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Hacksaw’s Thursday Podcast
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…(Baseball)…
Padres-Twins..Weekend series in Minnesota..Friars (75-29)..Nestor Cortes-vs-Zebbie Matthews.
Padres..Off day-Thursday
Padres..OF-Ramon Laureano hitting (.330) since trade from Orioles
Padres..1B-Luis Arraez will return to 1B..hitting just (.213) last 21-games
Padres..P-Michael King to throw 3-inning simulated game this weekend
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Dodgers-Arizona..Friday..Blake Snell-vs-Zach Gallen..LA (77-57)..won 9-of 13
Dodgers..Off day-Thursday
Dodgers..1B-Freddie Freeman-treated for neck stinger
Dodgers..P-Shohei Ohtani clocked at 100mph-threw season high 85-pitches
Dodgers..Pitchers set club record-19-strikeouts of Reds on Wednesday
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Angels-at-Houston..Friday..Tyler Anderson-vs-Lance McCullers..Halos (62-71)…Lost 9-of-12
Angels..Off day-Thursday
Angels..Cratered in (20-3) loss in Texas-Wednesday..have lost 7-of-8 series
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(Scoreboard)
Red Sox-W-Orioles..Rob Refsnyder HR..Bos won 7-of-8
Milwaukee-L-Arizona..Dbacks score 6R early…Brewers (83-52)
Astros-W-Rockies..Christian Walker 2HRs..Hou (74-60)..Colo (38-96)
Cardinals-W-Pirates..Jordan Walker HR-StL
Cubs-L-Giants..Willy Adames 2-HRs…Chi (76-58)
Phillies-W-Braves..Kyle Schwarber hits 4HRs-9RBIs….Ph (77-57)
Mets-L-Miami…Brandon Nimmo 2R-double…Pete Alonso HR..NY won 5-of-7
Yankees-W-White Sox..Cody Bellinger 2R-HR..Jazz Chisholm HR..NY won 10-of-13
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(Injuries)
Astros..P-Luis Garcia changes arm slot to protect elbow
Red Sox..Activate P-Justin Slaten from DL
Colorado..Activate P-German Marquez from DL
Yankees..P-Jon Loaisigia-season ending elbow sprain
Texas..SS-Corey Seager-appendectomy surgery
Mets..P-Frankie Montas-season ending UCL-elbow surgery
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(Roster Moves)
Cleveland..Release 1B-Carlos Santana
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(MLB Notes)
Red Sox..Relief ace Aroldis Chapman has retired 35-batters in a row without giving up a hit…Has (1.03-ERA)
Rockies..Demote P-Antonio Senzatela to bullpen (7.15-ERA)
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…(College Football)…Thursday games
Aztecs-W-Stony Brook..Aztecs jumped to (20-0) lead in lst half at Press Time…Season opener
..Jaden Denegal (159P) in first half
..RB-Lucky Sutton (89R) in opening half
..SDSU (270-49) in total offense into the 3rd quarter..(15-3) edge 1st downs
..Aztecs defense 1-sack..5-QB hits
Boise State-L-South Florida (34-7)..Broncos lost 3-fumbles
Wyoming-W-Akron..Cowboys QB-Kaden Anderson (260P)
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(Schedule)
1..Texas-vs-3-Ohio State..Debut Arch Manning-Jaylin Sayin as QBs
2..Penn State-vs-Nevada
4..Clemson-vs-9-LSU..Matchup of Cade Klubnick-vs-Garrett Nussmeier
5..Georgia-vs-Marshall
6..Notre Dame-vs-10-Miami..Canes debut QB-Carson Beck
7..Oregon-vs-Montana State..Dante Moore starts for Ducks-QB
8..Alabama-vs-Florida State
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(Mountain West Conference)
UNLV-Sam Houston State
San Jose State-Central Michigan
Air Force-Bucknell
New Mexico-Michigan
Utah State-UTEP
Fresno State-Georgia Southern
Hawaii-Arizona
Colorado State-Washington
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(PAC 12)
Washington State-Idaho
Oregon State-Cal
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USD-vs-Cal Poly..Toreros opening game of season Saturday night
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(College Football Notes)
Holiday Bowl..Announces game will be played on January 2nd-Snapdragon Stadium rather than traditional Christmas week date…Bowl does not have a sponsorship.
