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…(Baseball)…
Padres..Shopping Spree Saturday morning…Sign 3-Free Agents
..OF-DH-Nick Castellanos (1Y-780,000)..(.272)..250-career HRs-Phillies-Reds
..P-Griff Canning (1Y-Option)..Ex Angels-Mets… (7-3) 3.77-ERA
..P-German Marquez (1Y-Option)..Ex Rockies..(3-16) 6.78-ERA
Padres…1st full team workout-Sunday..Nick Castellanos full workout 1B
Padres..3B-Manny Machado-strong comments in camp
..AJ Preller gets 20M-player for pennies on dollar
..One guy got extension (Gruepner)..the other didn’t (Preller)..weird
..We know the value of AJ
..We don’t need a salary cap..everyone making money..owners can spend
..LA spending is great for the game
Padres..Nick Castellanos reports to camp
..This is a new opportunity-work hard help club
..Willing to do anything they want
..Fresh start-embrace it..Willing to platoon
..I was wrong for what I did in Philadelphia-Learn from it
Padres..Manager Craig Stammen
..Gavin Sheets has most experience at 1B
..Castellanos-Andujar have never played it
..Adding big league talent is huge
..Starting over is fun for a player
..Griff Canning will be out till May
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Dodgers…P-Alex Vesia talks to media for 1st time-since leaving World Series
..Not prepared not to bring my baby girl home from hospital
..Dodgers were the light in our darkness
..Dodgers-Blue Jays…’Forever Class’ for putting #51 on their caps
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Angels..Re-sign FA-OF-Chris Taylor ex Dodgers
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(Roster Moves)
Arizona..Sign FA-P-Joe Ross-ex Phillies
Arizona..Sign FA-OF-Oscar Mercado-ex Cardinals-Cleveland-Phillies
Reds..Sign FA-1B-Nathan Lowe-ex Texas
Yankees..Sign FA-P-Raf Montero-esx Tigers
Cubs..Sign FA-P-Shelby Miller-ex Tigers-Arizona
Brewers..Sign FA-2B-Luis Rengifo-ex Angels
Giants..Sign FA-Rowan Wick-ex Japan
Royals..Sign FA-P-John Means-ex Orioles
Twins..Sign FA-P-Andrew Chafin-ex Arizona
Twins..Sign FA-P-Cody Laweryson-ex Angels
Blues Jays..Sign FA-P-Jesse Han-ex Seattle
Houston..Sign FA-2B-Cavan Biggio-ex Dodgers-Blue Jays
Giants..Sign FA-OF-Will Brennan-ex Cleveland
Texas..Sign FA-OF-Mark Canha-ex Royals
Washington..Sign FA-P-Cionel Perez-es Orioles
Orioles..Sign FA-P-Jackson Kowar-ex Twins
White Sox..Sign FA-P-Austin Voth-ex Chiba Lotte-Japan
Houston-Blue Jays..TRADE..Astros deal OF-Jesus Sanchez (14HR)
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(Injuries)
Texas..P-Nabil Crismatt-elbow surgery
Rockies…P-Jeff Criswell-on 60-day DL
Giants…P-Jason Foley on 60-day DL
Braves..OF-Jurickson Profar-confirmed-had sports hernia surgery
Braves..SS-Ha Seong-Kim-will return May 1st-hand surgery
Braves..P-Hurston Waldrep-facing bone chip elbow surgery
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(MLB Notes)
MLB..ABS-Robo Ump..Adds to rule…Teams get 2-challenges in game…plus additional challenge in extra inning
FBI..Report Cleveland P-Emmanuel Clase had ‘code word’ in texts tipping gamblers when he was throw bad pitches..’Throw rock to first rooster’…Uncover 15-texts about pitches in 2024 playoffs…Gamblers won (460,000) on tipped pitches in 46-games over two seasons.
Phillies..President Dave Dombrowski criticized for ‘caustic comment’ Bryce Harper-no longer elit player…hit (.261-27HR)
Detroit..MLB suspends P-Jhoan DeLos Santos-56G-steroid positive test
Minnesota..Mourns passing longtime Coach-OF-Joe Nossek..plays 6Y-coached 28-years in baseball.
