Month: October 2015

Raiders unplug Chargers

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by Jeremy Kahn

Coming out off the bye week, the Oakland Raiders returned to the field in the middle of a two-game losing streak.

Derek Carr put an end to the notion that the Raiders would lose for the third straight game, as he threw three touchdown passes and the Raiders defeated the San Diego Chargers 37-29.

The Raiders scored on their first seven possessions of the game on their way to taking a 30-6 lead at the end of the first half.

Amari Cooper is his making his case for Offensive Rookie of the Year, as he caught five passes for 133 yards on the afternoon and a touchdown.

Carr went 24-for-31 for 289 yards passing and threw touchdowns to Clive Watford and Michael Crabtree.

It was a tough game for Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers from the get go, as he threw an interception on the third play from scrimmage, when his pass tipped and caught by Raiders linebacker Malcolm Smith. Two plays after the interception that was returned to the two-yard line, Latavius Murray scored on a two-yard run.

Sebastian Janikowski kicked three field goals on the afternoon.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Raiders were leading by the score of 37-6, but the Chargers attempted to make a game of it, as they scored 23 unanswered points to get within 37-29 with six seconds remaining in the game when Rivers found Danny Woodhead for a touchdown and the subsequent two-point conversion to Ladrius Green.

Josh Lambo’s third onside kick of the afternoon fell right into the hands of Raiders tight end Mychel Rivera, and then Carr took one kneel down and the Raiders escaped with an eight-point victory, their first road divisional win since the 2012 season.

With the victory, the Raiders have matched their win total for the 2014 season, and now return to the Coliseum where they will face another longtime rival in the New York Jets on Sunday afternoon.

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: The Royals are back in the 2015 World Series this time against the Mets

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by Amaury Pi Gonzalez

The 2015 Kansas City Royals have won the American League pennant for the second consecutive season and this year they will face the New York Mets who won the National League. Just as they were looking for their first World Series title since 1985 and failed against the San Francisco Giants last year, they will be back this year against the New York Mets. They will not have to face Madison Bumgarner, but the Mets rotations is much more formidable that of the Giants.

The first game during the regular season for the Kansas City Royals took place at Angel Stadium in Anaheim against the LA Angels. Good friend and now broadcaster for the Royals television network Rex Hudler told me prior to that first game in Anaheim about his team: “this team is going all the way this year”, well Rex you didn’t lie, the Royals showed again that they are the best team in the American League, and this year I believe a much better team than that 2014 squad. Dayton Moore the General Manager of the Royals deserves all the credit in the world for picking up key pieces for this 2015 club, guys like Kendrys Morales, one of the best designated hitters in baseball this season, all around super player Ben Zobrist and right handed starter Johnny Cueto.In a perfect world the Royals would have loved to face the San Francisco Giants again, and see if Bumgarner could duplicate his sensational 2014 World Series, but it was not to be, as the Giants never made it to the postseason in 2015.

The Royals have the best bullpen in baseball, and under Ned Yost(Manager)they have shortened the game, most teams ask their starter to go six innings, but in the Royals case is just five, since they have the strongest bullpen anchored by closer Wade Davis. The Royals do not strike out much, they are not a power hitting team, like the team they eliminated in six games the Toronto Blue Jays, but the Royals are as resilient of a team as there is in baseball, strong at every position, with great speed and a good bench they can beat anybody and it will not be easy facing the young and powerful pitching staff of the New York Mets this next week for the World Series ring.

Last time the New York Mets went to a World Series was in 2000. I worked that World Series doing play by play with Eduardo Ortega, the Spanish Voice of the San Diego Padres, for LBC(Latino Broadcasting Company) now ESPN Deportes. The Mets that year faced the New York Yankees who took the title, in what was the last Subway Series to this day. I remember it was the first time for me since 1989 when I did not have to travel far to work on both parks, 1989 was the Athletics vs the Giants,I drove to both parks, and in 2000 I stayed at midtown Manhattan and took the Blue Line(Flushing)train to Shea Stadium and the Bronx line to Yankee Stadium.

