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…(Baseball)…
Padres-Red Sox..Friday-Open weekend series…Padres (2-4)..Boston (1-5)…Michael KIng-vs-Sonny Gray..11am start at Fenway Park
Padres..Off day-Thursday
Padres..Begin road trip with (.202) Team-Batting Average
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Dodgers-Washington..Friday-Open road trip..Emmett Sheehan-Miles Mikolas…LA (4-2)..10am start in DC
Dodgers..Off day-Thursday
Dodgers..Team Batting Averages…6-in lineup hitting below (.208)
Dodgers..Sign FA-P-Grant Holman-ex Arizona
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Arizona-Seattle..Friday-1st home game of season..Reid Detmers-Brian Woo
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(Thursday Scoreboard)
Twins-W-Royals..Taj Bradley (6inn-0R)..Cole Ragans (6inn-1R) in start for KC
Arizona-L-Braves..Atlanta 6R-5th inning..Matt Olson-Dom Smith HRs-Atl 17-2 win
Mets-L-Giants..Luis Arraez RBI-triple..Matt Chapman RBI-double..SF 7-2 win
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(Injuries)
Royals..DL-P-Carlos Estevez-ankle injury
Orioles..Move 2B-Jordan Westburg to 60-day DL-elbow damage
Orioles..Activate P-Albert Suarez
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(Roster Moves)
Tigers..Release P-Phil Bickford-P-Colin Poche
Washington..Release 1B-Matt Mervis
Miami-Twins..TRADE..Marlins deal P-Garrett Acton for minor leaguer
Rockies..Sign FA-C-Andrew Knizer-ex Seattle
Giants..Sign FA-C-Eric Haase-ex White Sox
Trevor Bauer..ex Dodger signs with Independent League Long Island Ducks..has spent last 3-years toiling in Japan-Mexico going combined (24-14)..had injuries all last year.
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…(Basketball)…
Lakers-L-Oklahoma City…Thursday…Lakers had won 16-of-18…Thunder won 16-of-17
..OKC jumps to 16-4 lead…had (41-20) lead end of opening quarter
..Led (82-51) at halftime
..Led by 45-points in 3rd quarter
..OKC hit 19-3’s..shot (54%)…had 50-rebounds..scored 73 points in paint
..Shai Gilegous-Alexander (28P) in win
..Luka Doncic left with hamstring issue in 3rd period
..Thunder now (61-16) with torch job win
Clippers-L-San Antonio..Spurs jumped out to (56-37) lead in 2nd quarter….Led (110-87) in 4th quarter at Press Time….Thursday..LA (39-38)…Spurs have won 27-of-29.
Boston..scores (53P) in lst quarter in (147-129) win over Miami
Lakers..Agent Rich Paul denies LeBron James has made any decision on his future..James may have to take paycut from (52.6M) deal this year.
Clippers…NBA sources say Clippers-Warriors did have trade talks right before the deadline for Kawhi Leonard…talks may reopen in off season..Leonard has 1-year left on (50M) contract.
Atlanta..C-Joc Londale-sidelined ankle sprain
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(March Madness)..Final 4
..UConn-vs-Illinois..Saturday semi final..Huskies coming off huge win over Duke..Illinois coming off big wins over Houston-Iowa…Matchup of C-Tarris Reed-vs-Illini’s big 3-Euros.
..Arizona-Michigan..Saturday semi-final…Matchup of Wildcast-Wolverines big frontlines…Yaxel Landeborg-Aday Mara-vs-Koa Pete and Wildcats bigs off the bench-plus UA-strong backcourt Jaden Bradley and Brayden Burries.
..U Conn-vs-South Carolina..Friday-Women’s semi finals…U Conn (38-0)
..UCLA-vs-Texas..Friday semi finals…Lady Bruins (35-1)
NIT Semifinals
..Tulsa-W-New Mexico (74-69)
..Auburn-W-Illinois State (88-66)
Siena..Hires Nevada Smith-assistant Marquette.
