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Hacksaw’s Thursday Podcast…1:30pm
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Hot Topics on Table..Stay for Fan’s Forum
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…(Basketball)…
USD..Fires coach Steve Lavin in wake of another bad season…(11-17) this season…(46-79) overall with Toreros…Has worst career record of any USD coach in history of school.
Aztecs..Players react badly to loss to Grand Canyon as fans poured out of Arena late in 2nd half: Miles Byrd…’Fans love us when we win-hate us when we lose-fans don’t know basketball’.
UCLA..Nationwide rebuke of Coach Mick Cronin after he ejected one of his own players after flagrant foul and then proceeded to have post game rant vs media and tried to humiliate a reporter…Bruins lost by 30-at-Michigan and 23-at Michigan State.
Big 10..Report that Oregon-Washington-USC-UCLA have combined record (6-19) road record in Big 10-games this year in the Midwest.
Horizon League..Suspends Wisconsin-Green Bay coach Doug Gottfriend for verbal abuse of ref.
Texas Tech..Star F-JT Toppin-season ending torn ACL
Miami-Ohio..now (26-0) after last second road win vs U-Mass in MAC game
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(NBA)
LA Clippers-vs-Denver Nuggets..Thursday-.Clippers (26-28)…have won 20-of-27
LA Lakers..return from All Star break-Friday-vs-Clippers
Clippers..G-Darius Garland returns to workouts-limited by toe injury
Dallas..G-Kyrie Irving-will sit out rest of season-continue rehab-knee surgery
Sacramento..C-Damontas Sabonis-season ending meniscus surgery
Orlando..F-Franz Wagner-will miss rest of year-reinjures ankle 2nd time
Spurs..Sign FA-C-Mason Plumlee-ex Charlotte
Orlando..Release C-Orlando Robinson
Minnesota..Release G-Johnny Jurzang
WNBA…CBA talks remain stalled: Delay in free agency-draft..Strike on horizon
..League offered increase in cap from (1.5M-to-5.6M)..15%-revenue
..Union demands increase in cap (1.5M-to-9.5M)..27%-revenue..housing allowance
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…(Baseball)…
MLB Union…Voted-Names Bruce Meyer as Interim Director replacing the fired Tony Clark..Exec Committee met for 90-minutes with Meyer on Wednesday..Vote was being taken on Wednesday night involving 38-MLB player reps and 34-Minor League execs…72-0 vote for Meyer to take over…Meyer inflammatory comment..’Owners will lock us out’
Scott Boras..Agent says Bruce Meyer should be elevated to Union Director…’They have their plans in place for negotiations’
MLB Union..Tony Clark remains in seclusion after being fired by Union for personal misconduct and possible misappropriation of Union dues for personal use.
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Padres…Craig Stammen names journeyman Logan Gillaspie as starter vs Seattle-Friday
Padres..Craig Stammen:
..Have talked about 5-6 man rotations to start the season
..Michael King-Joe Musgrove workload in camp-reccovery will determine that
..Kyle Hart being prepared to be bulk reliever
..Sung Song going thru full progression work at 2B-3B..might play early next week
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Dodgers..Teoscar Hernandez-OF-reports to camp 12-pounds lighter
Dodgers..Shohei Ohtani will serve as DH in Cactus League games
Dodgers..Yosh Yamamoto will likely start weekend game vs Angels
Dodgers..P-Brusdar Graterol-is behind schedule in rehab-shoulder issue
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Angels..Team will not televise any spring training games-do not have station nor TV lined up
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(Roster Moves)
Astros..Open talks with FA-OF-Michael Conforto-ex Dodgers..hit (.199) last year
Astros..Sign FA-OF-CJ Alexander-ex Dodgers
Texas..Sign FA-OF-Ben Cowels-ex Cubs
Mariners…Re-sign C-DH-Mitch Garver
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(Injuries)
