…(Basketball)…

NBA-LA Clippers…NBA crushes Clippers in Salary Cap Probe

..Owner Steve Ballmer-1 year suspension

..Team fined (30M)

..Stripped 5-first round draft picks thru 2031

..President Gillian Zucker-1 year suspension-lied to investigators

..GM-Lawrence Frank 6-month suspension-approved illegal payments

..Kawhi Leonard fined (700,000)

..Agent Dennis Roberston suspended 5-years from doing NBA business

Probe found Clippers set up 4-different endorsement deals worth (58M)…and Lied to NBA about structure of deals…Whistleblowers from 4-companies said Clippers demanded endorsement deals as part of NBA team doing business contracts with those firms at Intuit Dome…NBA said Ballmer was the catalyst for structure of deals-not just a person introducing Leonard to clients…

…(Baseball)…

Padres-L-Reds (7-3)..Friars lost 5-of-6…7-of-9…Now (73-67)

..Casey Mize 3rd bad outing in a row (4inn-4R-5H-2HR)

..Mize (27inn-32H-25R-8HR) since trade

..Ty France 2R-HR in loss

..Ethan Salas (0-4) in debut

..Juan Brito 3R-HR..JJ Bleday 2R-HR..Hector Rodriguez HR

Padres skid continues..bad losses pile up…2-losses to Reds-Pirates-Mets-Royals

Padres..Shutdown P-Joe Musgrove again…Fatigue returns in area where he had stress fracture of right elbow after 4th rehab start.

Padres..Report SD put in claim for Mets OF-Luis Robert-would have taken on (7M) salary-but Orioles claimed him.

Padres..Off Thursday..open weekend series with Yankees-Friday

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Dodgers-Cardinals…Dodgers led 3-0 at Press Time..LA (82-56) going into the game

..Freddie Freeman 3R-HR early in game..

Dodgers-St Louis..Thursday-Tarik Skubal

Dodgers..Shutdown Shohei Ohtani-for 1-week from throwing-may not pitch rest of season…Dave Roberts-‘Value him more as DH rather than pitcher’

Dodgers..DL-P-Eric Lauer-elbow flareup

Dodgers..Activate P-Blake Trienen from DL

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Angels-Yankees.NY led 1-0 at Press Time…Wednesday…Halos (53-86) going into the game.

Angels..Off day-Thursday-host Pirates on Friday

Angels..Forbes Magazine reporting incoming agent Stan Kroenke has plans to build (2.5M) stadium on land adjacent to Anaheim Stadium.  

Anaheim City Government…Will meet with Stan Kroenke to ‘seek common goals’ 

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(Scoreboard)

Tampa Bay-L-Mets..Bret Baty 3R-double…Juan Soto HR..Rays (83-56)

Giants-W-Pirates..Hot hitting Raf Devers HR-SF

Blue Jays-W-Cleveland..Jays 11-0 blowout win..Vlad Guerrero 3R-HR-Tor

Braves-W-Nationals..Ron Acuna 3R-HR….Atl (83-57)

Boston-L-Seattle..Jhoney Pareda 2R-single…Sox (75-64)

Tigers-Twins..Det led 6-5 Press Time..John Peck 3RBIs-Det

Marlins-W-Royals..Kyle Stowers HR-RBI double-Miami

Cubs-L-Brewers..Jackson Chourio HR…Chi (78-62)..Mil (87-53)

Texas-L-A’s..A’s hit 5HRs in win

White Sox-L-Astros..Nelson Velasquez 2R-single-Hou

Orioles-L-Rockies.Brett Sullivan 2R-single-Colo win.

