Month: January 2024

NHL podcast with Len Shapiro: Thornton to have No.19 jersey retired by Sharks; Blackhawks-Sabres move game to Thursday due to heavy snow; plus more NHL news

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Former San Jose Sharks Joe Thornton is jubilant after scoring a goal against the Vegas Golden Knights in game 2 in the first period in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on Fri Apr 19, 2019 at SAP Center in San Jose. The Sharks announced that Thornton will have his No.19 sweater raised to the rafters at SAP Center sometime next season. (AP file photo)

On the NHL podcast with Len Shapiro:

#1 San Jose Sharks announced that they will retire the No.19 uniform jersey of former Shark Joe Thornton. The tribute will be held sometime during next season. Thornton will be the second player in Sharks history to have his number retired the first was Patrick Marleau and his number 12. Thornton played in the NHL for 24 seasons. Thornton finished his NHL career with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2021-22.

#2 Len, Buffalo has gone through some rugged weather condition and with blizzard like conditions the Blackhawks-Sabres game had been postponed on Thursday night. The city of Buffalo also has imposed travel restrictions. Heavy snow conditions have made it difficult for fans to get to the Sabres game with two feet of snow.

#3 Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois made it very clear on Tuesday that forward and team captain Steven Stamkos will not be traded. Stamkos has 41 points, 28 goals and 23 assists, in 41 games this season. Stamkos is one of the crucial pieces for the Lightning.

#4 Right winger Kasperi Kapanen of the St Louis Blues will be out at least four weeks with a lower body injury. Kaspanen was injured when he tried to block the shot of the Philadelphia Flyers Nick Seeler at 7:25 in the third period on Monday night. The Blues lost the game to the Flyers 4-2. Kapanen is on the injured reserve list and will be reevaluated in four weeks.

#5 The Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel will be out due to a lower body injury. Eichel missed the last two games due to an injury and is listed day to day. Eichel leads the Knights with 19 goals and is tied with Mark Stone in points with 44 assists in 42 games this year.

Join Len Shapiro for the NHL podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Hello Sa-cra-men-to!; Sutter Health Ballpark Sacramento is looking better and better for A’s in 2025

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The Oakland A’s owner John Fisher and team president David Kaval both toured Sutter Health Ballpark in Sacramento on Thu Jan 18, 2024 and are considering having the A’s play their home games there starting in the 2025 season (photo from Sacramento Rivercats facebook file)

By Amaury Pi Gonzalez

Hello Sa-cra-men-to!

That’s Amaury Pi-González

By Amaury Pi-Gonzalez

What is settled: Officially, the A’s will play the whole home schedule at the Oakland Alameda-County Coliseum this 2024, on Thursday, March 28, at 7:07 against the Cleveland Guardians.

Not settled: Although 2025 and 2027 are not settled at all, Sacramento is looking better and better as that temporary home for the Atléticos. But, Sacramento is not in the Bay Area, so the team will not be eligible to receive some $60-plus million from NBC Sports.

Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto is the #20 television market in the US; the Sacramento Sutter Health Park total capacity is 14,404, which is all the regular seats plus the grassy area behind the outfield.

According to John Shea of the SF Chronicle, even if the A’s pay far less than the $67 million, a deal would still benefit NBC Sports California because it is less than what they would pay in the Bay Area. Also (according to Shea), the A’s could retain the A’s programming lineup.

On Thursday it was reported that A’s owner John Fisher and team president David Kaval both were taking a tour of Sutter Health Park and checking the facilities. If Fisher and Kaval like everything they see at Sutter Health it’s likely the A’s could start playing home games there beginning 2025.

