Rams On Verge Of A Big Trade

Rams playing ‘Let’s Make a Deal’

From Gary Klein: Les Snead, nary alien to blockbuster trades involving first-round picks, mightiness beryllium connected nan verge of doing it again.

On Wednesday, nan Rams wide head appeared to beryllium getting person to addressing his team’s astir pressing request by nearing a imaginable statement pinch nan Kansas City Chiefs to waste and acquisition for cornerback Trent McDuffie, a personification pinch knowledge of nan business said. The personification requested anonymity because an statement had not been finalized.

According to aggregate reports, nan Rams would nonstop a first-round prime — nan 29th wide — and fifth- and sixth-round picks successful this year’s draught and 2027 seventh-round prime to nan Chiefs successful speech for McDuffie.

McDuffie, 25, is simply a erstwhile Anaheim Servite and Bellflower St. John Bosco High prima who was a first-round prime by nan Chiefs successful 2022. He was an All-Pro successful 2023 and has 3 profession interceptions. He is owed to gain $13.6 cardinal this play successful nan last twelvemonth of his rookie contract.

The acquisition of McDuffie would fortify a cornerback group that was often a liability past season. During 4 seasons pinch nan Chiefs, McDuffie forced 8 fumbles, 3 interceptions and collapsed up 34 passes.

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Struggling USC loses sixth successful a row

Zoom Diallo scored a career-high 26 points, Hannes Steinbach added 22 pinch a career-best 24 rebounds, and Washington rolled past USC 91-72 on Wednesday night.

Washington took nan lead for bully pinch 12:31 remaining. A 13-0 tally that started pinch 4:33 to play pushed nan Huskies’ lead to 85-65 pinch astir 2 minutes left. Diallo scored connected a dunk and Nikola Dzepina added a 3 to extremity nan surge.

The Huskies (15-15, 7-12 Big Ten) swept nan play bid against USC, and person won 3 of their past five. The Trojans (18-12, 7-12) person mislaid six consecutive and 11 of their past 17 games.

Alijah Arenas scored 19 points and Ezra Ausar had 17 for USC. Jacob Cofie and Jordan Marsh added 14 points apiece.

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USC container score

Big Ten standings

Opportunity is knocking for Alex Freeland

From Jack Vita: For 24-year-old Alex Freeland, nan clip is now.

After nan switch-hitting mediate infielder enjoyed a cup of java successful nan large leagues past season, he’s trying to break campy pinch nan Dodgers and get accrued playing clip astatine 2nd guidelines pinch seasoned Tommy Edman expected to beryllium connected nan injured database arsenic he useful his measurement backmost from correct ankle surgery.

Freeland, who played 29 games pinch nan Dodgers past season, and second-year inferior man Hyeseong Kim, who played 71 games and was connected nan postseason roster, are among those vying for playing clip astatine nan commencement of nan season, pinch seasoned Miguel Rojas and and nonroster induce Santiago Espinal besides successful nan mix.

Kim, who started Cactus League games astatine 2nd guidelines and halfway field, precocious departed for nan World Baseball Classic arsenic he competes for Team South Korea, opening a doorway for Freeland to get much reps successful nan bosom of nan Cactus League season.

“Opportunity is present, truthful I’m trying to make nan astir of it,” Freeland said. “It sucks that Tommy’s not fresh and he won’t beryllium fresh for nan opening of nan season. He’s a large portion of this team, truthful I wish him a ace speedy betterment and I dream that he gets retired location arsenic quickly arsenic possible. But yeah, pinch Hyeseong being gone, I americium getting much reps astatine 2nd and short, truthful I’m conscionable trying to make nan astir of them.”

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Lakers dream triumph sparks greatness

From Thuc Nhi Nguyen: A three-pointer clanked disconnected nan broadside of nan backboard. Four players were whistled for method fouls. Passes from nan Lakers and nan New Orleans Pelicans sailed retired of bounds.

The errors added up to an disfigured game. The result, however, was beautiful for nan Lakers, who notched a 110-101 comeback win complete nan Pelicans connected Tuesday nighttime astatine Crypto.com Arena. They clawed backmost from an eight-point shortage successful nan 4th fourth to triumph their 3rd consecutive game, showing nan benignant of resoluteness coach JJ Redick said he hasn’t seen since November erstwhile nan Lakers started 15-4.

“Nights for illustration this tin alteration nan trajectory for teams and players,” defender Marcus Smart said. “So hopefully this triumph and tonight, successful nan way, nan manner that we won it, kicks our assurance up.”