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…(Football)…
Raiders..Sign FA-QB-Kirk Cousins to (1Y-20M)-ex Falcons…Deals includes (1.3M) from Raiders plus (10M) bonus for 2027…Atlanta will pay (8.7M) of contract
Bengals..Sign FA-S-Kyle Dugger-ex Steelers-Patriots #1 pick
Bengals..Sign FA-S-Ja’Sir Taylor-ex Chargers-Jets
Chiefs..Sign FA-CB-Kaiir Elam-ex Bills-Cowboys-Titans..former #1 pick
Titans..Sign FA-RB-Michael Carter-ex Arizona-Jets
Chargers..Trade talks with Jets-Broncos..interested in WR-Quentin Johnston
Ravens..Visit with FA-DE-Jadaveon Clowney-ex Dallas
Stephon Gilmour-retires after 13Y-career with Bills-Patriots..(32-Interceptions)
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(NFL Notest)
NFL…All 32-teams on hand for Indiana Hoosiers Pro Day..QB-Fernando Mendoza completed 52-of-56 passes.
Raiders..Will meet with Fernando Mendoza on Tuesday
Rams..Agent for WR-Puka Nacua confirms he is in a rehab center in Malibu for mental health issues
Washington..Meets with Notre Dame RB-Jeremyiah Love.
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…(Hockey)…
Kings-Nashville..Predators led (4-3) in 3rd period at Press Time..Thursday game
Ducks-vs-St Louis Blues..Friday game…Ducks lost 3-in a roll.
Gulls-vs-Bakersfield Condors..Friday-AHL game..Gulls (30-23-12)
Gulls…1st round draft pick C-Roger McQueen to make debut-Friday night
Toronto..Veterans Auston Matthews-William Nylander say they will not waive no trade clauses to move to different team in off season
Toronto..Report Maple Leafs want to talk to Doug Armstrong-St Louis Blues…former agent Mike Gillis-for vacant GM job.
Edmonton..Sign F-Owen Michaels..scored 33-goals in 3-years-Western Michigan
Hobey Baker Award…3-finalists for Player of Year
..TJ Hughes-F-Michigan (68G-3Y)
..Max Plante-C-Minnesota Duluth (25G) in career
..Eric Pohlkamp-D-Denver University (30G) in career
Florida..Panthers lose D-Aaron Ekblad-fractured finger-10th major injury
Las Vegas..Activate G-Carter Hart from IR
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…(General)…
(Soccer)
SDFC (3-0-2) at San Jose Earthquakes (4-1)-Saturday-MLS action
FIFA..Reopens ticket sales for World Cup and increases prices for Championship games using ‘Dynamic Pricing’….Charges (8,680) when first sold..now asking (10,990) per ticket for finals at Meadowlands in New Jersey
USA..Coach Mauricio Pochettino says he will bring (35) players back to camp to compete for final 26-World Cup spots on roster
FIFA..Released update rankings leading to World Cup…1-France..2-Spain..3-Argentina…4-England…5-Brazil….USA dropped to 16th.
EPL..Off weekend for FA Cup play.
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(Auto Racing)
Formula 1-Indy Car-NASCAR..off weekend.
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(Golf)
Tiger Woods…Jupiter, Florida police release video of Tiger Woods arrest:
..Woods telling officers he was talking with President Trump
..Woods failing 4-different sobriety tests
..Woods telling police he had 29-surgeries
..Woods admitting he had hi power Vicodin in his pocket
..Woods not describe meds he had taken earlier in the day
..Woods told police ‘astonished’ being handcuffed
..Woods fell asleep in police cruiser while being transported
..Drivers license suspended Thursday night
Phil Mickelson…withdraws from Masters-at Augusta..on going family health issues-which he refused to detail…he has missed 4-LIV tourneys to start the season.
Valero Open-Texas…
(-6)..Tony Finau leads 3-way tie to 2nd round
(-5)..Tommy Fleetwood heads up 7-way tie for second
(-4)..Ludwig Aberg part of 14-way tie
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