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Hacksaw’s Thursday Podcast..1:30pm’
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Hot Topics–Stay for Fan’s Forum
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…(Golf)…
LIV…On brink of going out of business
..NY Times reports Saudi PIF fund has decided not to fund tour any longer
..Wall Street Journal..LIV-emergency meeting in Mexico City
..Golf Channel..LIV has lost (5.3B) in 4-years operation..Losing (394M)-per year
..Athletic..Players and Vendors have not been paid since January
..Saudi PIF..Question ‘Return on Investment…Invest other businesses’
..PGA Tour..’We have no inside information
..Sergio Garcia..’Players have not been told anything since January’
..ESPN..EMail CEO-Scott O’Neill-season will continue
..Financial Times..No USTV ratings..few corporate sponors..draw well Africa-SAmerica
Masters…TV Ratings (13.99M)-Sunday final round..highest since 2015.
PGA..Heritage Classic-Hilton Head-1st round Thursday
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(Auto Racing)
Formula 1..Emergency meetings to discuss rule changes on ‘Energy Management’…Changes in structures of battery-engine operations…Meeting Wednesday-Thursday to discuss ‘Changing Power Unit’…Will meet with Owners for vote on rule changes-April 20th
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…(Baseball)…
Padres-W-Mariners (7-6)..Wednesday..SD (11-6) won 7-in row.. 10-of-12 games..Best win of year
..Padres explode 5R-in 9th against closer Andres Munoz
..Jackson Merrill 2R-double in bottom of 9th
..Xander Boegaerts 2R-HR
..Dom Calzone 2R-double
..Brendan Donovan 2R-single
..Luke Railey 2R-HR
..Evan Hancock retired 11-in a row
..P-Randy Vasquez-struggled all night (4inn-4R-5H-4W)-threw 85-pitches
San Diego-Seattle..Thursday..Walker Buehler-vs-Luis Castillo
Padres..Nick Pivetta..refuses to discuss details on MRI on elbow-Wednesday
..I am shutdown…will rest and rehab
..I hope to pitch again this season
..I am going to rehab-not going to talk about surgery
Padres..Manager Craig Stammen confirms Pivetta has ‘strained tendon flexor’…Could take weeks or months to recover..3-weeks to 3-months depending on severity.
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Dodgers-W-Mets (8-2)..Wednesday…LA (14-4)..Mets lost 8-in row
..Hyseong Kim 2R-HR-LA
..Teoscar Hernandez HR
..Dalton Rushing Grand Slam HR
..Shohei Ohtani (6inn-1R-10K
LA..off Thursday
Dodgers..P-Edwin Diaz throws bullpen to test arm-loss in velocity
Dodgers..Acquire P-0Griff McGarry-ex Phillies
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Angels-L-Yankees (5-4)..Bullpen blows game 2nd nite in row..Wednesday..Halos (9-10)
..Reliever Jordan Romano gives up 2R-in 9th
..Wase HRs Mike Trout-Logan O’Hoppe-Adam Frazier
Halos-New York..Thursday..Max Fried starts for NY-Angels bullpen day
Angels..MLB reduces 7-game suspension to Jorge Soler to 4-game for beanball fite last weekend.
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(Scoreboard)
Arizona-W-Orioles..Adrian DelCastillo 2R-HR
Phillies-L-Cubs..Nico Horner HR-4RBI keys 11-run outburst
Tigers-W-Royals..Willan Perez HR-Det
Reds-W-Giants..Sal Stewart 3R-HR..3R-HR..SF (6-12)
Pirates-W-Nationals..Buccos (11-7)
Braves-W-Marlins..Matt Olson 3R-HR-Atl
Red Sox-W-Twins..Trevor Story HR-5RBI
Tampa Bay-W-White Sox..Johnny DeLuca 3R-HR..Junior Caminero HR-Rays
Blue Jays-L-Brewers..Jays waste Dylan Cease (6inn-0R-2H) outing
Cleveland-L-Cardinals..Nathan Church-3hits-StL
Rockies-L-Astros..Yordan Alvarez HR
Rangers-L-A’s…Jack Wilson-Shea Langliers 2R-HRs A’s
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(MLB Notes)
MLB Union…Fired its CFO and its Human Resources Director during probe of misappropriation of money and of violations of HR-hiring practices in aftermath of ouster of Tony Clark a month ago as Union Chief.