Here are 3 takeaways from nan game:

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Clippers hit nan Pacers

Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points, Bennedict Mathurin scored 23 connected 8-for-11-shooting, and the Clippers won their 3rd successful a row, 130-107 complete the Indiana Pacers connected Wednesday night.

Brook Lopez had 17 points for nan Clippers while Darius Garland had 12 successful his first location crippled since being acquired successful a waste and acquisition from nan Cleveland Cavaliers past month.

Pascal Siakam had 29 points successful his return aft sitting retired 3 games pinch a near wrist sprain to lead Indiana, but nan Pacers mislaid their seventh successful a statement and fell to nan bottommost of nan Eastern Conference standings pinch a 15-47 record.

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Clippers container score

NBA standings

Ducks conclusion Islanders

Cutter Gauthier scored doubly successful a span of conscionable complete 3 minutes successful nan first period, backup goalie Ville Husso stopped 42 shots and the Ducks hit nan New York Islanders 5-1 connected Wednesday night.

Beckett Sennecke, Ryan Poehling and Frank Vatrano besides had goals to thief nan Ducks to their 13th triumph successful 16 games.

David Rittich had 20 saves for nan Islanders, who had their five-game winning streak snapped contempt outshooting nan Ducks 43-25. Anders Lee scored nan 304th extremity of his career, tying Clark Gillies for nan fourth-most successful franchise history.

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Ducks summary

NHL standings

Lou Holtz dies

Lou Holtz ne'er met an force that couldn’t hit him. Somehow, he squeaked retired astir 250 wins and a nationalist title while cementing himself some arsenic 1 of nan astir lovable and unlikable characters successful assemblage shot — a one-of-a-kind iconoclast successful a occupation brimming pinch originals.

The pint-sized motivator who restored greatness astatine Notre Dame and demanded it everyplace other he went died successful Orlando, Fla., Notre Dame announced Wednesday. He was 89.

Spokeswoman Katy Lonergan said nan family did not supply a origin of death.

“Notre Dame mourns nan nonaccomplishment of Lou Holtz, a legendary shot coach, a beloved personnel of nan Notre Dame family and devoted husband, begetter and grandfather,” Notre Dame president Rev. Robert A. Dowd said successful a statement.

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This time successful sports history

1924 — Frank Carauna of Buffalo becomes nan first to vessel 2 consecutive cleanable 300 games. Carauna throws 5 strikes to unfastened his 3rd game, giving him 29 consecutive strikes.

1931 — WGL power broadcasts nan first crippled of nan American Basketball League title series. The Brooklyn Visitations hit nan Fort Wayne Hoosiers 14-10 successful nan first pro hoops crippled to beryllium broadcast unrecorded connected radio.

1960 — Carol Heiss wins nan ladies title astatine nan World Figure Skating Championships successful Vancouver.

1965 — Ernest Terrell wins nan world heavyweight title pinch a unanimous 15-round determination complete Eddie Machen successful Chicago.

1973 — New York Yankee pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich denote that they’ve swapped wives and children.

1981 — Scott Hamilton wins nan men’s title astatine nan World Figure Skating Championships held successful Hartford, Conn.

1985 — Mike Bossy of nan New York Islanders scores his 50th goal, becoming nan first NHL subordinate to people 50 goals successful 8 consecutive seasons.

2004 — Ottawa and Philadelphia harvester for an NHL-record 419 punishment minutes, pinch nan Flyers mounting a single-team people pinch 213. There are 5 consecutive brawls successful nan last 2 minutes, including 1 involving some goalies. The erstwhile grounds for punishment minutes was 406 by nan Minnesota North Stars and Boston Bruins successful 1981. The Flyers hit nan Senators 5-3.

2016 — Makai Mason scores 22 points to lead Yale to a 71-55 triumph complete Columbia, clinching nan Bulldogs’ first NCAA Men’s Tournament bid since 1962. The Bulldogs shared nan Ivy title past twelvemonth pinch Harvard, but mislaid nan playoff crippled pinch nan Crimson. The triumph ends nan 2nd longest NCAA drought of immoderate squad that has made nan tourney previously.

2016 — Clemson thumps Boston College 66-50, completing nan Eagles’ winless regular play successful Atlantic Coast Conference play. The Eagles (7-24, 0-18) are nan first men’s ACC squad to spell winless successful their convention regular-season games since Maryland went 0-14 successful 1986-87. Worse, BC’s shot squad went 0-8 successful convention play, making nan schoolhouse nan first successful ACC history to spell winless successful some sports successful nan aforesaid world year.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

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