Oakland A’s president Dave Kaval initially said the Oakland Coliseum, Oracle Park (home of the Giants), or Summerlin, Nevada, the Las Vegas Aviators, the A’s triple-A affiliate. If the A’s play at Oracle, the Giants will charge them as tenants for some 40 games, a very good fee; San Francisco is expensive, although there is a 40,000 capacity, which is totally a major league standard. and A ‘s Aviators Park in Las Vegas is probably out of the equation as of….now. The A’s are scheduled to play a two game spring training series at Aviators Park Mar 8th and 9th against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead Spanish voice on the Oakland A’s radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Headline Sports podcast with Jessica Kwong: Can Packers keep string going against 49ers Sat night?; Bucs-Lions go to task Sun; plus more playoff looks

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Baker Mayfield looked invincible under center for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who shut down the Philadelphia Eagles on both sides of the ball on Monday Night Football playoffs Jan 15, 2024 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay (AP News photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Jessica Kwong:

#1 On Sunday the Green Bay Packers have won seven of their last nine games. They had a tremendous game against the Dallas Cowboys. The Packers offense exploded for a 48-32 win against the fifth best defense in the NFL and Packers quarterback Jordan Love got the protection he needed to get time to make his throws. The Packers have the tough task facing the heavily favored San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara on Saturday night.

#2 On Monday it wasn’t even close as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took it to the Philadelphia Eagles 32-9. The Bucs got plenty of offense from quarterback Baker Mayfield who threw 22-36 for 337 yards and three touchdowns. Those touchdowns made the big difference for the Bucs as the Eagles defense just couldn’t stop Mayfield on the offense.

#3 The Buffalo Bills wasted no time making things happen as the Bills took a first half lead of 21-7 over the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Steelers knew quickly that this was going to be a rough afternoon. The Bills and Steelers had a defensive second half with each scoring ten points but it was the first half that made the difference as the Bills took a 31-17 win. The Bills will host the Kansas City Chiefs this Sunday.

#4 The Detroit Lions cut it real close against the Los Angeles Rams 24-23 last Sunday. The Lions quarterback Jared Goff outdueled former Lions quarterback Matt Stafford at Ford Field in Detroit. Goff threw for 277 yards and connected for one touchdown as the Lions advance to face the Buccaneers next Sunday in Detroit.

#5 The Kansas City Chiefs were their old post season selves again as they didn’t even make it close against the Miami Dolphins in a 26-7 win at Arrowhead Stadium. Chiefs quarterback Pat Mahomes 23-41 for 262 yards and one touchdown. The Chiefs are headed for Buffalo this Sunday in the second round of the AFC Playoffs.

Jessica Kwong does Headline Sports podcasts every other Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Checkers sweep series with 4-1 win over Barracuda

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Charlotte Checkers forward Jake Wise battles with San Jose Barracuda defenseman Artem Guryev after the whistle is blown during the Checkers 4-1 win at Bojangles Coliseum on Wednesday JAN 17, 2024. (Charlotte Checkers)

by Marko Ukalovic

The Charlotte Checkers scored the first two goals of the game and went on to defeat the San Jose Barracuda 4-1 on Wednesday evening at Bojangles Coliseum.

San Jose has lost a season worst seven games in a row, including five straight on the road. Charlotte swept the two-games series and has won three games in a row.

The first period featured a scoreless opening 20 minutes. The Checkers outshot the Barracuda 14-12 but both goalies Magnus Chrona and Spencer Knight kept the puck out of their respective nets despite Charlotte had two power plays and San Jose with one.

Charlotte (20-13-4-0) drew first blood early in the second period with an even strength goal. Patrick Giles’ wrist shot went through a sea of traffic in front of Chrona for his seventh goal of the season at the 3:38 mark. Micheal Benning and Skyler Brind’Amour recorded assists on the goal.

The Checkers doubled its lead less than two minutes later. Justin Sourdif found Santtu Kinnunen up at the point, the Finish defenseman faked a shot before firing a wrist shot past Chrona for his fourth goal of the season at the 5:00 mark.

San Jose (11-19-6-0) cut the deficit in half with an even strength goal four minutes later. Tristen Robins picked up a loose puck near the crease, circled around the left slot before funneling a wrist shot past Knight for his second goal of the season. Jack Studnicka and Dani Gushchin recorded assists on Robins’ goal.

