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**Program Note…Special Starting Times…4:30pm..Opening Day Podcast**
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…(Baseball)…
Padres-Tigers..Season Opener (1:30pm)-Thursday…Nick Pivetta-vs-Tarik Skubal…Craig Stammen debut as manager.
Padres…Place P-Yu Darvish on ‘restricted list’ as he goes thru year long rehab after surgery…By agreeing to this Darvish agrees to give up his (14M) salary for the 2026-season…The club still retains him and his contract for 2027-2028 will remain intact if he attempts a comebacK,
Padres..Open season with Payroll (224.8M)..ranked 10th in MLB-Luxury Tax (9M).
Padres..’The Athletic’ reports 4th investor group has surfaced to bid on Padres…Tom Gores-Detroit Pistons owner, who is also minority owner of Chargers, has placed his 1st bid on team…Joins groups from Houston-Miami-San Francisco.
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Dodgers-Arizona..Season Opener…Yosh Yamamoto-vs-Zach Gallen
Dodgers..Open season with (322M) Payroll with deferrals…Total payroll is (403M) plus (181M) Luxury tax.
Dodgers..Put P-Blake Snell on 15-day DL-shoulder fatigue…Also DL-P-Landon Knack-ribcage…Bobby Miller on 60-day DL….Gavin Stone-Brock Stewart on DL..Brusdal Graterol-Tommy Edman added to DL-Wednesday.
Dodgers..Sign FA-P-Jake Cousins-ex Yankees.
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Angels-Houston..Season Opener..Jose Soriano-vs-Hunter Brown
Angels..Sign FA-P-Joey Lucchesi-ex Giants-Padres-Brewers-Mets
Angels..DL-Kirby Yates..Grayson Rodriguez..Alex Manoah..Ben Joyce..Vaughn Grissom..Robert Stephenson.
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(Scoreboard)
Yankees-W-Giants (7-0)…Opening day game
..Yankees score 5R-2nd inning off Logan Webb
..Ryan McMahon 2R-single
..Trent Grisham 2R-triple
..Max Fried (6inn-0R-2H)
..Giants-Logan Webb (5inn-6R-9H) in loss
(Schedule)
11-games on Thursday-top games-Phillies-Texas…Mets-Pirates…Cleveland-Seattle
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(Injury News)
Yankees..DL-P-Gerrit Cole-Carlos Rodon..SS-Anthony Volpe
Reds..DL-P-Nick Ledolo-finger
Rockies..DL-OF-Zach Veen-knee
Cardinals..DL-P-Hunter Dobbins-elbow rehaf
Cardinals..60-day DL-OF-Lars Nootbaar-heel
Arizona..DL-P-Merrill Kelly-back..1B-Lourdes Gurriel-knee
Astros..DL-P-Enyel DeLos Santos-knee
Tampa..60-day DL-P-Stephen Wilson-back
Cubs..60-day DL-P-Justin Steele-elbow rehab
Orioles..DL-SS-Jackson Holliday-hand..3B-Jordan Westburg-hand
Orioles..DL-P-Andrew Kittredge-shoulder
Seattle..DL-SS-JP Crawford-shoulder
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(Roster Moves)
Arizona..DFA-P-Grant Holman
Rockies..DFA-P-Keegan Thompson
Mets..DFA-C-Ben Rortvedt
Giants..DFA-C-Eric Haase-OF-Luis Matos
Twins..DFA-C-Alex Jackson
Texas..Option 3B-Tyler Wade to AAA
Twins..Release P-Matt Bowman
Astros..Release P-Peter Lambert
Orioles..Sign FA-P-Elvis Peguero-ex White Sox
Miami..Sign FA-OF-Austin Slater-ex Tigers
Yankees-Nationals..TRADE..NY deals SS-Zach Short to Nats
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(MLB Notes)
MLB Payrolls….Mets open season with top payroll (357M)..Dodgers #2 (322M)..Yankees #3 (301M)…Phillies #4 (283M)…Blue Jays #5 (278M)….8-teams payrolls below (100M)…Cleveland lowest (70M)..Miami (79M)..White Sox (84M)…Tampa Bay (89M)
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…(Basketball)…
(March Madness-Sweet 16)..Thursday games
..Arizona-Arkansas…Matchup Koa Peat-vs-Darius Acuff
..Houston-Illinois..Cougars playing at home in Houston
..Iowa-Nebraska..Matchup of grinders
..Purdue-Texas..Sean Miller’s Longhorns-vs-Boilermakers experience.