Phillies..Police investigating assault of MLB umpire Brock Ballou outside a Philadelphia restaurant last week..he suffered minor injuries
Tigers..Sign SS-Kevin McGonigle (8Y-150M) extension
Red Sox..MLB investigates Twins fan for Mental Health slur vs Jarrren Duran
Orioles..Manager Craig Albernaz-6W recovery-fractured cheekbone-jaw-hit by foul
Brewers..Manager Pat Murphy..’Poor taste fans boo closer Trevor Megill
Houston..Rookie P-Tatsuya Imagi-struggling with culture-changed handlers 3X
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(Injuries)
Rockies..DL-P-Kyle Freeland-shoulder issues
Reds..P-Emilio Pagan-hamstring
Arizona..Surgery 1B-Pavin Smith-bone chips elbow
Giants..DL-OF-Harrison Bader-hamstring
Giants..DL-OF-Jared Olivia-fractured hamate bone
Texas..P-Juan Curvelo-bicep injury
Arizona..DL-C-Gabe Moreno-oblique
Tampa Bay..Move P-Ryan Pepiot to 60-day DL
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(Roster Moves)
Tampa Bay..Sign FA-P-Michael Grove-ex Dodgers
Cubs..Open talks with FA-P-Lucas Giolito (16-30) last 4-years
Houston..Callup P-Spence Arrighetti from AAA
Orioles..Callup C-Sam Huff
Orioles..DFA-P-Javien Sandridge
Braves..Re-sign FA-P-Martin Perez.
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…(Basketball)…
(NBA Play In Games)
Clippers-L-Golden State..(126-121)..LA loses 8-point lead at home-knocked out
..Warriors erupt for 43P-in 4th quarter for win
..Golden State hits 19-3’s
..Steph Curry (35P)..Kristaps Porzingas (20P)
..Kawhi Leonard (21P) only 2-points in 4th quarter
..Could be final game Leonard plays for Clippers
76ers-W-Magic…(109-97)..Tyrese Maxey (31P) Sixers to advance
Miami..Calls for NBA to suspend Charlotte G-LaMelo Ball for intentional trip that injured C-Bam Adebajo’s back in play in game
Lakers..F-Luka Doncic received 2-plasma platelet injections in 5-days in treatment in Spain
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USC..F-Chad Baker Mazzara-kicked off Trojans team talks to NY Times
..Misunderstood why he played for 5-teams in 6-years
..Eric Musselman never spoke to me about being removed
..Narratives in media about me-not true
..My journey is about learning life-while living life
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…(Football)…
Pittsburgh..QB-Aaron Rodgers talks twice to Mike McCarthy-GM-Omar Khan about his future..but no decision on if he wants to play in 2026.
NY Jets..thinking about taking QB-Tyler Simpson with 2nd round pick in 2026
Dallas..Tom Fitzgerald-longtime OC in decade of 70’s-passes away (77Y)
Giants..Breakoff extension talks with DT-Dexter Lawrence
Tampa Bay..Will reopen talks with QB-Baker Mayfield on extension
Dallas-Browns..Trade talks-Cowboys want to deal up from #12 to #6
Raiders..Shopping backup QB-Aiden O’Connell
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…(Hockey)…
San Diego Gulls-L-Tucson Roadrunners (5-1)…Wednesday
..Letdown game for Gulls after making playoffs
..Tucson killed off 6-power plays in a row
Gulls..Contract extension for Coach Matt McIlvane after improving team from (43-points) to (79-points) and a spot in AHL playoffs.
Ducks-at-Nashville…Thursday..Ducks lost 8-of-9 in late season fade-final game
Kings-at-Calgary..Thursday…Kings won 7-of-8 to make playoffs-final game
Ducks 4th seed in Pacific…Kings 5th seed in Division-outcome impacts 1st round matchups
Ducks..Callup D-Tristan Luneau-San Diego Gulls
Columbus..Coach Ric Bowness rips teams after fell out of playoff race ‘They don’t care-losing comes easy’…Jackets went (2-8-1) to drop out of playoff race.
Buffalo..Home ice advantage for playoffs after going (39-9-4) after GM change.
Minnesota Wild..Sign #2 draft pick F-Rieger Lorenz-Denver University-NCAA champ..had 17-goals this winter
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…(General)…
(Soccer)
Liverpool…loses goal scorer Hugo Ekitike-torn Achilles.
SDFC…Refuses to reinstate F-Chucky Lozano despite teams struggle…Team is on (1-3-2) skid in all games since quick start to season.
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