The Royals will open the series on Tuesday October 27, first two games will be in Kansas City, then the next three at Citi Field in New York, and if it goes to a sixth and seventh games, they will go back to Kansas City. If it goes to a seventh game, the Royals have the home field advantage, but they will not be able to use their great DH Kendrys Morales (.290 22 HR 106 RBI)when they play in New York. Somebody is going to have to sit, a tough decision for manager Ned Yost, Eric Hosmer is their regular first-baseman, and Morales can play first, but he has been their DH all season long.

The New York Mets rotation is as good as there is in the game: deGrom, Syndergard,Harvey,Colón, Niese and their closer is 26 year old Dominican right hander Jeurys Familial, who owns a nasty 93 mph splitter and a super fastball with great rotation. Familia during the regular season worked in relief in 76 games sdinised with a 1.85ERA and saved 43 games for the Metropolitans. Note:

I like the Royals in six games, the Kansas City team is on a mission and they are trying to complete what they began in 2014. The New York Mets are an excellent team with a manager that finally made it to the October Dance in Terry Collins, who is on his first postseason. The Mets swept the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS. The Mets played just about perfect baseball and the lovable Cubs will have to wait until 2016, and they could easily be back with that great young talent. The Mets have more power than the Royals, stronger starting staff, but the Royals have a better bullpen, more speed on the bases, better defense, and I believe it is a better all-around baseball team than the Mets. But in World Series competition, you really never know.

It should be a good one.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is a talk show host for http://www.sportsradioservice.com and has covered MLB since 1974

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Quakes see end of 2015 season

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By Pearl Allison Lo

~ In an important Decision Day match, San Jose was unable to hold on to their lead against FC Dallas, in a 2-1 defeat Sunday.

The Quakes have now missed the playoffs for three straight years, but were the closest to making that portion of the season this year. San Jose ended up four points under the red line, behind the Seattle Sounders FC, LA Galaxy and Sporting Kansas City, who finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively with 51 points apiece.

The Quakes’ website now reads “Thank You, Quakes Fans. SJ 74” on top of a video, which when clicked, says “Thank you, Quakes Fans, for an unforgettable 2015 season.” It featured gratitude from Chris Wondolowski, Jean Baptiste Pierraci, Bryan Meredith, David Bingham, Marvell Wynne, Marc Pelosi, Shaun Francis, Paulo Renato, Shea Salinas and moer.

San Jose’s Quincy Amarikwa first had an attempt on goal in the 11th minute.

Two minutes later, he did not miss. Fatai Alashe used some footwork to get the ball to Amarikwa who just had one person in front of him. There might have been a shove as the defender tumbled to the ground. Matt Hedges raced to help and both he and Amarikwa bumped into each other. Amarikwa then switched directions and worked his way around Hedges. After taking a few more steps, Amarikwa shot the ball past a sliding Hedges and just underneath goalie Jesse Gonzalez. It was Amarikwa’s sixth goal.

The Quakes’ lead held until Fabian Castillo got the ball along the endlines against Wynne, past a diving, Bingham past two defenders and FC Dallas’s Mauro Diaz. Diaz was able to get the ball out eventually and into the net in the 38th minute.

In the first half, only players for San Jose had multiple shots on goal. Those shots belonged to Wondolowski and Amarikwa. The Quakes outshot FC Dallas 7-3.

Things then got bad in the 67th minute when San Jose went a man down. Matias Perez Garcia and Diaz ran into each other and then collided again when Perez Garcia raised a hand to Diaz. Protests afterwards by the Quakes ran about two minutes. Perez Garcia received a red card and Diaz a yellow after he motioned Perez Garcia to the locker room. That was the only card FC Dallas received during the game. San Jose received two more yellow cards later on in the match.

Things got worse when the Quakes’ Clarence Goodson’s second attempt at a clearance hit Victor Ulloa, who gave it to Castillo. Castillo gave it back to Ulloa at the edge of the box and Ulloa scored against Bingham, who came out to meet him. It was Ulloa’s second goal of the year.

Game notes: San Jose’s Victor Bernardez, who returned due to yellow card accumulation, got another in the 27th minute. The New York Red Bulls ended up winning the Supporters’ Shield over Dallas. The Quakes remained winless in three meetings this season versus FC Dallas. Salinas reached over 10,000 career minutes with San Jose. Wondolowski led all with five shots on goal, the next set of people with two shots.