Tampa Bay..Tropicana Field-Retrofit-new roof-completed 6W-ahead of schedule.
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…(Basketball)…
Aztecs-W-Nevada (71-57)..SDSU beats Wolfpack 17th game in a row-Viejas Arena
..SDSU had 14-point lead-lost it 2nd half
..Aztecs had (13-2) run early…Wolfpack had (13-2) run in 2nd half to tie
..SDSU (13-0) to blow game open
..Reese Waters-Dixon (20P)..BJ Davis (14P)
..Magoon Gwatch (12 Minutes-11P-5R-3BS) first game in 6W
..Aztecs defense held Nevada 32%-shooting
..SDSU now (18-6)
USD-L-USF (90-78)…Dons shoot (58%) in lopsided win..Sunday..Toreros (11-17)
Lady Aztecs-W-Nevada…SDSU led by 37-points..now (20-4)..(14-1) in MWC
#1 Arizona-L-Texas Tech (78-75) OT..JT Toppin hits 3-baskets in OT for Red Raiders upset win on road..UA second loss in a row…Arizona lost F-Koa Peat-leg strain
UCLA-L-Michigan (86-56)..Bruins shoot (38%) from floor..Michigan (62%) shooting..Bruins (17-8)
St Johns-Providence…6-ejected for on court-fight..Coach Rick Pitino ejected for coming on court…Duncan Powell-Friars hit with flagrant foul and 2-game NCAA suspension..will miss 3-games
BYU..F-Richie Saunders (16P)..torn ACL-miss rest of season
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(NBA All Star Weekend)
Team Stars-W-Team Stripes (47-21)…Stars jumped out to (12-1) and (36-9) leads…Stars shot (61%)….Stripes (26%)…Kevin Durant-Kawhi Leonard (0-8) shooting..Championship Game..
Team Stripes-W-Team World (48-45)..Kawhi Leonard (35P)
Team Stripes-W-Team Stars (42-40)..Cade Cunningham-Anthony Edwards combined (22P)…LeBron James-Kawhi Leonard just 2-baskets each
Team USA-W-Team World. (37-35)..Victor Wembanyama-Karl Anthony Towns combined (24P) in loss…Nikola Jokic-Luka Doncic only 1-basket..Anthony Edwards (13P) for USA.
3 Point Shooting..Damian Lillard-Portland wins 3-point shooting contest
Slam Dunk..Keshad Johnson wins slam-Ally Oop-dunk-bounce pass dunk-Art-Flavor
NBA-Adam Silver-State of League Address
..NBA Evaluating ‘Tanking Rules’..not fair to fans
..May remove ‘Weighted Lottery’-all teams equal chance
..Probe of Clippers-Salary Cap Circumvention-complex-continues
..Will meet with owners-March-expansion
..Not considering any franchise relocation
..Prepared to open NBA-Europe in October-2027…12-franchises
..Want (500M) fee for each team..
..Will incorporate 8-Euro League teams..have 4-Play In teams yearly
Utah Jazz..Fined (500,000) for sitting starters for entire 4th quarter of games
Indiana..Fined (100,000) sitting 3-starters in game-not for medical reasons
Toronto..G-Chris Paul asked for Raptors release-Retires-12 time All Star
Sacramento..Club record 14-game losing streak entering All Star break
Pacers-Clippers..NBA announces Ivica Zubac trade clauses…Pacers retain #1 pick if it is picks (1-4)…Clippers get pick if it is (5-9)
Suns..Sign FA-F-Haywood Highsmith…ex-Nets
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…(Football)…
Raiders…Owe (105M) to Fired Coaches and Coaching staff..Still paying Jon Gruden-Josh McDaniel-Pete Carroll.
