BY J.A. SCHWARTZ On Opening Day 2024, when the Padres and Dodgers kicked off the season in Seoul, South Korea, seven of the nine players on the field for San Diego had played shortstop at some point in their careers, and most had played more than 100 games as professionals …
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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Valkyries moved closer to becoming the WNBA’s first expansion team to reach the playoffs with a dominating 66-58 win over the New York Liberty Tuesday night at Chase Center. Golden State raced out to a 24 point lead mid way thru the third period before the …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The 106th NFL season kicks off on Thursday when the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles host their long time NFC East rivals the Dallas Cowboys in a nationally televised contest. Philadelphia, led by head coach Nick Sirianni, will seek to achieve something the Eagles franchise hasn’t done in …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Kansas City Chiefs are the defending AFC Champions, having advanced to the Super Bowl for the fifth time in Patrick Mahomes’ young career following the 2024 season. Even though their quest to become the first team in league history to win three straight Super Bowls fell …
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BY RICK PORCARO Jung Hoo Lee’s walk-off single with one out in the ninth inning scored Christian Koss with the winning run as the Giants scored a 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs to finish off a three game sweep of the NL Wild Card leaders Thursday afternoon. Willy Adames …
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BY HELEN LAME’ Stepping up the competition in a possible playoff preview, the Valkyries came up short in the second half against the Eastern Conference leading Atlanta Dream, falling 79-63 at Chase Center Sunday night. Golden State and Atlanta traded baskets in a low scoring first half, going into the …
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By J.A. SCHWARTZ Padres General Manager A.J. Preller and the Major League Baseball trade deadline are clearly made for each other. Preller, who famously gets by on fewer hours sleep than most of his peers, made several high-impact trades that offloaded a plethora of minor league talent to bolster a …
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BY HELEN LAME’ Still reeling from the season ending loss of Kayla Thornton, the Golden State Valkyries overcame a ten point second half deficit to score a gutty 86-76 win over the Dallas Wings Friday night at Chase Center. Less than 24 hours after learning that Thornton, their leading scorer …
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BY RICK PORCARO Bryce Harper broke out of his slump with a career day and Kyle Schwarber added a home run and three RBI’s to support seven shutout innings from Jose Luzardo as the Phillies salvaged the final game of a three game series with the Giants with a 13-0 …
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BY J.A SCHWARTZ The San Francisco Giants have been looking for an elite hitter for the better part of a decade. They’ve failed to secure such an asset via free agency over the past several off-seasons, missing out on the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa (due to …
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