Stanford runs over UW, showdown with upstart Wash. St. looms

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By Jeremy Harness

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STANFORD – While Stanford keeps rolling, the teams directly in front of them seem to tumble out of the way.

At this point, the Cardinal appear likely to be on a crash course with Utah in the Pac-12 championship game on Dec. 5. However, the No. 3 Utes suffered their first loss of the season on Saturday, falling to unranked USC.

While Utah was on the wrong side of a beatdown, 10th-ranked Stanford was busy wearing down – and then running away from – Washington in a 31-14 victory at Stanford Stadium. While No. 9 Florida State also lost, the 10th-ranked Cardinal are expected to move up even more.

They have made their season-long ascent authoritatively and efficiently, and Saturday’s game was the ultimate show-and-tell. Stanford held the ball twice as long as Washington and gradually broke down an increasingly-tired Huskies defense without turning the ball over once. The point was driven across in a first half that saw the Cardinal out-gain Washington, 251-58, while racing to a 17-0 lead.

“It starts with the guys up front,” running back Christian McCaffrey said. “When they’re doing their job, it makes our job a lot easier. You’ve got a quarterback like Kevin Hogan who can demand the field. He’s one of the smartest guys I’ve ever met on the field.”

McCaffrey made history on Saturday with 300 all-purpose yards to go along with two touchdowns, the school-record fifth game in a row that he has racked up 200 or more yards of offense. Fifty of those yards came on a third-quarter pass from Hogan, which saw him slip by the Washington secondary and scamper untouched into the end zone.

Meanwhile, Hogan had a very solid game, completing 17 of his 24 throws for 290 yards and a pair of scores.

Stanford jumped right on Washington (3-4, 1-3 Pac-12) from the outset. Upon receiving the opening kickoff, the Cardinal marched down the field by firmly establishing their vaunted running attack.

After four straight runs, Hogan caught the Huskies by surprise on a 2nd-and-1 and found tight end Austin Hooper down the middle of the field for a 21-yard touchdown to give the Cardinal the quick lead.

“His leadership has been huge for us,” coach David Shaw said. “He’s been as efficient as any quarterback in college football over the last month and a half. He’s come up with some really nice balls, giving a guy a chance to make some plays.”

While embarking on its longest drive of the season, Stanford struck again to extend its lead to start the second quarter. Aided by a 24-yard pass from Hogan to McCaffrey to convert a 2nd-and-19, the Cardinal drove 90 yards while using up more than eight minutes to do so and capped things off when Remound Wright scored on a one-yard plunge.

The fact that Washington could not throw the ball at all certainly helped Stanford. K.J Carta-Samuels completed only nine of his 21 passes for 118 yards, most of which came in a second half that saw the game all but decided, which proved to be particularly deadly for the Huskies on third down.

Washington did not convert any of its five third-down attempts and got only two first downs in the entire half, forcing its defense to be stuck on the field for extended periods of time and allowing Stanford’s bruising offense to pound away.

In fact, the Huskies did not reach Stanford territory until the start of the third quarter.

The Cardinal will travel up north to face Washington State next Saturday night, but this is not expected to be a cakewalk by any means.

The Cougars have been a conference doormat for years, but after losing its season opener to Portland State, they have experienced a major resurgence that continued after its road win over Arizona on Saturday. Washington State (5-2, 3-1 Pac-12) also owns a road win over Oregon this year, so next week’s showdown could very well decide the Pac-12 North title.

“It’s going to be a great game,” linebacker Blake Martinez said. “It’s going to show everything we’ve been working for these past seven games. It’s going to show how great our young secondary is. We are definitely going to have our hands full with each play, but I know our guys in the secondary are going to do what they need to do to make those plays.

“I trust them completely.”

NCAA Podcast with Michelle Richardson: Crimson Tide avoid upset from Tenn; USC’s Smith TD & 3 picks; Clemson stays perfect with blowout

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On tonight’s podcast Michelle takes a look at the Alabama Crimson Tide (7-1) who nearly were upset by Tennessee (3-4) on Saturday. Alabama held on and squeezed out the victory by five 19-14.