Charlotte picked up an insurance goal late in the third period. A shot from the point from Matt Kiersted was cleaned up by Wilmer Skoog when he lifted the puck over Chrona with a backhand shot for his third goal of the season at the 17:10 mark.

Lucas Carlsson, the Checkers all-star selection, completed the scoring with an empty net goal with 58 seconds remaining in the game with his 12th goal of the season.

Knight (13-7-4-2) finished the game stopping 33 of the 34 shots he faced to earn his 13th win of the season. Chrona (4-10-4-0) made 30 saves on 33 shots in the losing effort and 0-3-2 in his last five games.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 0-for-3 on the power play. Charlotte was 0-for-1.

Brandon Coe suffered an upper body injury in the second period when he was hit up near the head by

Sourdif. He did not return to the game.

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Knight 2) Kinnunen 3) Giles.

UP NEXT: San Jose concludes its five-game road trip with a two-game series against the Colorado Eagles on Saturday 1/20 at 6:05pm at Blue FCU Arena.

Golden State Warriors podcast with Michael Roberson: Milojevic was well liked in NBA circles with players, coaches, fans, and NBA

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Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic holds the ball during practice before a game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Tue Mar 28, 2024. Milojevic passed away from a medical emergency on Wed Jan 17, 2024 in Salt Lake City (AP News photo)

On the Golden State Warriors podcast with Michael Roberson:

#1 Michael, Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic 46, whose a native Serbian suffered a cardiac related illness according to numerous European news outlets.

#2 Michael apparently this happened at a private dinner in Salt Lake City with the players present the shock that something like this causes no doubt no one was thinking about basketball?

#3 The Warriors have had a laundry list of problems all season long now coach Milojevic’s medical emergency will be the forefront of concern for the Warriors it’s just been that rough of a season for Golden State.

#4 Milojevic joined head coach Steve Kerr and the Warriors during the 2021 season this is his third season with Golden State and is very popular in the NBA circles and is close to native Serbian Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets.

#5 The Warriors game for Wednesday was postponed due to coach Milojevic’s medical emergency and the Warriors next game is scheduled is Friday against the Dallas Mavericks considering if Milojevic’s condition improves that game might be played?

Join Michael Roberson for the Golden State Warriors podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Dejan Milojevic’s sudden passing stuns the Warriors and the NBA

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The late assistant coach Dejan Milojevic of the Golden State Warriors is seen here driving against Spain’s Jorge Garbajosa during Milojevic’s playing days in 2005. Milojevic suffered a cardiac emergency in Salt Lake City during a private dinner with the coaches and players. Milojevic passed away 46 Wed Jan 17, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

Tragedy struck the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday. One of the assistant coaches, Dejan Milojevic, suffered a heart attack at a team dinner Tuesday night in Salt Lake City and passed away on Wednesday. Milojevic was forty-six years old. The game between the Warriors and the Utah Jazz was postponed and will be rescheduled later.

Milojevic was in his third season with the Warriors. He had a 14-year playing career in Serbia. When he became a coach, he was known for working with centers. He mentored Boban Marjanovic, Ivaca Zuban, Kevon Looney, and Nikola Jokic. Milojevic was very instrumental in bringing Dario Saric to the Warriors this year.

Milojevic was married and was the father of two children. Steve Kerr said this about Dejan: “We are absolutely devastated by Dejan’s sudden passing,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said in a statement. “This is a shocking and tragic blow for everyone associated with the Warriors and an incredibly difficult time for his family, friends, and all of us who had the incredible pleasure to work with him.”

Everyone at SportsRadioService sends condolences to his family and the entire Warrior organization. May he rest in peace, and may his memory be a blessing.

Kings Suffer a Third Loss In a Row to Phoenix 119-117

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The Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant is congratulated in the second half of the game against the Sacramento Kings for making a three point shot at Footprint Arena in Phoenix on Tue Jan 16, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

This was another stunning loss for the Sacramento Kings (23-17). Sacramento had led throughout three quarters and most of the fourth quarter before the Phoenix Suns (22-18) were able to take the lead. The culprit in this game were the 8 Sacramento turnovers in the fourth quarter leading to the 119-117 final. The Kings had led by as much as 22 points in this game but just faded away in the fourth quarter in an absolute melt down.