Phillies-L-Arizona..James McCann HR-Dbacks…Phi (79-61)..Won 15-of-18

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(MLB Notes)

Umpire Will Little…suffers concussion-hit on chin by foul tip

Angel Martinez..home plate ump left game-heat exhaustion

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(Injuries)

Washington..Activate OF-James Wood-oblique

Red Sox..Activate SS-Isaiah Falifa from DL

Yankees..Activate 1B-Ryan McMahon from DL

Brewers..Activate P-JoJo Romero from DL

Arizona..Activate 1B-Lourdes Gurriel from DL

Royals..P-Carlos Estevez-shoulder surgery

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(Roster Moves)

A’s..DFA-P-Jose Suarez

Washington..DFA-P-Tom Cosgrove

Cardinals..Callup OF-Victor Scott

Reds..Sign FA-SS-Orlando Arcia-ex Braves-Twins

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…(Football)…

(NFL Notes)

49ers..Leave a week early for Australia-open season with Rams next Thursday…Rams will not fly in till early next week…18-hour trip.

Raiders..Name Kirk Cousins as starting QB-Fernando Mendoza completed (51%) passes in preseason games..

Dallas..Emmitt Smith-legendary RB-named in (2.5M) lawsuit for running a Ponzi Scheme with Solar Panel Company in Texas.

Steelers..CB-Joey Porter might not play at start of season…has 1-year left on his contract…Steelers say they will not negotiate extension once season starts.

Colin Kaepernick….Says he was ‘blackballed by NFL’ over his protest over Social Injustice on 10th Anniversary of his kneel down on the sidelines.

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(Roster Moves)

Vikings..Sign FA-LB-Kyle Van Noy-ex Patriots-Ravens

Ravens..Sign FA-TE-Nick Vannett-ex Rams

Jets..Workout FA-K-Josh Karty-ex Rams

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(Injuries)

Raiders..IR-DE-Keyron Crawford-torn Achilles

Lions..IR-RB-Isaiah Pacheco-knee rehab

Bills..Put WR-Tyrell Shavers on PUP–knee rehab continues

Titans..WR-Carnell Tate remains out with quad issue

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(College Football)

SEC…Chancellors of 15-schools give Commissioner Greg Sankey permission to take strong discipline action against LSU if they add 3-NFL players to their roster for this weekend’s opening game against Clemson.

SEC..Goes to Federal Court-Thursday-seeking injunction overruling State judge granted LSU permission to play NFL players cut in camp.

USC..Angry coach Lincoln Riley says the media created a ‘false narrartive’ about USC home field attendance.

Penn State..Opens a Museum at Beaver Stadium with a Joe Paterno Memorial Section.

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..(Basketball)..

NBA..Refuses comment on report its Legal Firm is trying to negotiate a discipline settlement that would penalize Clippers owner Steve Ballmer in the Kawhi Leonard case.

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…(Hockey)…

Dallas..Stars goal scorer Tyler Seguin cleared for full practice-out since last year-torn knee ligament.

Ducks..Will retire #15-Ryan Getzlaf this year..17-years with team..(1,019-points in 1,157-games)

Nashville-New Jersey..TRADE..Predators deal F-Luke Evangelista to Devils for #1-2 round picks

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…(General)…

(Golf)

Tiger Woods plea bargains guilty to drunk driving…License suspended 5-years..Fined (1,500)…Avoided trial-Discovery would have led to testimony about his drug abuse…4th Drunk driving incident in career.

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(Soccer)

SDFC…Sells D-Luca Bombino to Stoke City-English Championship League (4M-transfer fee)

Team USA..Star Fo Balogun backs out of contract with Everton-English Premier League after questions about his failed physical…(53M) transfer deal….rights revert to Monaco-which may try to deal him to a team in Saudi Arabia.

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(Tennis)

(US Open)…Top seed Alex Zverev survives 5-set match to win lst round…2nd seed Carlos Alcaraz wins…Top seed Aryna Sabalenka win also as does 3rd seed Jessica Pegula.

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(Auto Racing)

(Formula 1)..Team Red Bull..announces backup Liam Lawson will race this weekend in Italian Grand Prix-Monza.

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