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…(Baseball)…
Padres…Full bullpen days for pitchers…Manager Craig Stammen-Media:
..Sung Song..Will work at 3-positions in infield to begin-has been in hitting cage
..Sung Song..Doctors made sure his oblique injury ‘did not go sideways’
..Miguel Andjur-first day of work at 1B-get him up to speed
..Yu Darvish will work with young pitchers-then go work with Team Japan-WBC
..Jason Adam throws full bullpen
..Kyle Hart will be extended to be long reliever
..There will be competition for starting jobs 4-5-6-7
Padres..MLB sources team is trying to sign FA-P-Zac Gallen to ‘back end loaded’ free agent contract…Lower money year one..big paydays in years two-three configuring both Nick Pivetta and Michael King will opt out of their contracts.
Dodgers..Re-sign FA-P-Evan Phillips (1Y-6.5M) deal-coming off surgery-will not pitch till July All Star break…Dodgers will have to pay (13M) in luxury tax payment on Phillips contract.
Angels..P-Grayson Rodriguez-impressive in 1st bullpen outing
Angels..P-Ben Joyce-throws first bullpen-coming off shoulder surgery
Angels..P-Robert Stephenson-confirms behind schedule-rehab-elbow surgery
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(Roster Moves)
Phillies..Confirm OF-Nick Castellanos will not be in spring training camp-team trying to trade him or will release him
Orioles..Sign FA-P-Chris Bassitt-ex Blue Jays (1Y-13M)
Texas..Sign FA-P-Jordan Montgomery-ex Arizona
Washington..Sign FA-P-Miles Mikolas-ex Cardinals
Rockies..Sign FA-P-Jose Quintana-ex Brewers
Cubs..Sign FA-P-Kyle Wright-ex Braves 20-game winner
Twins..Sign FA-P-Liam Hendricks-ex Red Sox
Seattle..Sign FA-OF-Connor Joe-ex Padres-Reds-Pirates
Brewers..Sign FA-C-Gary Sanchez-ex Orioles
Marlins..Sign FA-P-John King-ex Cardinals
Blue Jays..Sign FA-P-Juan Yepez-ex Washington
A’s..DFA-P-Mitch Spence
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(Injuries)
Mets..SS-Francisco Lindor-hamate bone surgery-out 6W
Arizona..OF-Corbin Carroll-hamate bone surgery
Orioles..2B-Jackson Holliday-hamate bone surgery
Washington..P-Trevor Williams on 60-day-DL-continue rehab-elbow surgery
Braves..P-Joe Jiminez-60 day DL-knee cartilage rehab
Tigers..P-Jackson Jobe-60 day DL-rehab elbow surgery
Orioles..2B-Jordan Westburg-DL-oblique
Orioles..P-Colin Selby-shoulder surgery
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(MLB Notes)
MLB confirms it has taken over TV rights of Angels..Brings to 15-teams who will operate under MLB umbrella
Cleveland…FBI documents show that Guardians reliever Emmanuel Clase made (60,000) cell phone calls and exchanged (19,000-PDF) files with a know gambler in two year span..while rigging pitches in games…Last week-FBI charged Clase threw bogus pitches in 48-different games…Clase also fingered as making cell phone calls from bullpen to the bettor in the stands just before he was going into pitch.
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…(College Football)…
Aztecs…Pac 12-schedule released..SDSU will play at Oregon State..Colorado State..Boise State and have a ‘Flex’ road game against a Conference opponent that will not count in the league standings…Home games in league will be against Washington State..Fresno State..Utah State..Texas State..Non conference games are at UCLA..home with Toledo-James Madison-Portland State….The Pac 12-says the Aztecs ‘flex game’ likely will be at Fresno State.
Aztecs..Coach Sean Lewis named as Pac 12-representative to the American Football Coaches Association
NCAA…LA Bowl-Detroit Bowl announce they are folding
Ole Miss..Files appeal with NCAA asking for 6th year eligibility for QB-Trinity Chambliss..saying he deserves a Medical redshirt for a year at Ferris State when he was ill with tonsillitis and misdiagnosed Covid…NCAA said he rejected surgery-was treated with Meds and played two games that year
Syracuse..Athletic Director John Wildhack resigns after 10-years on job…Orange football has struggled and basketball is no longer an East Coast power.