Game recap: The Kings won both quarters in the first half. Sacramento won the opening quarter 39-27 and finished up the first half with a 29-24 second quarter win taking a 68-51 lead into the locker room. The Kings defense made thing very difficult for the Suns in the first half. 

They held both the Suns Kevin Durant and Devon Booker to seven points apiece. The Suns Grayson Allen was the only Phoenix player on the floor with double digits after two quarters of play. 

The Kings De’Aaron Fox had 17 points in the first half. Sacha Vezenkov shot for 12 off the bench and Domantas Sabonis finished the half with 11 points and eight rebounds. He already had six assists and would be looking for another triple double as the two teams took the court in the second half.

Sacramento had a terrific defensive effort in the first half forcing the Suns into turnovers. At the half the Kings had four turnovers and the Suns had 11. They had really contained Durant and Booker and would have to keep pressure on both of them in the second half. There was still a lot of basketball to be played in this game.

Going into the third quarter Fox hit the teams 14th three. They had shut down the Suns from outside allowing only eight threes from Phoenix. At 7:27 the Kings had taken a 82-61 lead. Phoenix has a lethal offense that was slow to get onboard in this game and Sacramento wanted to keep it that way. 

The one thing that the Kings wanted to avoid was letting Booker get hot. With under four minutes left in the quarter six Kings had double digits and Sabonis was one rebound away from another triple double. 

With under two minutes left on the clock in the third quarter, the Suns made a run cutting the Kings lead to eleven points 92-81. As the third came to an end, the Suns had pulled to within ten points. 

The Kings pushed back and after three quarters led 96-84. Booker had started to come alive and Sacramento would have to dig deep in the fourth quarter. Fox was leading the offense with 25 points.

Sacramento pushed the lead back to 104-87 in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter. Sabonis hit his 11th triple double of the season in the fourth as the Kings continued to dominate defensively. Eight minutes into the final quarter Sacramento had pushed their lead back to 22 points 109-87. In a flash the Suns started to push back and the 22 point lead shrunk to 15 points going on a 7-0 run. 

Every time the Suns pushed, the Kings pushed right back. With under five minutes left in the game head coach Mike Brown called a timeout. The Suns had cut the Kings 22 point lead to ten points and there would be more from Phoenix before this game was all said and done. 

The Suns were scoring off of some horrendous mistakes from Sacramento. With under a minutes left in the game the Kings had a three point lead. With 18.7 left in the game the Suns had delivered a gut-punch taking a 117-115 lead. 

Fox tied up the game with 18.8 on the clock. Fox was called for a foul on Durant and Durant delivered giving the Suns a 119-117 lead in a shocking turn around. 

The Suns prevailed winning this game 119-117 and the Kings had suffered yet another devastating loss. Sacramento had eight turnovers in the fourth quarter and this was absolutely the straw that broke the camels back. It was a real stunner!

Fox had the team high with 33 points. Sabonis finished with 21 points, 11 assists and 12 rebounds garnering another triple double. Going into the fourth quarter the Kings only had six turnovers finishing with 14. 

It was those turnovers that killed Sacramento. In the fourth quarter the Kings couldn’t score inside nor outside. It became stagnant offensively after those three opening quarters handing the Kings another disappointing loss. They were not able to finish this game after playing so well through three quarters.

It was an amazing comeback by the Phoenix Suns and they deserve a lot of credit after trailing by such a margin. They hung in the game and finished the game taking advantage of the multitude of mistakes from Sacramento.

Post game notes: Tuesday night the Kings traveled to the “Valley of the Sun” taking on the Suns at Footprint Center. Sunday night the Kings suffered a heart breaking loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in overtime 143-142. Lillard hit a 32-foot buzzer beater with 1.1 left on the game clock. Sacramento was looking to get back on track but ended up dropping their third game in a row to the Suns.