USC’s (4-2) Cameron Smith returned the second of three interceptions for 54 yards for a touchdown to contribute to USC’s win 42-24. The Trojan get a huge victory over the never give up Utah Utes (6-1).

The Clemson Tigers (6-0) totally blew out Miami (4-2) 58-0 it was Clemson’s quarterback Deshaun Watson who served up 15 completions, 19 attempts, for 143 yards.

Michelle talks NCAA football and these top three games on her NCAA podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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Ward Hat Trick Leads Sharks to 5-2 Win

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By Mary Walsh

SAN JOSE– The Sharks ended a three-game losing streak by defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Saturday. To get them there, Joel Ward scored three goals. It had been quite a long time since anyone other than Joel Ward scored for the Sharks, nearly three games. So it was fitting that he be front and center when the team finally got back on the winning side.

It was not the most elegant win, but it was a win and Joel Ward certainly deserved his hat trick. Sharks goals were also scored by Joe Pavelski and Tommy Wingels, and San Jose goaltender Martin Jones stopped 32 of 34 shots for the win. For the Hurricanes, Justin Faulk and Riley Nash scored.

With Paul Martin back in the lineup and Joe Thornton still in it, the Sharks are starting to look like the team that started the season. Their opponent was not in top form, having played the night before, and the Sharks were able to capitalize on that early in the game. If you blinked at the wrong moment, like right after Tomas Hertl’s shot was stopped by Carolina goaltender Eddie Lack, you would have missed Joel Ward tucking the rebound in. It was not much of a rebound, more of a gently loose puck, but it was free enough for Ward to get his stick on just 1:21 into the game. Assists went to Patrick Marleau and Hertl. It was Joel Ward’s 100th career goal.

The Sharks’ second goal was also Ward’s. This one was challenged by Hurricanes coach Bill Peters. There was no question of interference, but rather a missed offside call. After reviewing the video, the referees verified that the play was onside. Thanks to Ward, the Sharks were up by two before the ten minute mark. An assist went to Brent Burns.

The Sharks took the first penalty, a hooking call to Joe Thornton against Ron Hainsey. The Sharks killed that off without much ado and hardly any whistles. The Sharks then took the second penalty as well, this one to Barclay Goodrow for high sticking Chris Terry.

By the end of the period, the Sharks were ahead on the scoreboard by two but trailing slightly (7-6) on the shot clock.

Less than three minutes into the second period, the Sharks took another penalty, a tripping penalty to Brenden Dillon. The penalties caught up to the Sharks this time, and just 30 seconds into the power play, Carolina scored. A pass along the blue line from Nathan Gerbe found Justin Faulk Rask at the point. Faulk’s shot went by Eric Staal and Sharks goaltender Martin Jones. It was a good screen and a clean shot.

The Sharks got it back at 6:06 of the period, when a short the Sharks swarmed the net after an offensive zone faceoff. Play seemed to stop when Eddie Lack (and apparently most other players) thought Lack had the puck behind him. He did not have it and it slid out near his skate and got pushed in by the goalie himself.

The goal went to Joe Pavelski with assists to Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Joe Thornton.

It was a rough night for Eddie Lack. The next goal came when the puck trickled through the five hole and sat behind him for a couple of seconds. There was no support nearby for the goaltender but there were two Sharks handy to help the puck over the line. The goal went to Tommy Wingels. Assists went to Chris Tierney and Paul Martin.

Cam Ward came in to relieve Lack. The Hurricanes were not out of it yet and they scampered back down the ice to attack the Sharks net. Jones had been facing some bouncing shots and he saw one fly over the net just before Riley Nash tucked one in from behind the net. Assists went to Noah Hanifin and Kris Versteeg.

As the second period ended, the Hurricanes had a distinct upper hand. More than once, the Sharks were trapped in their own zone and Jones had to handle wild, bouncing shots. The Hurricanes may not have scored, but they went into the intermission on a strong note. The shots stood at 19-14 Hurricanes.