North Carolina-TCU..Bill Belichick-debut with Tar Heels-Monday night
Harvard-Yale..Announce 2026-game will be played at Fenway Park..Only 2nd time in 142-year rivalry game will be off-campus.
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(NFL Notes)
Washington Post..Reports Colts owner Jim Irsay died of massive drug overdoses and that a Palm Springs doctor and the team covered up the death:
..No autopsy performed on body found at Beverly Hills Hotel
..Irsay had 3-drug overdoses in 3-years apan
..Had been given mass prescriptions for 200 and 400 pills pain killers
..Doctor was flown in to give him injections of sedative Ketamine
..Had been hospitalized for 4-months after acute overdose
..Had overdoses also in Miami and Indianapolis
..Colts CEO covered up death by natural causes
..Irsay had confirmed he had been in 15-different rehab programs
Raiders..Reject request by WR-Jakobi Myers-asked to be traded
49ers..Refuse to take trade offers on WR-Jauan Jennings
Chiefs..Will go to Double TE formations and use Xavier Worthy, Hollywood Brown and Juju Smith-Schuster to replace suspended Rashee Rice
Rams..Will rotate RB-Kyran Williams-Blake Corum…Williams had (350) touches last season
Rams..Unveil ‘Midnite Mode’ black uniforms with Blue-Gold trim for rivalry games this year
Chargers..RB-Najee Harris goes thru first full pad workouts coming off eye injury.
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(Roster Moves)
Cowboys-Packers…Blockbuster TRADE..Dallas sends LB-Micah Parsons to Green Bay for #1-#1 and DT-Kenny Clarke….Parsons signs a record (4Y-188M) deal-averaging (47M) per season..highest non-QB contract in history.
Eagles..Sign FA-S-Marcus Epps-ex Raiders-Patriots
Eagles..Sign FA-C-Will Lumpkin-ex Rams
Colts..Sign FA-TE-Tyler Scott-ex Bears
Raiders..Sign FA-LB-Brennan Jackson-ex Rams
Raiders..Sign FA-QB-Cam Miller for taxi squad
Jaguars..Sign FA-DE-Matt Dickerson-ex Colts
Colts..Workout FA-LB-Kyzir White-ex Arizona..LB-Anthony Walker-ex Tampa
Rams..Re-sign RB-Ron Rivers..S-Tanner Ingram..WR-Brenn Presley..TE-Mark Redman for taxi squad
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…(Basketball)…
NYKnicks…South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said she would have taken Knicks job bugt wanted answers to ‘tough questions’..about Knicks problems with female employees and lawsuits involving owner Jim Dolan.
Minnesota..Opens talks with FA-G-Malik Beasley-ex Pistons
Lakers..GM-Rob Pelinka flew to Poland to meet with F-Luka Doncic-impressed with off season training regimen.
ESPN..Remove Doris Burke from NBA playoff broadcast…Will have Tim Legler work with Mike Breen-Richard Jefferson
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…(General)…
(Tennis)
US Open,,Fines Russian Daniel Medved (45,400) for temper tantrum with Chair Umpire over line calls in 1st round match.
US Open..2nd round matches
..Jannik Sinner.-straight set win..Alex Zervev-win…Coco Gauff-straight set win
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(Horse Racing)
Delmar…Pacific Classic…Journalism headlines the 8-horse field in the 1M-race-goes off Saturday afternoon.
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(Auto Racing)
NASCAR…Darlington 400-Playoffs begin-this weekend..16-drivers in field
Formula 1…Dutch Grand Prix-Sunday
Indy Car..Grand Prix-Nashville..final race of season
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(Soccer)
MLS..SDFC-at-LAFC..Sunday…SDFC (16-7-5)..LAFC (11-6-8)
Manchester United..Devastating loss in English Cup tourney to League 2-team Grimsby…Man U lost on 13-man shoot …Man U off to (0-3) start
English Premier League..Top weekend games:
..Liverpool-vs-Arsenal
..Manchester City-vs-Brighton
..Chelsea-vs-Fulham
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