Best 15 Minutes in Sports-Thursday
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Hacksaw’s Thursday Podcast..1:30pm
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…(Baseball)…
Padres-L-Arizona (8-2)…in 9th at Press Time…Wednesday…Friars (49-43)
..Dylan Cease gives up 3-home runs in 5-inning span (6inn-6R-5H)
..Gerardo Perdomo Grand Slam HR-Ariz
..Eugenio Suarez solo HR
..James McCann solo HR
..Corbin Carroll solo HR late in game
..Brandon Pfaadt (8inn-2R-4H) in dominant outing
..Gavin Sheets HR-Padres
San Diego-Diamondbacks..Thursday..Randy Vasquez (3-4)-vs-Eduardo Rodriguez (3-5)
Padres..OF-Jackson Merrill…worst slump of career (3-33)
Padres..P-Matt Waldron-rehab start El Paso (7inn-0R-8K)
Padres..P-Ryan Bergert throws Wednesday bullpen
Padres..Manager Mike Shildt says Yu Darvish-no setbacks with elbow after start
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Dodgers-L-Milwaukee (3-2)…Wednesday-LA (56-38)…LA now 6-game losing streak
..Tyler Glasnow (5inn-1R-5K) in first start off DL
..Tanner Scott-Kirby Gates give up runs in 9th-10th inning
Dodgers..Off day-Thursday..open series vs Giants on Friday
Dodgers..Relief P-Michael Kopech placed on 60-day DL..had surgery Wednesday for a meniscus knee issue..
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Angels-Texas..Rangers led (8-6) at Press Time….Wednesday-Halos (44-47)
..Mike Trout-Travis D’Arnaud HRs-Halos
..Angels bullpen gave up 3-runs late in game..
..Starting pitchers Kumar Rocker-Kyle Hendricks gave up 11-runs
Halos-Rangers..Thursday..Jack Kochanowicz (3-8)-vs-Patrick Corbin
Angels…Criticism of GM-Perry Manasian…bringing up young prospects and leaving them in to get shelled in 1-outing….Sam Aldeghieri was forced to throw 41-pitches in 1-inning as Texas scored 13-runs in a row…Earlier in the season rookie Caden Dana threw 41-pitches in an inning in a blowout loss
Angels..Call up P-Carson Fulmer from AAA
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(Wednesday Scoreboard)
Blue Jays-L-White Sox…Toronto 10 game streak snapped
Phillies-W-Giants…Bryce Harper-Kyle Schwarber HRs..Phi (54-39)..13-0n win
Tigers-L-Rays..Junior Caminero HR-Rays..Det (59-35)
Mets-Orioles.Rained out…NY (53-39)
Yankees-W-Seattle..Jazz Chisholm 2-HRs-Yankees..NY (51-41)
Red Sox-W-Rockies..Will Abreu 2R-HR-Bost..Colo (21-72)
Reds-W-Marlins..Ely DeLaCruz 2-run scoring doubles-Cinn..
Cubs-L-Twins..Carlos Correa RBI double-Minn..Chi (54-38)
Royals-W-Pirates…Sal Perez 2-HRs-KC.