Lady Aztecs-at-Kansas..3rd round WBIT..SDSU (27-5)
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(College Notes)
..N-Carolina..Bitterness among boosters over (5M) buyout coach-Hubie Davis
..N-Carolina..Iowa State-Gives Coach TJ Ostleberger permission to interview
..Butler..Hire Ron Nored-Atlanta Hawks as head coach
..USF..Hire Chris Mack-ex College-Charleston for head job
USD..New head coach JR-Blount promises ‘defense-transition game’ in taking over Toreros program
SDSU..G-BJ Davis confirms ‘will explore transfer portal-no decision made’
NIT-Wednesday
..Dayton-L-Illinois State..Flyers shot (30%) from floor at home
..Nevada-L-Auburn..Wolfpack fell behind by 10-never caught up..Elijah Price (18P) in loss
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(NBA)
Lakers-W-Indiana (137-130)…Lakers outgun Pacers…..Wednesday game-LA (47-26)
..Luka Doncin (43P)..Austin Reaves (23P)..LeBron James (23P)..Lakers shoot (56%)
..Pacers hit 16-3’s
Clippers-Toronto..LA led (31-22) late 1st Q-at Press Time…Wednesday…LA (36-36) in playoff fight
Memphis..G-Ja Morant done for year-cortisone injection-elbow
Golden State..G-Moses Moody-torn patella tendon-knee
76ers..G-Paul George says ‘depression led to PED usage’
NBA..Calls Emergency Board of Governors meeting for May to ‘Change Draft Rules’ in light of ‘Tanking Epidemic’
NBA..Votes to begin taking applications for expansion groups in Seattle-Las Vegas.
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…(Football)…
NFL Union…’Not ready to open talks about 18-game schedule with Roger Goodell’
NFL..Competition Committee…’Will continue talks about Tush-Push-use of TEs-FBs but will not vote on rule change this spriung’
Raiders..Hire Mike Sullivan-ex Steelers for QB coach job
NFL..Rams-vs-49ers..in Thursday nite opener 9/10-Melbourne, Australia
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(Roster Moves)
Saints..Sign FA-QB-Zach Wilson-ex Miami-Denver-Jets
Lions..Sign FA-OG-Ben Bartch-ex 49ers
Miami..Sign FA-LB-Ronnie Harrison-ex Atlanta
Eagles..Sign FA-WR-Elijah Moore-ex Bills
Giants..Sign FA-LB-Zach Trenlor-ex Washington..LB-Cam Jones-ex Jets
Washington..Sign FA-OG-Foster Sarell-ex Chargers
Dallas..Sign FA-CB-Derion Kendrick-ex Rams
Chargers..Sign FA-OG-Kayode Awosika-ex Lions
Packers..Report make contact with FA-QB-Kirk Cousins-ex Atlanta
Giants..Visit with FA-DT-Shelby Harris-ex Cleveland
Carolina..OT-Yosh Nijman-retires
Alabama..Just 1-GM shows up for QB-Tyler Simpson Pro Day
Ohio State..71-NFL evaluators show up for Buckeyes Pro Day
Utah..Salt Lake Tribune..Report Coach Kyle Whittingham asked for ‘more NIL money and more money for assistant coaches’…school responded by buying him out.
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…(Hockey)…
Kings-at-Vancouver..Thursday..Kings lost 4-in row…6-of-8 losses
Ducks-at-Calgary..Thursday..Ducks (40-27-4)-1st place Pacific
AHL..Suspend Gulls LW-Sam Colangelo 2-games for cross check incident vs Iowa Stars last week.
Ducks..Callup C-Nathan Gaucher-Gulls..has scored 30-goals in 3-seasons
Florida..Lose C-Anton Lundell-6W-fractured rib
Winnipeg Jets..sign hi-scoring F-Lucas Wahlin-had (56G) in career-St Thomas Univ
Utah Mammoth..sign (6’7-G) Michael Hrabal-U Mass (1.95-GAA)
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…(General)…
SDFC…International report…SDFC interest in talking to veteran Liverpool star Mo Salah about coming to MLS….Salah also talked to Al Ittihad-Saudi League
Golf..PGA-1st round-Houston Open Tourney-Thursday…Scottie Scheffler pulls out-awaiting birth of another child
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