.
Penn State..Gavin McKenna-likely top NHL draft pick, charged with felony assault and harassment Saturday-No details as to whether it involved a female or another student on campus…Penn State-played-Michigan State on Saturday in outdoor game at Beaver Stadium-drew 75,000.
Penguins..D-Caleb Jones suspended 20G-PED violation
LA Kings-Seattle…Kraken led (3-2) in 2nd period…Seattle scored 3-goals in (6:15) span in first period in Wednesday game..Andre Kuzmenko scored twice for LA
LAKings-at-Las Vegas..Thursday game
San Diego Gulls-Henderson Golden Knights…Gulls led (4-3) in 2nd period at Press Time…Justin Bailey-Yegor Sedorov scored early goals for San Diego….AHL-Wednesday action…Gulls (20-14-4) heading into game
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…(General)…
Washington Post…Owner Jeff Bezos shocks newspaper industry…Folding entire sports department…and cutting 30%-of entire newspaper staff.
Olympics..Lindsey Vonn does not get to make practice downhill runs-Wednesday wearing new brace…Mountain closed by heavy snowfall
Golf..Scottie Scheffler heads field for 1st round Phoenix Open-Scottsdale.
Auto Racing..F1-Aston-Martin team confirms it is 4-months behind working on Wind Tunnel setups because of late setup with new car.
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