Braves..P-Scott Schwellenbach-bone spur-elbow
Braves..P-Hurston Waldrup-torn elbow ligament
Cardinals..P-Brandon Clark-shoulder surgery
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(MLB Notes)
Yankees..Hire Nao Masamoto-ex Cubs-as lead scout-Japan
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…(Football)…
Chiefs..Restructure contract QB-Patrick Mahomes..Convert (54M) salary into bonus..creates (43M) cap space…Creates Cap figure in 2027 (85M)..Cap figure this year will be (34.6M)
Chiefs..WR-Rashee Rice hit with Domestic Violence lawsuit filed by former girlfriend-charges 19-months of domestic abuse including strangulation incident and multiple assault incidents
Seahawks..Estate of Paul Allen hires legal firm to go thru offers to buy team..Sales price (9-to-11B)
Seattle..Hires Thomas Hamrock-head coach N-Illinois..as RB coach
Raiders..Hire Zach Azzanni-ex Steelers-WR coach
Raiders..Hire Al Holcomb-ex Carolina-Defensive consultant
Raiders..Interview Jordan Traylor-Vikings-for QB coach job
Arizona..Hire Pete Kwiatkowski-ex Texas-as DL coach
Denver..Confirms passing of former GM-Player Personnel Director Tom Dahlen-had 7-Super Bowl rings working for team
49ers..Agree to play 2-international games next year…1-in Mexico City…1-in Melbourne, Australia
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(Roster Moves)
Miami..Reports team considering releasing QB-Tua Tagovailoa..Would take (99M) cap hit but split it over two years.
Arizona-NY Jets..Trade talks for Cardinals QB-Kyler Murray
Jets..Ready to release QB-Justin Fields..would spread (22M) cap hit over two years
Vikings-Niners..Continue trade talks for SF-QB-Mac Jones
Miami..interested in veteran QB-Jimmy Garropolo-49ers backup
Cleveland..OG-Wyatt Teller-will leave team as free agent
Robert Woods..longtime Bills-Rams WR-retires..had (203R)
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(College Football)
Washington Huskies..Fire QB-coach Jim Doughty…Hire ex NFL-QB-JP Losman
San Diego State…UT survey shows-Aztecs fan support falling-Snapdragon Stadium:
..Season Tickets..Dropped from (15,973) in first year to (8,111) in 2025
..Attendance..First year (29,225)…to (17,386) last year
..Students..Averaged (5,000) first year..Drew (1,700) last two home games-free tickets
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…(Hockey)…
(Olympics)..Knockout round
..USA-W-Sweden (2-1) OT..Quinn Hughes scores on wrist shot thru a screen in OT for win..Swedes had tied game with (:91) left in regulation…USA had 20-shots in 3rd period..Swedish goalie Jacob Markstrom had 38-saves in loss…USA moves to semi finals
..Canada-W-Czechia (4-3) OT..Mitch Marner scores (:82) into OT after Canada tied game late in 3rd period comeback..Canada pounded 41-shots on G-Lukas Dostal-Ducks
..Slovakia-W-Germany (6-2)..Pavol Regenda-ex Gulls-scores. 2-goals in win
..Finland-W-Switzerland (3-2) OT..Finland rallied from 2-0 deficit
USA-vs-Canada..Gold Medal game-Thursday..10am-PST…matchup of US star Hillary Knight and Canadian star Marie Poulin…US has outscored opponents (31-1) in tourney
Pittsburgh..Sidney Crosby-possible ACL-knee injury-hit with heavy checks in game with Czechia
USA..TV ratings for quarterfinal game was (4.8M)
Edmonton..Rehires legendary star Paul Coffey as Assistant coach-Defense.
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…(General)…
(Olympics)
..Mikaela Shiffrin wins Gold in big win in Alpine Slalom-first gold in 8-years
..Johanes Klaebo-Norway star..with Gold in Cross Country ski-5th Gold in week
(Golf)
..PGA-1st round-Genesis Open-Riviera Country Club-LA
(Soccer)
..Wolverhampton-Tie-Arsenal..EPL..Wolves score in 94’ in stunning tie..Wolves (1-19-7)
(Formula 1)
..F1-Testing Bahrain..George Russell-Mercedes top lap (1:33.6)
..F1-Team Cadillac…Drivers finished 20th-21st in lap time..some 4-seconds behind leaders
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