Cardinals-L-Washington..Nathan Lowe 3R-HR-Nats
Astros-L-Cleveland..Jose Ramirez HR for 3rd game in a row..Hou (55-38)
Braves-W-A’s..Ron Acunas 2-solo HRs..Braves 4HRs in 4-innings
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(MLB Notes)
All Star Game…announce will use ABS-Computers for Balls-Strike challenges…Each team will get 2-challenges in game
Giants..Report Raf Devers blew off 3-meetings with Will Clark who was to work with him on playing 1st base
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(Roster Moves)
Yankees..DFA-3B-DJ LeMahieu..was hitting (.266)
Rockies-Dodgers..Trade talks for 3B-Ryan McMahon…hitting (.212)
Royals..Sign FA-P-Dallas Kuechel-ex Astros-A’s
Twins..DFA-P-Joey Wentz
White Sox..Sign FA-P-Kyle Tyler-ex Phillies-Orioles
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(Injuries)
Braves..OF-Ron Acuna-back issues
White Sox..DL-OF-Brooks Baldwin-back
Yankees..DL-P-Mark Leiter-fracture of leg
Nationals..P-Trevor Williams-needs elbow surgery
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…(Basketball)…
Las Vegas Summer League..Opens play-Thursday
..Lakers-vs-Dallas..Debut G-Cooper Flagg..LA features F-Darius Bazley (27P-13R)
..Spurs-vs-76ers..Matchup G-Dylan Harper-vs-VJ Edgecombe
Lakers..C-Deandre Ayton says the criticism of his career ‘fuels me’….’I can fill Anthony Davis shoes’…’Lakers will have a video game offense’
Suns..former GM-James Jones leaves-takes job with NBA League office
Suns..G-Devin Booker signs record (2Y-145M) extension
Denver..F-Nikola Jokic rejects (3Y-206M) extension..will wait..can get (4Y-285M) in 2026
Oklahoma City..C-Chet Holmgren gets (5Y-250M) extension
Washington-Spurs..TRADE..Wizards send F-Kelly Olynyk to Spurs
Utah..Jazz announce former head coach Frank Layden passes (93Y)..1st head coach lead Jazz to playoffs..coached 9-years in Utah..former head coach Niagara University
Ben McLemore..Former Atlanta G-sentenced to 8-years on rape conviction
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Boise State..Report Broncos will file for an injunction against Mountain West Conference for early admittance of Grand Canyon College…7-MWC schools voted yes…5-outgoing schools banned from voting…lBoise maintains MWC cannot make financial decisions that impact the 5-outgoing schools headed to the Pac 12 in June 2026
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…(Football)…
New Orleans..Report Saints ready to open camp with no leader at QB…Neither Spencer Rattler nor Tyler Shough have grasped new coach Kellen Mooire’s playbook
Cleveland..Report Joe Flacco will get #1-QB snaps because Kenny Pickett is struggling with Coach Ken Stefanski’s play calls
CFL-Toronto Argonauts…Put Browns rookie QB-Shedeur Sanders on negotiating list
Tampa Bay..OT-Tristan Wirfs-knee scope..will miss start of training camp and first 4-weeks of season.
Rams..Reject request from RB-Kyren Williams-wants pay raise from 3M-to-15M a year on an extension.
Vikings..LB-Dallas Turner confirms he was victim of (240,000) bank fraud scheme in Minneapolis
Tim Rooney..Longtime NFL Exec-Steelers-Lions-Giants-passes away (84Y)..Worked with Chuck Noll-Bill Parcells
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(College Football)
USC…Lays off 12-Athletic Department employees to free up money to pay Trojans football players as part of (20M) Congressional bill settlement.
Big 12-Media Days…ASU coach Ken Dillingham says ‘Recruiting is dead-Retention of players is the key’….Utah coach Kyle Whittingham…’College Football is becoming nothing more than Minor Leagues…does anyone go to class any more’
Ohio University…Report Bobcats have inquired about membership in the Sun Belt Conference…have been in the Mid American Conference since 1946
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…(Hockey)…
Tampa Bay-Edmonton..TRADE…Lightning deal college hockey star Issac Howard for rookie Sam O’Reilly….Howard scored (26G) at Michigan State but would not sign with Lightning.
Colorado…Lose F-William Dufour..signs with Lada-KHL-Russia
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…(General)…
(Wimbledon)….Novak Djokovic-Jannik Sinner…Iga Swiatek all move to semi finals with wins
..Taylor Fritz-vs-Carlos Alcaraz in quarterfinal on Thursday.
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(Formula 1)…Team Red Bull fires CEO-Christian Horner after year long feud with driver Max Verstappen and the faltering of championship team-now 4th in owners points…Won (124 Races) and 6-drivers titles during his 20-year run.
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(Golf)…Scottish Open…1st round Thursday…tune up for British Open in Ireland
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(Soccer)..USA Women’s star Trinity Rodman…implores media ‘Quit making references to Dennis Rodman…He may be my blood-he is not my Dad…not in my life’
FIFA…Club World Cup headed to Championship weekend…Chelsea-vs-Paris St Germain….Tickets for semifinal games that were selling for 300-dollars were reduced to 13-dollars for games this week…to draw fans.
Brazil…coach of World Cup team-Carlos Ancelotti-sentenced to 1-year prison and fined (386,000) for tax evasion
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(Olympics)
Mary Lou Retton…former Gold Medal Gymnast-problems continued….DUI arrest in West Virginia…Refused testing….’I am West Virginia’s first daughter’….Retton has health-lifestyle problems…money issues…no health insurance and family dysfunction
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