Best 15 Minutes

Best 15 Minutes in Sports-Monday

…(March Madness)…

Aztecs-W-Yale (83-57)……Jaedon LeDee unstoppable as Aztecs jumped to (45-21) halftime lead…Aztecs had (10-0) start…then an (11-0) blitz….LeDee (6-7) shooting in opening half…Had 15-points in 12-minutes to start…Aztecs hit 7-3’s…shot 60%..had 23-rebounds….LeDee finished with (26P)..Darion Trammell (18P)…Aztecs hit 13-3s on night…shot (52%) and had (38-rebounds…Sunday..2nd round..SDSU (26-10)..Head to Boston for 3rd round against U-Conn..play early game-Thursday (4:30pm)

Aztecs-W-UAB (69-65)..Friday 1st round…Jaedon LeDee (32P)..hit 4-FT in row to seal win…SDSU lost 12P-lead in 2nd half as Blazers changed defenses…Aztecs survived 13-turnovers-20 fouls in struggling to win game
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(Sunday Scoreboard)

Purdue-W-Utah State..(106-67) blowout..C-Zach Erdey (23P-14R)..Boilermakers had (16-0) scoring spurt..Aggies missed 12-shots in a row late in first half..Purdue built (41P) lead in 2nd half..Purdue shot (55%)..had (48R)…hit 11-3’s…Purdue (31-4)

Marquette-W-Colorado..Ty Kolek (21P-11A)
Duke-W-James Madison..Devils 38-point win…Jared McCain (30P)
Baylor-L-Clemson..Tigers beat 3rd seeded Bears..Shot 49%
Alabama-W-Grand Canyon..Tide (17-3) scoring run..Mark Sears (26P)
UConn-W-Northwestern..Huskies (40-18) lead at half..Tristen Newton (20P)

Houston-W-Texas AM-OT….Cougars blew 13-point lead..Texas AM-Anderson Garcia hits desperation three with under 1-second left to tie game..Aggies had (13-3) run to force overtime….Emanuel Sharp (30P) for UH..Jamal Shead (21P)…Cougars had 4-starters foul out….UH won (100-95)Cougars (32-4)
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(Saturday Scoreboard)

Arizona-W-Dayton..Pelle Larson (13P-7R-6) for Wildcats
Gonzaga-W-Kansas..Zags shot 60%..had (31-9) scoring spurt start 2nd half
North Carolina-W-Michigan State..Armando Barcot (18P-7R)
Iowa State-W-Washington State..Cyclones 4-in double figures
North Carolina State-W-Oakland (OT)..DJ Burns (24P-11R) Wolfpack
Tennessee-W-Texas…Danny Knecht (18P-9R) Vols
Illinois-W-Duquesne.Terrance Shannon (30P) Illini
Creighton-W-Oregon (2OT)..Steve Ashworth (21P) Blue Jays
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(College Notes)

Auburn..Chad Baker Mazara refuses to apologize for getting ejected 4-minutes into tourney game with flagrant elbow-cost his team game vs Yale

St Bonaventure..Fires AD-Joe Manhertz..turned down NIT bid without telling player or university after (20-13) season

Michigan..Hire Dusty May-Florida Atlantic-replacing Juwan Howard
DePaul..Hire ex Ohio State coach Chris Holtman

LSU..Kim Muilkey hires defamation lawyer to suit Washington Post over ‘hit’ article paper is writing about her method of operation.
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(NBA)

Lakers-W-Indiana (150-145)…Lakers wild shootout win…Anthony Davis (36P-16R)…Spencer Dinwiddie (27P)..LeBron James (26P)…Pacers’ Pascal Siakam (36P)..Lakers shot 56%-hit 12’s….Pacers shot (55%) hit 15-3’s in loss…Lakers now (39-32)….Sunday game

Clippers-L-76ers (121-107)…Tobias Harris-Tyreese Maxey combined (48P)….Clippers now (44-26)..Sunday game

