….(Baseball)…
Angels…Day 4-Tyler Skaggs drug death testimony-Mike Trout spent an hour on stand
..Skaggs was beloved teammate…never knew he was addicted to drugs
..Had no knowledge any of teammates were purchasing drugs from Eric Kay
..Believed Eric Kay-PR chief-had drug issues and mental health problems
..Stopped taking part in clubhouse stunts with Kay-embarrassed ever happened
..Offered to pay for Kay to enter drug rehab program to help his family
..Had 2-beers in hotel bar with Skaggs-early evening-night he died
..Cried next morning when told Skaggs had overdosed in hotel room
..Skaggs family sat in front row and wept during testimony
Angels..Name veteran major league catcher Kurt Suzuki as new manager..Played 16-years in majors..worked as Assistant GM for Angels last 3-years.
Padres..Interviewing Albert Pujols on Wednesday for manager’s job.
Padres..Report Pujols wants to bring ex Dodger Ramon Martinez as pitching coach
Padres..Ruben Niebla still has two years left on contract as pitching coach
Padres..Interviewed bench coach Brian Esposito on Monday for Friars job
Padres..Report P-Yu Darvish considering another elbow operation
Dodgers..P-Tanner Scott throws BP and bullpen..hopes to on World Series roster
Dodgers..Yet to decide status of P-Clayton Kershaw-was not on NLCS roster
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(MLB Notes)
Blue Jays-Mariners…Canadian TV ratings…(7M)-viewers on Monday night…Final hour had (8.9M) viewers as Toronto won…US ratings due out Wednesday
Orioles..Interview Scott Servais-ex Mariners..Padres front office exec for Baltimore job
Twins..Will interview Derek Shelton-ex Pirates for manager’s job
Braves..Sign FA-C-Austin Nola-ex Padres-Mariners
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…(Football)…
(Injuries)
Tampa Bay..WR-Mike Evans-broken collarbone and concussion-Monday night
Houston..WR-Nico Collins-concussion
49ers..DE-Bryce Huff-hamstring issue
Chargers..IR-DE-Tito Ogbonnia-hyperextended elbow
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(Roster Moves)
Chargers..Sign FA-RB-Trayveon Williams-ex Broncos
Dallas-Raiders..Trade Talks..Cowboys interested in DE-Maxx Crosby
Falcons..Release outspoken WR-Ray Ray McLeod-questioned team’s loyalty players.
Saints..Put LB-Demario Davis..DE-Cam Jordan on trade block
Carolina..Sign FA-QB-Mike White-ex Bills-Jets
Eagles..DE-Brandon Graham comes out of retirement-re-signs
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(NFL Notes)
Oakland..Police say family of ex Tampa Bay RB-Doug Martin had called asking for help for player having mental health problems..Martin fled home at 4am..broke into another house-captured by police-restrained-then may have had a heart attack on way to hospital.
Raiders..#1 draft pick Ashton Jeanty…’Losing culture here for a long time..need bye week to get back to work and to get better’
Jets..Owner Woody Johnson rips QB-Justin Fields..ranked #31-NFL in passing-likely to be benched
Houston..LB-Azeez Al-Shaair-faces suspension for flagrant hit to Seattle QB-Monday…has been fined 7-times and suspended once since last year for personal foul penalties.
Giants..QB-Russell Wilson calls Broncos coach Sean Payton ‘classless’ for teams play in 33-point fourth quarter comeback.
Jaguars..WR-Travis Hunter, coming off best game (8R-101Y) wants more snaps as WR not just be used as slot receiver.
Hall of Fame..Names Bill Belichick as nominee for this year’s list of candidates in Coaching Category…Also up for consideration Tom Coughlin-Mike Shanahan-Mike Holmgren-George Siefert
Bryant Gumbel…Legendary NBC-sports-news anchor-rushed to a hospital Tuesday night by ambulance-taken ill at his condo in New York around 9pm…no early details available on the cause or his status.
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(College Football)
Big 12..Fines Arizona State (50,000) for storming field after win over Texas Tech
Sacramento State..President criticized for calling 1AA-football “JV”…Sac State left Big Sky Conference to become Division 1-Independent.
Auburn..Coach Hugh Freeze does not get vote of confidence from AD..Tigers have lost 4-SEC games in a row.
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…(Basketball)…
Lakers-Golden State…NBA opener..Warriors led (55-54) at halftime at Press Time in late game..Jimmy Butler (17P)-Warriors…Luka Doncic (22)-LA..Lakers without LeBron James to start the season
Oklahoma City-W-Houston (125-124) in 2OT..Shai Gilegous-Alexander 2-FT end of 2nd OT for win-finished (35P)…Chet Holmgren (28P)…Alp Surgun (39P)-Kevin Durant (28P) for Houston in loss.
Clippers-vs-Utah..Wednesday opener for new look LA roster
Indiana..G-Aaron Nesmith gets (2Y-40M) extension
Dallas..Release G-Dennis Smith-former #1 pick
Lakers..C-Maxi Kleber-to miss 4W-oblique issue
Memphis..G-Ty Jerome-out 4W-calf
Lakers..Pick up (4.2M) option F-Dalton Knecht for 2026-season
NBA..Commissioner Adam Silver…’believe WNBA players will get big pay hikes in new CBA agreement’….Las Vegas Aces owner Mark Davis…’we must get this right for these players’
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…(Hockey)…
Ducks-W-Nashville (5-2)….Cutter Gauthier 4rh goal of season..Rookie Beckett Senneke 3rd goal in big Ducks road win..Tuesday
Kings-W-St Louis (2-1)…Adrian Kempe OT-goal breaks up goaltenders duel for Kings win….Tuesday
San Diego Gulls-vs-Colorado Eagles..AHL action-Wednesday-Pechanga Arena..Gulls play 3-games in 4-nights thru the weekend.
Las Vegas..G-Aden Hill out with groin injury
Kings..Activate F-Corey Perry coming off knee surgery
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…(General)…
Formula 1…American driver Colton Herta signs to run Formula 2-series in 2026 to build points towards ‘Super License’….will also be the test driver for new Cadillac-F1 team
Soccer..La Liga-Spain..cancels proposed regular season game in Miami between FC-Barcleona-Villareal after league wide player protests on Sunday….Players in each game on Sunday stood on field for first (:15) of play refusing to play game in protest of taking league games abroad.
NASCAR…Unveils road course for NASCAR-San Diego race next spring…3.6-mile course-longest on the circuit…16-turns….4-turns at 90-degrees for June race.
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