“PADRES STARTING PITCHING-CANNOT SAVE SEASON”
I expected this to be a summer long baseball season of challenges for the Padres. Now in the middle of a 17-game in 17-day stretch, they are trying to stay in the Wildcard playoff race, with a team fraught with problems. Never ever did I think we would be talking about a Padres batting order, highly paid as it is, ranked virtually last in every offensive category there is. Could you have ever imagined a lineup that includes Tatis-Machado-Bogaerts-Merrill-Sheets, would have a team...
NBA..BIG DAY..BIG TRADE…BIG DRAFT PICKS
Everybody is"On the clock" before the clock strikes 5pm-and the NBA Draft starts. Storylines in every corner of the NBA at this hour: MILWAUKEE...The Bucks, facing a Giannis Antetokounmpo deadline, sat and watched the bidding war change late Monday...
“FATHER’S DAY…A SPECIAL MEANING”
========== 'FATHER'S DAY--A MEANING" ========== Father's Day....What it means to me. Column from my archives: -------------------- "Ode to a Father-Gone" A weekend upon us. For some, time off. For some, time to work. For many, a time to remember....
PADRES PITCHING DOOMS TEAM AGAIN..DODGERS KEEP HITTING HRS IN WIN..LE BRON LEAVES LAKERS..CLIPPERS TRADE KAWHI TO TORONTO..BIG NHL TRADES…1ST DAY HOCKEY FREE AGENCY..SERENA FALLS AT WIMBLEDON..MEXICO DOMINANT-NORWAY WINS-WORLD CUP
...(Basketball)... Lakers...LeBron James era is over...Has elected to leave the Lakers after 8-years and become unrestricted free agent...Reports he will consider offers from Golden State-Miami-Cleveland...Most teams could only offer him a (15M) one year contract...Will play his 24th season next year..Averaged (20P-7A-6R)..Earned (51M) last year-final year of contract. Lakers..Did Zoom call with Detroit Piston FA-C-Jalen Duren-who is restricted free agent...Could sign an offer sheet in LA-but Pistons would have 7-days to match the contract...Averaged (19P-10R) with Pistons Lakers..Could make restricted free agent offer with Utah Jazz C-Walker Kessler...or teams could work on a Sign...
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Lee ‘Hacksaw’ Hamilton has built a national reputation as one of America’s top sports-talk show hosts. He has been named Talk Show Host of the Year seven times by the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association. He has spent his last 26-years doing Sports-Talk Radio in San Diego, and was the first talk show host hired at the legendary 77,000-watt XTRA-Sports-690, and now at 50,000-watt Mighty 1090, hosts the San Diego Padres pre-postgame talk shows. .
He was the popular longtime Radio Voice of the San Diego Chargers, and also did NFL play-by-play for the Seattle Seahawks, and the Compass Media Networks, in addition to his college play-by-play work for the USC-Trojans, Arizona State Sun Devils, San Diego State Aztecs and the Ohio University Bobcats. His NFL play-by-play has been featured at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in the Hall of Champions in San Diego, and for NFL-Films.
He broadcast the Super Bowl, the Rose Bowl, and the WHA-All Star games.
He has also worked for Sirius-XMs Home Plate Baseball Channel, and did talk shows for Fox Sports 570-KLAC in Los Angeles, and Fox Sports Radio’s network..
He spent 8-years doing hockey for the Cleveland Crusaders and Indianapolis Racers, and 8-years doing Minor League baseball for the Phoenix Giants and the Utica Blue Sox.
He worked at KTAR-Phoenix, 3WE-Radio in Cleveland, and began his career at WLGN-Logan, Ohio and WIBX-Utica, New York.
An accomplished writer, he was named ‘Columnist of the Year’ by the San Diego Press Club, and has written freelance sports columns for the San Diego Union Tribune, and the SDNN-San News Network website.
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