Baseball
The Dodgers are less than two weeks away from their Opening
Day Season opener in Los Angeles, April 6th. The team is still in
the midst training and gearing up for season at Camelback Ranch in Arizona.
Hyun-jin Ryu, the Dodgers’ “3rd ace”, was sent back to LA to get a
MRI on his throwing shoulder and the results came back negative. On the bullpen
front, set up man, Brandon League, is set to start the season on the 15-Day disabled
list (DL) with a discomfort in the his throwing shoulder. On the free agent
front, the Dodgers have agreed to deals with two Cubans within the past week. 29-year-old 3rd baseman Hector Olivera, agreed
to a deal worth $62.5 million with a $28 million signing bonus and 25 –year-old
Pablo Millan Fernandez to an $8 million minor league deal with the Dodgers.
Basketball
The Clippers just kicked off their 3 game east coast road
trip with a big win at the Madison Square Garden, dropping the Knicks, 111-80.
On top of that win, point guard Chris Paul earned the player of the week award
from last week after averaging 26 points, 11.3 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 2.0
steals, while lead the Clippers to an undefeated week (4-0). The Clippers
record is currently (46-25) and in second place in the division behind the
Golden State Warriors and will play their next game at Philadelphia against the
(17-54) 76ers.
As the Lakers are limping through their season, they came up
with a win in Minnesota versus the Timberwolves, 101-99. Rookie point guard
Jordan Clarkson led the Lakers with 20 points had 5 assists, while guard Jeremy
Lin had 19 points and like Clarkson, also had 5 assists as well. The Lakers are
currently playing without their star players in guards Kobe Bryant and Steve
Nash and rookie forward Julius Randle, whom all are out for the season with
their respective injuries. The Lakers are currently (18-51) and will be
travelling to Toronto to face all-star guard Kyle Lowry and the Raptors (42-29)
on Friday at 4 pm.
Soccer
This week, the Galaxy currently has two of their best
players on international duty, meaning they have called up to serve their
country in soccer matches over in Europe. Head coach Bruce Arena has to figure out
to replace their starters by Saturday in the District of Columbia versus D.C.
United at 4 pm. The Galaxy’s record is (1-0-2) this season.
Football Stadium
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