Raiders..Hire Mike McCoy-Asst Head Coach-ex Titans-Jaguars-Denver-Chargers
Raiders..Hire Andrew Janocko-as Off Coord..was Seattle QB coach
Raiders..Promote Rob Leonard-DL coach-to Def Coord
Raiders..Hire Joe DeCaillas-Special Teams Coord..Coached NFL 34-years
Bills..Hire longtime coach John Fox-consultant
Ravens..Hire Rick Minter-ex Chargers-as Def Consultant
Ravens..Announce 25-man coaching staff for Jesse Minter
Seattle..Hire Brian Fleury-ex 49ers-as Off Coord
Seattle..Hire Zach Orr-LB coach-ex Ravens Def Coord
Dallas..Hire Scott Symons-ex-SMU-LB coach
Arizona..Hire Mike Ghobrial-ex Giants-Spec Teams coach
Arizona..Interview Matt Schaub-QB coach
Miami..Hire Bush Hamdan-QB coach-ex Mississippi State
Chiefs..Hire Chad O’Shea-WR coach-ex Villanova
Steelers..Hire Rob Kugler-ex Patriots-Tight End coach
Arizona..Hire Zach Ethridge-DB coach-ex Miami Hurricanes
Rams..Hire Rob Wright-ex Syracuse-Def assistant
Chargers..Interview Joe Cullen-ex Chiefs-DL coach
Chargers..Interview DeMarcus Covington-ex Patriots-Green Bay
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(Roster Moves)
Miami…Miami Herald reports ‘There is no trade market for Tua Tagovailoa’
Eagles..Philadelphia Daily News reporting ‘WR-AJ Brown on trade block’
Washington…Will release WR-Deebo Samuel-take (12M) cap hit
Jaguars..Will move Travis Hunter to starting CB…3rd down WR
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…(Hockey)…
LA Kings…Lose F-Kevin Fiala-fractured leg in Olympics-emergency surgery (18G)
USA-W-Germany (5-1)…Sunday…Auston Matthews 2-goals in US win
USA-W-Denmark (6-3)..Saturday..Jack Eichel-Noah Hanifan score goals
USA-Women..now (5-0)..Outscored opponents (21-1)
Finland-W-Italy..(11-0) win..Fins had (62-7) shots advantage.
San Diego Gulls-L-Bakersfield (5-4)-Saturday..Waste Jed Caufield 2-goals
San Diego Gulls-W-Bakersfield (3-1)-Friday..Tim Washe 14th goal on road
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…(General)…
(Auto Racing)
Daytona 500…Accident marred race including 20-car wreck at front of pack
..Tyler Reddick races from 3rd to 1st-bumps Ricky Stenhouse to win race
..Reddick survived 30-car pack race over final 4-laps after fuel pit stops
..Bubba Wallace-led for 40-laps before fuel stops shuffled leaders
..Chase Elliott rubbed wall on final lap-pushed out of lead on restart
..Michael Jordan gets 1st Daytona 500-ring as owner of 23X-team
Formula 1..Lead driver Lando Norris says Maxx Verstappen ‘just quit-if you don’t like the rules of racing’
Formula 1..Evaluating rule change..Cars not have enough electric boost in turbo engines on restart..could cause accordion effect crashes at start of race and on restarts.
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(PGA)..ATT-Pebble Beach..Colin Morikawa birdies 18th hole..finishes 7-birdies-Sunday
(-22)..Colin Morikawa
(-21)..Sepp Straka..eagle on 18th..Min Lee
(-20)..Scottie Scheffler..Tommy Fleetwood
(-17)..Rory McIlroy
(-15)..Xander Schauffele
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(Olympics)
Lindsey Vonn..Scheduled to fly home to Florida after 4-surgeries in 6-days because of 3-fractures in left leg
IOC-Court of Arbitration…Reject appeal of Ukraine sledder who was expelled for refusing to take off helmet with pictures of 20-slain Ukraine Olympians-who have died in fight vs Russia.
Jordan Stolz-wins 2nd gold in Men’s 500M race
Ili Malinin..falls twice in final skating event-goes from 1st to 8th-no medial
Mikaela Shiffrin..finished 11th in downhill-no medial-will ski in Slalom-Wednesday
Johannes Klaebo-Wins 9th career Gold-Norway in Cross Country relay
Team USA Curling team upset defending Gold Medalist Sweden-move into 3rd place
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(Soccer)
SDFC…Window closes in Transfer Portal-Mexico-Europe soccer to move Chucky Lozano..still owed (20M) salary…Report Lozano refused opportunities to sign in Mexico to be eligible for World Cup team…Still wants to play for SDFC…Club may be willing to eat entire (39M) investment….Coach Mikey Varas…’Does Not Fit Culture’
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