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Hacksaw’s Great Sports Weekend Podcast
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…(Baseball)…
Padres..AJ Preller-GM-1st interview in Spring Training:
..Want focus on the field..Either we do it or don’t do it-contract extension
..Want another pitcher to fill out innings and another bat
..Our trade deadline deals filled holes on this roster
..C-Felix Fermin has shown he cares and trusts his pitchers
..C-Luis Campusano helped himself alot going to AAA
..He has made a big improvement in his game
..Our two catchers are the best they have been in years.
Padres…Rookie Sung-mun Song spent the day working at 1st base
Padres..Commissioner Rob Manfred on Padres potential sale…’There is robust interest-this is an appealing asset’.
Dodgers…Sign 3B-Max Muncy to (1Y-10M)n extension
Dodgers..Sign SS-Kike Hernandez (1Y-4M) to return
Dodgers..Place P-Evan Phillip on 60-day DL-continue elbow rehab
Dodgers..Sign 2B-Keston Hiura-ex Rockies-Brewers
Dodgers..Report Shohei Ohtani wanted to pitch in the WBC-but could not get insurance
Dodgers..Manager Dave Roberts says team will open season with 6-man rotation-April
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(Roster Moves)
Phillies..Release OF-Nick Castellanos-will eat (20M) contract..Report Castellanos year long feud with Manager Rob Thompson and coaches over being pulled from games..and incident in which Castellanos was pulled from game-returned to dugout drinking a better sitting on the bench-leading to a major blowup with staff…Players saying Castellanos was not a ‘team player’
Cubs-NY Mets..Re-enter contract talks with FA-P-Zac Gallen-ex Arizona
Kansas City..Sign FA-P-Mitch Spence-ex A’s
Twins..Sign FA-P-Anthony Banda-ex Dodgers
Twins..Sign FA-;P-Julian Merryweather-ex Cubs
Arizona..Sign FA-P-Paul Seward-ex Tigers
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(Injuries)
Texas..Lose top prospect SS-Sebastian Wolsott-surgery on elbow
Yankees..Shutdown P-Cam Schlittler-back
White Sox..Shutdown P-Drew Thorpe-elbow tendenitis
Texas..P-Nabil Crismatt-surgery-elbow
Pirates..Put P-Jared Jones on 60-day DL-elbow
Mets..P-Tyler Megill-60 day DL-continue rehab-elbow surgery
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(MLB Notes)
MLB to enforce ‘coaching box rule’…coaches cannot leave box..concern sign stealing
Fan Duel..Missed TV rights fees to 9-team..then offered teams only 60%-last year fees
Pirates…Legendary Pittsburgh reliever Elroy Face-1950s-60s pitching star passes away (97Y)..went (18-1) in 1959….Saved 3-World Series wins against Yankees in 1960…Pitched 16-years in the majors…191-saves…record (104-95).
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(College Baseball)
Aztecs-vs-Long Island University…Coach Kevin Vance makes debut…SDSU hosts Blackbirds in Friday-Saturday night games-Sunday afternoon game…Aztecs debut with 19-transfers on roster…Aztecs picked up 4-transfers from Oregon State and 2-transfers in from Arizona and Arizona State…SDSU trying to bound back from a disastrous (20-39) season.
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…(Basketball)…
Aztecs-vs-Nevada…Saturday-Mountain West Conference game..SDSU (17-6)-Wolfpack (17-7)
USD-W-Portland (71-58)..Toreros hit 12-3’s..USD (11-16)
USD…Off-Saturday
USD…Leading scorer Ty Laur-Johnson (14P-4A) per game-removed from roster-leaves team because of discipline problems…Had transferred in from Wake Forest.
UCLA-at-Michigan-Saturday..Bruins (17-7)..Michigan (23-1)
North Carolina..Star F-Caleb Wilson-out fractured hand
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Lakers-W-Dallas Mavericks (124-104)…LeBron James (28P)…Lakers shot (56%)…Dallas without Cooper Flagg…..Thursday game….LA now (33-21)
NBA…Off for All Star Weekend festivities at Intuit Dome-Inglewood on Sunday..included matchups Team USA-vs-Team World.