The Suns have a daunting starting roster with Durant, Booker and Allen. Between these two teams there was some electric offense that went right down to the wire with Durant sinking two free throws for the win.

The Kings will now head home to Sacramento to take on the Indiana Pacers Thursday night. Golden 1 Center will look pretty good to the team after a rough finish to this road trip. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 PM. 

 

     

 

Sharks Fall to Blackhawks 2-1 in Shootout; San Jose suffers third straight loss

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The San Jose Sharks Filip Zedina (18) puts the puck on net only to stopped by Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Petr Mrazek (34) in the second period at the United Center in Chicago on Tue Jan 16, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Sharks lost 2-1 in a shootout to the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. Cole Guttman, Rem Pitlick and Boris Katchouk scored for Chicago. Ryan Carpenter and Kevin Labanc scored for San Jose. Petr Mrazek made 37 saves for the win. Mackenzie Blackwood made 24 saves in the loss.

The Sharks had a lot of chances and shots in Tuesday’s game. Sharks Head Coach David Quinn talked about the frustrating loss:

“I thought we played well, I thought we had a lot of grade-A’s, I thought we played well, we played hard. We’ve been having a tough time scoring goals here over the last few days. But if we play like that the pucks’ll eventuually end up going in.”

Cole Guttman scored on the power play with a shot between the legs at 10:41 of the first period. The puck bounced off of Ferraro’s skate to end up in the net. Assists went to Ryan Donato and Kevin Korchinski.

Ryan Carpenter tied the game with a snap shot at 5:13 of the third period. Justi Bailey created the play by winning a puck battle and getting the puck to Carpenter. Assists went to Justin Bailey and Mike Hoffman.

Rem Pitlick and Boris Katchouk scored for Chicago and Kevin Labanc scored for San Jose in a nine-round shootout.

The Sharks out-shot the Blackhawks 38-25 and won 50.9% of the faceoffs. The Sharks power play had three shots in two power plays and gave up one short-handed shot. Their penalty kill gave up one goal and eight shots in four penalties.

The Sharks next play on Saturday at 7:00 PM PT in San Jose against the Anaheim Ducks.

Buzzer Beater Finish For The Spartans As They Lose 85-82 To Fresno State

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Tuesday, January 16th, 2024

The San Jose State Spartans made a valent effort against the Fresno Bulldogs at Save Mart Arena in Fresno on Tue Jan 16, 2024 (photo by the San Jose State Spartans)

By Troy Ewers 

The Fresno State Bulldogs hosted the San Jose State Spartans in a Mountain West Conference game. Three of the four conference games for SJSU have been decided by three points or fewer. They lost at Wyoming on a buzzer beater by the Cowboys’ Akuel Kot, fell by only three to No. 19 San Diego State and won at the buzzer at Air Force.

The Spartans have yet to play a conference game where the winning team won by more than ten points. Boise State came closest when they beat the Spartans by nine. This was a close three point game on Tuesday night in Fresno but the Spartans couldn’t hold on taking a tough 85-82 loss.

The first half of the game looked like Fresno State was going to run away with this early, but not if Tibet Gorener had anything to say about it. Spartans forward Gorener utilized every bit of his 19 minutes of the half. 22 points and 5 rebounds for Gorener led SJSU on a back and forth.

Spartans went 53% from the three point line which not only kept them in the game as halftime approached, but a one point lead at halftime. Fresno State hit 56% from the field, but it couldn’t stop Gorener and the Spartans from grabbing a lead. 40-39 Spartans at half. 

The second half was another close call for San Jose State. The whole half these two teams traded buckets Gorener adding another 10 points to his total, Trey Anderson had 21 points and MJ Amey Jr. came in with a clean 13 points.

The game was another heavyweight bout for the Spartans where no one had a real advantage, but the whole time these two never slacked off. When the final seconds ticked down Amey Jr. got a turnover off an offensive foul and after the Fresno State timeout with four seconds left.

The Bulldogs guard Isaiah Hill who walked out of here with 24 points, 16 coming in the second half, hit a contested three and once again the Spartans had a game decided by three points or fewer. Fresno State wins off a buzzer beater 85-82. 