Clippers-vs-Indiana…Monday game

Pelicans..F-Brandon Ingram-out 2W-bruised knee
Warriors..F-Draymond Green-back stiffness
Clippers..G-Russell Westbrook-to be activated-broken hand
Detroit..F-Stanley Umeda-fractured ankle
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…(Baseball)…

Padres..Emotional Celebration of Life for owner Peter Seidler
..AJ Preller…’Have to Win for that man’
..Manny Machado..Greatest Human being I have known’
..Todd Gloria..’Name street Peter Seidler Way’

Padres-Mariners..Monday preseason game at Petco Park..Dylan Cease starts
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Dodgers-W-Angels (5-4)…Bobby Miller (5inn-0R)..Gavin Lux 2R-single..Freeway Series

Dodgers…Refuse to make Shohei Ohtani available to Media while MLB investigation into his payment of (4.5M) to his Personal Aid to pay off gambling debts is concluded.

Dodgers..Announce Sunday night Shohei Ohtani will address the Media on Monday
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Angels…Option OF-Willie Calhoun..P-Ben Joyce..P-Andrew Wantz to AAA

Angels..Release P-Drew Pomeranz-attempting comeback-ex Padres
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(Roster Moves)

Mets..Sign FA-DH-JD Martinez-ex Dodgers (1Y-12M)
Red Sox..Sign FA-P-Chase Anderson-ex Pirates
Phillies..Sign FA-P-Zac Houston-ex Tampa Bay
White Sox..Sign FA-OF-Robbie Grossman-ex Texas
A’s..Sign FA-P-Austin Adams-ex Padres-Washington

 

Phillies-Rockies..TRADE..Phils deal OF-Jake Cave to Rocks in cash deal

Giants..Release P-Amir Garrett
Arizona..Release SS-Elvis Andrus
Toronto..Release OF-Eduardo Escobar
Washington..Release P-Zach Davies
Reds..Release 1B-Mike Ford
Texas..Release OP-Danny Duffy..P-Shane Greene…P-Chasen Shreve
White Sox..Release 3B-Mike Moustakas..P-Jesse Chavez
Washington..Release P-Luis Perdomo
Orioles..Release 2B-Kolten Wong
Royals..Release C-Sandy Leon
Rockies..Release OF-Brad Zimmer

Mets..DFA-P-Phil Bickford

Miami..OF-Trey Mancini opts out for free agency
Boston..DH-CJ Cron opts out
Orioles..P-Julio Teheran opts out
Cubs..OF-Dom Smith opts out
Cubs..P-Carl Edwards-opts out
Texas..SS-Matt Duffy-opt out

Tigers..Option P-Matt Manning to AAA
Arizona..Option OF-Pavel Smith..P-Jose Castillo to AAA
Tampa Bay..Option C-Francisco Mejia to AAA
Dodgers..Option P-Gus Varland to AAA
Orioles..Option top prospect OF-Jackson Holliday to AAA
Cleveland..Option OF-Miles Straw
Phillies..Option OF-Scott Kingery..OF-David Dahl to AAA
Atlanta..Option OF-Charley Culberson to AAA
Royals..Option C-Austin Nola to AAA
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(Injuries)

Cubs..DL-3B-Pat Wisdom-back
Giants..OF-Austin Slater-sidelined-elbow
Arizona..P-Eduardo Rodgriguez-late injury
Miami..DL-P-Eury Perez-elbow
A’s..P-Travis Gott-elbow surgery
Yankees..1B-Anthony Rizzo-late injury
Milwaukee..P-Jakob Junis-shoulder issue
Giants..C-Joey Bart-hamstring
Cardinals..DL-P-Sonny Gray-hamstring..OF-Lars Noteboom-hamstring
A’s..3B-Miguel Andujar-meniscus surgery
A’s..DL-P-Sean Newcomb-knee issues
Phillies..DL-P-Taijuan Walker-shoulder
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(MLB Notes)

Baltimore..Peter Angelos-owner..passes away (94Y)..bought team in 1993…Reduced budgets..Team went 9-years without playoff appearance..hit rock bottom (47-115)…Rebuild gave team 101 wins last year and playoff berth.