The Hurricanes came back for the third without much loss of momentum. There were few whistles for the first five minutes, and finally, at 5:20, the Sharks got their first power play. Kris Versteeg went to the box for hooking. The Sharks held the zone for over a minute with their first power play unit, which now included Joel Ward alonside Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski, Patrick Marleau and Brent Burns. The second unit of Tommy Wingels, Tomas Hertl, Matt Tennyson, Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Chris Tierney had little time to work with after that.

The third period featured traded chances from number twelves, when Patrick Marleau chased down a Carolina defender to create a good chance for the Sharks. Carolina’s number twelve, Eric Staal, responded by snatching up the loose puck and breaking the other way. Jones and Ward both did their jobs and nothing came of either try.

By the final minutes of the third, the Hurricanes were again outworking the Sharks… except for Martin Jones. Jones was outworking everyone. For the last four minutes, the Sharks looked like they were killing a penalty, and that was before the Canes pulled their goalie and actually had a man advantage.

With Jones in net and some luck, San Jose’s two goal lead held up. The final seconds saw the Sharks doing everything they could to get the puck to Ward in front of the open net. Finally, they did, and the hats flew. It was Ward’s second career hat trick.

Ward and Wingels were tied for the team lead in shots with four each.  Mike Brown led the team in hits with four. Burns (24:07) and Martin (21:54) led the team in ice time.

Justin Faulk led the Hurricanes with five shots. Brock McGinn led the team in hits with three. Eddie Lack made 9 saves on 13 shots. Cam Ward made 7 saves on 7 shots.

The Sharks next play on Wednesday against the Nashville Predators, in San Jose at 7:30 PT.

Barracuda shutout in Ontario

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By: Eric He

Peter Budaj is a veteran of nearly 300 NHL games, and the goaltender is still going strong, even if it’s in the minors.

Now with the Ontario Reign of the AHL, the 33-year old Budaj posted a shutout of the San Jose Barracuda, as San Jose fell 3-0 on the road Saturday night.

The Barracuda drop to 2-3-0-1, while the Reign remain unbeaten at 5-0-0-0.

Down 1-0 in the third period, the Barracuda allowed Reign rookie Adrian Kempe to score on the power play at 4:12 to double Ontario’s advantage. Michael Mersch added an empty net goal to seal the 3-0 victory.

This came despite San Jose putting nine shots on goal in the third. It also outshot Ontario 10-9 in a scoreless second period, but could not get one past Budaj, who made 24 saves in all.

Ontario got on the board with the lone goal of the first when Andrew Crescenzi converted on a rebound.

The Barracuda have not scored in eight straight periods, and they also went 0-for-5 on the power play on Saturday.

Aaron Dell replaced Troy Groesnick in net at the start of the second period after Groesnick sustained an injury in the first.

Barracuda Shut Out By Gibson, Gulls

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By Matthew T.F. Harrington

SAN JOSE, Calif. – It will continue to be a season of firsts in the inaugural campaign for the San Jose Barracuda, but with the highs will also come the lows. Friday night at the SAP Center, the Barracuda earned an inevitable and unenviable first after falling to the San Diego Gulls 3-0.

Ducks goalie John Gibson made 23 saves to shut out San Jose for the first time this year and give the Barracuda losses in two-straight for the first time this season. The Barracuda also fell to the undefeated Gulls (4-0-0-0) 3-2 in a shootout Wednesday night at home.

“There’s still plenty of things to work on,” said San Jose coach Roy Sommer. “We’re still young. We’d like to get a home win here.”

The Gulls scored twice in the first period on miscues from the Barracuda. Chris Wagner scored the first goal of the game at the 5:02 mark after cherry picking behind a Barracuda defender at the Gulls blue line. After defenseman Brandon Montour chipped the puck up, Wagner scooped it up and skated down the wing unimpeded before beating Barracuda goalie Aaron Dell’s glove hand for the goal.

Dell’s glove would come up short with 1:49 left in the period when he appeared to glove down a Gulls shot only to have the puck pop out where Chris Mueller could tap in his first goal of the season and double the Gulls’ advantage. One gaffe aside, Dell played well for the Barracuda, turning away 31 shots.

“We didn’t have any hold ups, we had a few miscues,” said San Jose forward Micheal Haley. “They had a lot of steam coming into our end. It’s hard to get out of your end when they’re coming at you full speed.”