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(NFL)
Super Bowl..TV ratings..Patriots-Seahawks drew (124.9M) viewers…2nd highest in history..Peaked at (137.8M) early in 2nd quarter…Bad Bunny halftime show drew (128.2M)…Telemundo-Spanish had (4.8M) viewers-all time record
Atlanta..Police file 5-felony assault charges against Falcons DE-James Pearce-for road rage incident against former girlf friend that against police.
New York Jets..Former LB-Darron Lee charged with murder-held without bond..killed girlfriend over weekend…Prosecution to seek murder charger…Broke women’s neck-stabbed her in domestic violence act in Tennessee.
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(Coaching Moves)
Carolina..Hire Darrell Bevell-Associated Head Coach-ex Miami Dolphins
NY Giants..Hire Brian Callahan-ex Tennessee-as QB coach
Raiders..Interview Andy Janocko-Seattle for Off Coord job
Rams..Hire Michael Hunter-U Tennessee for CB coaching job
Washington..Hire Kerry Colbert-ex Broncos for WR coaching job
Packers..Hire Luke Ketsy-ex Raiders for QB coach job
Miami..Hire Kevin Palutto-ex Eagles for QB coach job
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…(Basketball)…
Clippers-W-Houston Rockets (105-102)…Clippers road thru 4th quarter…Kawhi Leonard (27P) in win…..Wednesday game..LA (26-28)
Lakers-vs-Dallas Mavericks..Thursday game..LA (32-21)
Lakers..staggered by injuries..5-top players out with injuries…lost in San Antonio (136-108) on Tuesday…Gave up (84P) in first half…Victor Wembanyama had (40P).
NBA..Suspends Detroit F-Isaiah Stewart (7G)..loses (724,000) game checks for coming off bench in brawl vs Charlotte..Suspends Hornets G-Miles Bridges (4G-689,000) for throwing punches…Hornets C-Mousse Diabate 4-game suspension..Detroit G-Jaylen Duren 2-games.
Minnesota..F-Naz Reid fined (35,000) for shoving incident in game vs Atlanta
Cleveland…G-Collin Sexton fined (35,000) obscene gesture during game
NBA..Former Dallas exec Donnie Nelson buys the Rome franchise that will be part of the NBA-Europe League that starts in 2027…
Sacramento Kings..losing streak (13) games…have 6-injured players
San Antonio..G-Stephon Castle-bruised back-hard fall in game
USD-Portland…WCC action-Wednesday…Toreros (10-16)
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…(Hockey)…
(Olympics)…Thursday…Team USA-vs-Latvia-1st round game..USA led by star G-Connor Hellebuyck…C-Austin Matthews..C-Jack Eichel.
Team Canada-vs-Czech Republic-Thursday-1st round game..Team Canada led by Connor McDavid-Nathan MacKinnon-Sidney Crosby-Mitch Marner.
Finland…Upset by Slovakia (4-1)
Sweden-W-Italy (5-2)..despite heroics Ducks G-Damian Clara 46-saves in loss
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…(General)….
Olympics…USA Jordan Stolz sets Olympic record in winning Gold in Men’s 1000-Meter in record (1:06.2)
Lindsey Vonn..Undergoes 2nd-3rd surgeries on fractured left leg..in stable condition.
LA 28-Olympic Committee-Vote of Confidence to President Casey Wasserman-whose name has appeared in the Epstien Files texts.
Abby Wambach..Former USA soccer star fires Casey Wasserman as agent…recommends other women he represents for his involvement with Jeffrey Epstien
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(Golf)
PGA…1st round ATT-Pebble Beach Open
LIV..Golf Analyst Brandell Chamblee…’Fans don’t watch LIV tourneys….Events have no weight..Tourneys have no historical meaning…No Legacy.
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(Soccer)
SDFC..Advances in League Cup despite 1-0 loss to Pumas in Mexico City…G-Pablo Sisniega made 5-point blank saves to allow SDFC advance on goals differential…Pumas had (9-3) shots on goal edge and outshot SDFC (25-5) in lopsided match.
Tottenham Hotspur..Fires coach Thomas Frank..Spur has just 2-wins in last 17-matches.
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(Formula 1)..Testing at Bahrain…Lando Norris has best time-edging Maxx Verstappen in on track testing…Lewis Hamilton-Mercedes finished 7th…Cadillac was 14th (:04) behind the leaders.
Ferrari…Will make its 3rd change in race engineer to Lewis Hamilton team this week…Driver calls the moves ‘destructive’
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