…(Baseball)…

MLB Owners..Make 1st proposal to Union in CBA-talks

..Salary Cap (245M)

..Salary Floor (171M)

..50-50 Revenue Share with Players

..Teams pool all local TV-Radio Revenue into Pot

..Phase in Salary Cap

..Larry Bird Right Retain FA Players outside Cap

MLB Union..Made 1st proposal to Union in CBA-talks

..No Salary Cap

..Integrity Tax-Any team below (150M)

..Increase Lux Tax Threshold start at (300M)

..Increase Minimum Salary (780,000) to (1.5M)

..Increase Pre Arbitration Bonus Pool (50M-to-180M) 

..TV Tax on Big Market Franchises

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Padres-at-Washington..Friday..Lucas Giolitio-vs-Andrew Alvarez

Padres..Off day-Thursday

Padres (31-24)…Lost (6-of-8)..now 4-and-half back of Dodgers

Padres..Team BA now (.218)….(.196) in May

Padres..Manny Machado (.169)…Hitting (.102) since April 28

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Dodgers-vs-Phillies..Friday..Justin Wrobleski-vs-Zach Wheeler

Dodgers..Off day-Thursday

Dodgers…(36-20)..won 12-of-14…4-and-half ahead of Padres

Dodgers..DL-OF-Teoscar Hernandez-hamstring

Dodgers..DL-SS-Kike Hernandez-torn oblique

Dodgers..P-Shohei Ohtani (0.82-ERA)…hitting (.383) in last 13-games

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Angels-W-Tigers (7-1)-Thursday..Mike Trout 2R-double..Vaughn Grissom 2RBI

Angels-at-Tampa Bay..Friday..Walbert Urena-vs-Nick Martinez

Angels..Activate P-Drew Pomeranz from DL

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(Thursday Scoreboard)

White Sox-W-Twins..P-Davis Martin now (8-1)

Braves-W-Red Sox..Ronald Acuna Grand Slam HR..Atl (38-19)

Blue Jays-W-Orioles..Toronto wins on bases loaded walk

Cubs-W-Pirates..Ian Happ 2R-HR-Chi

Houston-W-Texas..Jeremy Pena HR..Issac Paredes HR-Hou

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(Injuries)

Tigers..DL-P-Kenley Jansen-bruised hip

Tigers..P-Tarik Skubal-throws 40 pitches in sim game

Red Sox..DL-P-Garrett Whitlock-strained knee

Orioles..Activate OF-Heston Kjerstad

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(Roster Moves)

Colorado..Sign FA-P-John Brebbia-ex Twins

Miami..Sign FA-P-Aaron Willingham-ex Washington

Orioles..Callup P-Cam Weston

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…(Basketball)…

(Playoffs Scoreboard)

..San Antonio-W-Oklahoma City…(118-91)..SA forces 7th game with blowout win

..Spurs had (20-0) scoring spurt in 3rd quarter to build 26-point lead’

..Thunders went (0-13) shooting-scoreless for 10-and-half minutes

..Victor Wembenyama (28P-10R)

..Spurs hit 15-3’s…shot (47%) from floor

..Shai Gilegous-Alexander (6-18) shooting

..OKC went (10-40) from 3’s

..Game 7-Saturday in Oklahoma City for right to go to NBA Finals

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(NBA Notes)

Lakers…Facing decision on LeBron James…Has (57M) cap charge…Lakers could offer him (30M) Mid Level exception….Could workout Sign & Trade if he accepts a (30M) deal…Could renounce his rights and make him a free agent

NBA Owners…Approve the ‘3-2-1″ Lottery proposal…Includes Relegation issue…Top 3-teams only get 2-ping pong balls in lottery….Teams 4-thru-10 get 3-ping pong balls…Teams in Play-In Tourney each get 1-chance at top pick…Total 16-teams will be in next year lottery.

NY Knicks…C-Mitchell Robinson suffers broken pinkie in practice

Arizona..F-Koa Peat elects to stay in NBA draft.

Michigan State..G-Jeremy Fears pulls out of draft to return to Spartans

Illinois..F-Andrej Stojakovic leaves draft to return to Illini

Baylor..(6’7-G) Tounde Yessooufu transfers to St John’s.

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…(Football)…

NY Giants..QB-Jaxson Dart meets with team to discuss his public backing of Donald Trump.

Vikings..QB-JJ McCarthy..’No awkward feeling in QB-room with newcomer Kyler Murray.

Denver..Meets with FA-LB-Von Miller (138-QB sacks)

49ers..Sign FA-RB-Jordan Mims..FA-RB-Jermar Jefferson.

Giants..TE-Kenyon Sadiq-surgery-sports hernia

49ers..RB-Isaac Guererido-torn pectoral in workouts

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(College Football)

NCAA..Rejects request to negotiate a settlement to reinstate Texas Tech QB-Brendan Sorsby because of his gambling addictions.

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…(Hockey)…

(Playoff Schedule)

Montreal-at-Carolina..Hurricane lead series (3-1)…Carolina is (11-1) in playoffs….has outshot Habs in series (136-65)

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(Hockey Notes)

Montreal..Shocking news-ex Habs star Claude Lemieux-committed suicide in Florida…Body was discussed 3am-Thursday morning at Family Furniture business…He had been honored  Monday night in Montreal at playoff game…Played 21-years in NHL with Canadiens-New Jersey DDevils-Colorado…Scored (379G).

Bruins…Boston University report that ex-Bruins forward Landon Byers, who died last month, had Level 3-CTE brain damage

Edmonton…Report Oilers interested in talking to John Tortorella if he is not retained by Las Vegas….Has gone (19-4-1) since taking over Knights.

Corey Perry-21 year veteran, says he is interested in playing next year at age (41Y)…Interest from Montreal-Chicago.

Ducks..Top junior player Maxim Masse-will not turn pro-will enroll at U-Mass…Sccored (51G) for Chicoutimi in Quebec League

Ducks-Gulls…Have proposed building 3-rink practice facility in Escondito (Kit Carson Park) to City Council…Ducks owner Henry Samueli would pay for 3-year construction project.

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…(General)…

(Golf)..Charles Schwab Challenge-Colonial-Texas

..(-7)..Lee Hodges

..(-6)..JJ Spaun leads big group

..(-5)..Keegan Bradley heads big group

Tiger Woods…Sources say he has bypassed deadline to file to play in British Open-will sit out tourney…Has been in seclusion since return from drug rehab in Europe.

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(Soccer)…USA coach Mauricio Pochettino confirms he spoke this week to AC Milan about coaching vacancy…Contract with USA ends after World Cup…USSF says it is preparing to talk extension once World Cup is over.

Arsenal…honors NFL owner Stan Kroenke-who built team for first EPL crown since 2004.

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(Tennis)..French Open…Men’s top seed Jannik Sinner runs out of gas-loses 5-set battle in 2nd round…Ben Shelton also loses….Top seed Aryna Sabalenka-Coco Gauff-Naomi Osaka post 2nd round wins

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(Auto Racing)

Kyle Busch..Death Certificate shows he died of Acute Bacterial Pneumonia…Blood Clots..Sepsis…Ruptured Blood Vessels….had been ill for 3-weeks.

NASCAR…Nashville 400-Sunday

Indy Car..Grand Prix-Detroit

Formula 1..Off Weekend.

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