While the Barracuda didn’t beat Gibson in the 1st 20 minutes, they came close on a 5-on-3 power play just about halfway through the period. Twice San Jose ripped perfect cross-crease passes just off the goal line, but twice one of the top goalie prospects in the AHL Gibson robbed would-be goals.

“That was the turning point in the game,” said Sommer. “We had two good looks where he made two great saves. After that we didn’t have much.”

First Gibson robbed Nikolai Goldobin on the glove side, then kicked away a stick-side shot pad-high from Melker Karlsson. Goldobin also hit the post on the man advantage in the third period on a night when San Jose’s power play unit was snakebit (0-for-5).

“He’s covering the bottom so we have to go up top,” said Karlsson. “If it’s there you have to hit it. That should be a goal.”

San Diego added a power play goal in the 2nd after Nick Ritchie received a pass from Brandon Montour to Dell’s right. Ritchie’s wrist shot beat Dell blocker side to give the Gulls a commanding lead with 4:04 left a period that saw the visitors outshoot the home team 15-5.

“They had a very good forecheck,” said Haley. “They didn’t give us very much time or options which makes it very hard for us to get our forecheck going. It was just one of those days where it felt like we were chasing and not supporting.”

For the Barracuda, it’s back to work after a quick bus trip to the Inland Empire. San Jose takes on the Ontario Reign, affiliate of the rival Los Angeles Kings

“We’ve got a hard game tomorrow,” said Sommer. “That’s a team that’s undefeated. They’re not missing much from the team that won the Calder Cup (as the Manchester Monarchs). We’ll have our hands full tomorrow.”

Notes: The regulation loss snapped a three-game point-streak for the Barracuda. After losing to Rockford on opening night, the Barracuda twice beat Bakersfield before falling to San Diego in a shootout Wednesday…Melker Karlsson played in his second game with the Sharks affiliate, finishing with a shot on goal. “I’m getting better and better but I still have some things to work on. I haven’t practiced that much so my conditioning isn’t where it should be,” said Karlsson…Micheal Haley was returned to the Barracuda for Friday’s game after skating on the Sharks fourth line in their game against the Kings Thursday night. He saw 6:48 of ice time. Haley is expected to play Saturday against Ontario, his third game in a row. “It’s the American Hockey League. If you don’t want to play three-on-threes go play up top,” Sommer said with a smile…Barracuda captain Bryan Lerg played 8:51 with a shot on goal. He remains with the parent club…Defenseman Karl Stollery missed the game with an injury.

Oakland Raiders podcast with Jeremy Kahn: Look for Raiders to get help from their secondary in defending against Chargers, Rivers

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by Jeremy Kahn

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ALAMEDA–After the bye week the Oakland Raiders have regrouped after two tough loses with Cleveland and Denver and they’re set to face another division opponent again this weekend in San Diego as they get ready for the Chargers.The Raiders are hopeful that they can come back from that two game losing streak.

The Raiders come into Sunday’s game at number 26 in the league in defense and they will face one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL the Chargers Phillip Rivers. The Raiders have to get their secondary going with Charles Woodson and Khalil Mack back there and they’ll just be just fine handling Rivers.

This is going to be a very close game and the Raiders can come out of this one with a win because their playing a lot better and head coach Jack Del Rio says that their more experienced going into this game. Their more experienced on offense and defense going into week seven and the Raiders could come out with a victory.

Jeremy has more on his podcast with the Oakland Raiders tonight click below to hear more at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Kings waive Stockton

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The Sacramento Kings have waived guard David Stockton. The Kings were carrying 16 players and needed to reduce the roster to 15 before October 28th.

Charlie O and Lee Leonard predicted that Stockton would be “the odd man out” on the Kings Weekly Podcast on Sportsradioservice.com. The Kings have depth at the guard position and there was not room for an extra point guard.

Stockton played for the Kings D-League team in Reno for most of the 2014-15 season. He was signed by the Kings to a 10-day contract and then to a contract for the 2015-16 season.

By waiving Stockton now, he has been given a better chance to be signed by another NBA team before the beginning of the season next week.