Utah..Lose newly acquired F-Jaren Jackson-surgery-tumor in knee
Suns..NBA suspends Dillon Brooks-1 game for 16th technical foul of season
Knicks..Sign FA-F-Jeremy Sochan-ex Spurs
Dallas..G-Cooper Flagg-sprained foot
Washington..C-Alex Sarr-hamstring
Dallas Mavericks…ownership says it is not negotiating to sell team back to a group that includes Mark Cuban.
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…(Football)…
Raiders..Hire Mike McCoy as QB coach..ex head coach Chargers..longtime assistant Denver-Jaguars-Arizona-Titans
Chiefs..Hire DeMarco Murray-longtime RB as RB coach
Lions..Hire Dan Skipper-longtime OT as an OL coach
Atlanta..Hire Ricky Manning DB-coach-ex Raiders-Seattle
Ravens..Hire Ben Kotaica-Special Teams coach-ex Rams
Chargers..Hire Julien Campenni-ex Rutger-Def Line coach
Colts..Hire Marion Hobby-ex Arkansas-Def Line Coach
New England..Will assign former Def Coord-Terrell Williams-cancer treatments in 2025
Raiders..Interview Frisman Jackson-WR coach Seattle for Off Coord job
Arizona..Interview Karl Scott-DB coach Seattle for Def Coord job
Browns..Interview Cory Undlin-Houston for Def Coord job
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(NFL Notes)
Seattle Seahawks..Paul Allen-Estate will ask for 9-11B sales price for team
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(College Football)
Ole Miss..Federal judge grants injunction to QB-Trinity Chambliss giving him 6th year of eligibility-Judge said player was entitled to Medical Red Shirt year at Ferris State.
BYU..WR-Parker Kingston charged with felony rape
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…(Hockey)…
Olympics:
..Team USA-W-Latvia (5-1)..Brock Nelson 2-goals..(38-18) shot advantage
..Team Canada-W-Czechia (5-0)..Mac Celebrini-Bo Horvat early goals
Winnipeg..D-Josh Morrissey suffers leg injury in 1st shift at Olympics for Team Canada.
Montreal..Report Habs are putting veteran RW-Patrick Laine on trade block..has 9M-cap figure.
San Diego Gulls-vs-Bakersfield Condors…Friday night AHL game..Gulls (21-14-4) in first half of season.
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…(General)…
(Olympics)..USA star Ilia Malini goes for Gold in Men’s Free Skate event on Friday.
IOC..Expels Ukraine sled star Vlad Heraskevych for wearing a helmet with pictures of 20-Ukraine Olympians-who have been killed in action in fighting Russia.
NBC-TV ratings…Average (26.5M) viewers on all platforms..up (93%) from Beijing Winter Games in 2022.
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(Golf)…ATT-Pebble Beach Open..
..(62)..Ryo Hisatsune-10-birdie day to get lst round lead
..(63)..Sam Burns-9 birdies..Keegan Bradley-eagle-7 birdies
..(68)..Rory McIlroy
..(69)..Xander Schauffele-Justin Rose
..(72)..Scottie Scheffler
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(Auto Racing)
..Daytona 500..Kyle Busch grabs pole..is winless in 20-races Daytona heading to Sunday
..Formula 1..Max Verstappen says 2026-cars are ‘anti racing’..too busy managing Electronics and Fuel-not enough time racing.
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(Soccer)..English Premier League-Scoreboard:
..Manchester City-W-Fulham..Earling Haaland-goal..City (15-5-4)
..Arsenal-Tie-Brentford..Gunners (15-3-6)
..Liverpool-W-Sunderland..Liverpool (11-7-6)
..Chelsea-Tie-Lees..Cole Palmer-penalty shot
..Everton-L-Bournemouth
..Newcastle-W-Hotspur…Spurs fire coach after match
..Aston Villa-W-Brighton..Villa (15-5-4)
..Crystal Palace-L-Burnley..Burnley scores 44-47′
..Nottingham Forest-Tie-Wolverhampton..Wolves (1-19-6)
Raheem Sterling…former Chelsea star signs to play for Feyernood-Netherlands
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