Dodgers..Players broadsided with revelation Shohei Ohtani gave his Personal Aid (4.5M) to pay off gambling debts…Dodgers players say Ohtani never showed interest in gambling

Angels..Players shocked at Ohtani story…was very private person away from ballpark

Trevor Bauer…throws 3-shutout innings vs Yankees in minor league  exhibition game pitching for Mexican Diablos-Rojas…Gave up 4-hits-walked two-3K

Giants..P-Blake Snell hopes to pitch in Padres-Giants series that opens Thursday.
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…(Football)…

Chiefs-Titans..TRADE..KC deals Pro Bowl CB-L’Jarius Sneed to Tennessee for #3-7 picks…Sneed has (19.7M) franchise tag on contract.

Chargers..Sign FA-CB-Kristan Fulton-ex Titans
Bills..Sign FA OC-Will Clapp-ex Chargers
Bills..Sign FA-DT-Austin Johnson-ex Chargers
Ravens..Sign FA-CB-KaDar Hollman-ex Houston
Carolina..Sign FA-S-Nick Scott-ex Rams
Giants..Sign FA-OT-Matt Nelson-ex Lions
Carolina..Sign FA-LB-Josey Jewell-ex Denver
Eagles..Sign FA-QB-Will Grier-ex Dallas
Cleveland..Sign FA-K-Cade York

Jets..Visit with FA-DE-Jadaveon Clowney-ex Browns
Houston..Visit with FA-CB-Xavien Howard-ex Miami
Miami..Visit with FA-WR-Odell Beckham-ex Ravens-Giants-Rams

Detroit..Opens contract talks with FA-WR-Amon St-Brown..seeking (26M) year

Rams..Retired Pro Bowl DT-Aaron Donald says he was ‘burned out’ on game

Tampa Bay..Hire Justin Peelle-tight ends coach
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(College Football)

Boston College..Head Coach Bill O’Brien hires ex NFL coaches Doug Marrone=-Will Laving to BC staff

Washington..QB-Will Haskell enters transfer portal again..ex-SDSU top recruit
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…(Hockey)

Washington..NHL-suspends RW-Tom Wilson 6-games foir hi stick incidents…repeat offender

Edmonton..Sign F-James Stefan to entry level contract..(48G)-Portland Winterhawks

Ducks-L-Tampa Bay (3-2) OT.-Sunday….Anthony Cirelli scores on 2-0 breakaway in overtime for Lightning win…Sunday Night….Ducks (24-45-3)..lost 8-of-9

Kings-W-Tampa Bay..(4-3) OT..Saturday..Vlad Gavrikov scores (:23) into OT for win…Steve Stamkos scored 2-goals in 4-minutes for Tampa…Kings (37-22-11)..won 8-of-12

Gulls-L-Calgary Wranglers (8-4)-Sunday…Mitch McLain 3-goal hat trick for Wranglers…Calgary outshot Gulls (34-19)…Glen Gawdin hat trick for Gulls…
San Diego (22-29-3) in dismal season.

Gulls-L-Texas Stars (4-2) Friday night as team plunges towards last place.

Ducks..Sign G-Tomas Souchanek to 3-year NHL contract after solid rookie season with Gulls.

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…(General)…….

Golf..Valspar Challenge-Florida
…Peter Malnati birdies 3-holes in a row on back nine in come from behind win..

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Auto Racing

F-1..Australian Grand Prix..Carlos Sainz grabs lead on 2nd lap and wins…Max Verstappen-brake failure on 2nd lap-Team Red Bulls…Mercedes Lewis Hamilton-engine failure.

Indy Car..Thermal Challenge…Alex Palou wins all 3-races on road course in Palm Springs for 1M prize.

NASCAR..Circuit of Americas-Austin…William Byron goes from Pole to Checkered flag to win road course race.

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Soccer…Nations League championship

USA-W-Mexico (2-0)…Tyler Adams scores on 50-yard rocket shot at 45’…Gio Reyna 2nd half goal in dominant USA win….USA wins Nations League Cup..in Dallas

Russia-Portugal….Soccer Friendly in Moscow-cancelled by terrorist bombings that killed 133-in Moscow