Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Week 3 Downtown LA Sports Beats Report

Baseball
Spring training is getting closer day by day, but the day is never over for the Dodgers as they are currently scouting infield prospect 19-year-old Yoan Moncada from Cuba. Moncada is currently a free agent is expecting to sign within the month of February. On the other news front, a few dodgers are looking to start spring training with a good and fresh start. Among those Dodgers are new starting pitcher Brett Anderson, reliever Paco Rodriguez, catcher A.J.Ellis and outfielder Andre Ethier after all having bad 2014 season due to injuries or really bad slumps.


Basketball
The Los Angeles Clippers won their last game at Dallas against the Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks. The score was 115 to 98, Clippers. All Star starting forward Blake Griffin underwent surgery to remove a staph infection in his right elbow on Monday and will be out for at least three weeks to heal. Meaning Griffin will be missing out on the opportunity to play in the all-star game this year in New York. The Clippers have a game tonight at 7 pm at home versus all-star forward James Harden and the visiting Houston Rockets. Starting shooting guard J.J. Redick will be representing the Clippers in New York in the three-point challenge during the all-star weekend, February 13th-15th, 2015. The Clippers record going into the all-star break is 


The Lakers recently lost night against the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center, 106-96. The Lakers have a game tonight at 7 p.m. at Portland versus all-stars guard Damian Lillard and forward LaMarcus Aldridge and the Trail Blazers. The bright news in this nightmare season is young Lakers players are gaining experience, game by game, with minutes increasing. The Lakers next game will be February 20th at home versus the Brooklyn Nets after the all-star break. The Lakers’ current record is (13-39) as they head into break in last place in the Pacific Division.


Soccer
The Champion Los Angeles Galaxy are preparing for a 11 day trip to Europe for their preseason and will be visiting Ireland and Sweden. The team travelled to Europe today and will be making stops in places like Dublin and Stockholm. This will be a special homecoming trip for Robbie Keane, whom, is from Ireland. The first match of the preseason tour is on Monday, February 16th, at Tele2 Arena versus Hammarby IF, current Galaxy player, Baggio Husidic, former team. MLS season opener is on March 6th, 2015 at 7 p.m. at home versus Chicago Fire.

Football Stadium
The NFL created a planning committee out of six NFL owners. Forming the committee are owners Clark Hunt of the Kansas City Chiefs, Robert Craft of the 2015 Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots, John Mara of the New York Giants, Bob McNair of the Houston Texans, Jerry Richardson of the Carolina Panthers and Art Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers. This committee will oversee the the guidelines of relocation if one or more teams decide to move to Los Angeles. The committee will help ensure the teams moving to Los Angeles will follow the proper procedures to calling Los Angeles home.



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