Spartans can’t shake these late game pressure situations, making it the fourth out of five conference games that were decided by three points or fewer. The highlights for the Spartans, was Tibet Gorener having 32 points, but in SJSU’s case it’s another key player for them balling out, but can’t close it out.

The Spartans have a “long” break before their next game. An Eight day break and then the Spartans are back in San Jose at the Provident Credit Union Event Center against New Mexico on January 24th.

Sourdif’s heroics in overtime give Checkers 5-4 win over Barracuda

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Charlotte Checkers forward Patrick Giles (#36) get checked by San Jose Barracuda defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin (#85) during the Checkers 5-4 OT win at Bojangles Coliseum on Tuesday JAN 16, 2024. (Charlotte Checkers)

by Marko Ukalovic

Justin Sourdif scored the game winning goal at the 2:34 mark of overtime as the Charlotte Checkers defeated the San Jose Barracuda 5-4 on Tuesday evening at Bojangles Coliseum.

San Jose has lost a season-worst six games in a row. Charlotte has won two games in a row.

Brendan Perlini set up Sourdif on a two-on-one odd man rush into the ‘Cuda zone. Sourdif beat goalie Magnus Chrona with a wrist shot top shelf for his second goal of the game and eighth goal of the season.

Charlotte (19-13-4-0) opened the game with two goals in the first two minutes of the game. First Justin Sourdif set up Mackie Samoskevich with a drop pass and Samoskevich beat starting ‘Cuda goalie Eetu Makiniemi with a wrist shot for his 11th goal of the season at the 1:29 mark of the first period.

Santuu Kinnunen then scored his third goal of the season 46 seconds later when he beat Makiniemi with a wrist shot from the left slot as the Checkers used an odd man rush after a turnover inside the ‘Cuda zone.

That ended the evening for Makiniemi as he made just two saves on four shots as Chrona replaced him the rest of the game.

San Jose (11-8-6-0) cut the lead in half 26 seconds later. Brent Marek’s battle for the puck inside the Checkers zone bounced up in the air and over to Tristen Robins who collected the puck and beat Checkers goalie Ludovic Waeber with a wrist shot for his first goal of the season.

The Checkers regained their two-goal lead on the power play late in the opening frame. Uvis Balinskis found Wilmer Skoog at the point and the Charlotte defenseman’s wrist shot beat Chrona through a sea of traffic in front of the crease at the 18:43 mark.

The Barracuda made it a 3-2 game 46 seconds into the second period with a power play goal. Leon Gawanke’s shot from the point was tipped past Waeber by Oskar Lindblom for his first goal of the season.

Charlotte answered back its second power play goal of the game. Samoskevich found Sourdif up in the left slot. Sourdif waited before depositing a wrist shot to the short side for his seventh goal of the season at the 12:29 mark.

San Jose once again cut their deficit to one goal after winning a faceoff inside the Checkers zone. Ethan Frisch found Danil Gushchin along the right boards. Gushchin then fed a rink wide pass over to Ethan Cardwell who one-timed a wrist shot past Waeber for his 11th goal of the season at the 14:59 mark.

The ‘Cuda tied with just over two minutes left in the middle frame when Tanner Kaspick outbattled Waeber behind the net for the puck. Kaspick fed a wide open Lindblom who backhanded the puck into an empty net for his second goal of the game at the 17:57 mark.

Spencer Knight replaces Waeber to start the third period. Waeber finished with eight saves on 12 shots. Knight (12-7-4-2) stopped all seven shots he faced to earn his 12th victory of the season. Chrona (4-10-3-0) finished with 32 saves on 35 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-2 on the power play. Charlotte was 2-for-3.

San Jose is 0-6 in games that have ended in overtime this season.

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Sourdif 2) Lindblom 3) Samoskevich.

UP NEXT: San Jose and Charlotte conclude their two-game series on Wednesday 1/17 at 4:00pm at Bojangles Coliseum.