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Sacramento Kings report: Kings hire McNair from Houston as Head of basketball Operations

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Sacramento Kings logo on player’s trunks and the team’s new basketball home for the Kings most recent hire of Head of Basketball Operations Monte McNair (CBS TV file photo)

By Charlie O

SACRAMENTO–After the Sacramento Kings had fired long time general manager Vlade Divac and assistant general manager Peja Stojakovic who resigned after Divac’s firing. The search is over as the Kings hired Monte McNair who was an assistant general manager for the Houston Rockets and now joins the Kings as head of basketball operations.

McNair was in the running for the Kings job with Minnesota Timberwolves executive vice president of operations Sachin Gupta and former Atlanta Hawks general manager Wes Wilco. What made McNair the pick was the assembly of players that McNair had in Houston, how he drafted and how the Rockets were a consistent success in reaching the post season.

McNair and the Rockets have developed the three point success in their high caliber weight of high percentage in the three point shot which was the Rockets bread and butter that help not only drive the Rockets to win during the regular season but also launched them to be a consistent presence in the NBA playoffs.

McNair had a roster full of players who may not have got to the NBA Finals per say but were talented enough to push the team to go get in two or three rounds of the playoffs almost yearly. McNair joined the Rockets as senior analyst in 2007 and was hired by the Rockets general manager Daryl Morey who is still with the Rockets.

After six years as the Rockets senior analyst in 2013 McNair was promoted to Director of Basketball Operations. In 2015 McNair was promoted to vice president of basketball operations, and in 2018 McNair was promoted to assistant general manger of the Rockets before departing on Wednesday to join the Kings as their head of Basketball Operations.

Charlie O covers Sacramento Kings basketball and is a contributor to http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Western Conference Finals podcast with Joe Lami: Stars move onto Stanley Cup Finals; Beat Vegas in short order 5 games

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Both Dallas Stars and the Vegas Golden Knights met at center ice for the honorary handshake at the conclusion of game five last Mon Sep 14th at Rogers Centre in Edmonton (Canadian Press photo)

NHL Western Conference Finals podcast with Joe Lami:

#1 The Dallas Stars won this series Joe in five games knowing how tough the Vegas Golden Knights are how surprising was the series win in short order for the Stars.

#2 Let’s talk about that final and fifth clinching game for the Stars that went overtime on Monday night. The Knights opened up the contest with a first period goal by Chandler Stephenson (3) at 8:14 putting the Knights in the drivers seat at 1-0.

#3 Joe talk about the goaltending in the second period neither goalie gave up a goal for the  Stars Anton Khudobin and for the Knights Rob Lehner.

#4 The Knights took a 1-0 lead into the third period and that’s when the tide turned, the Knights Reilly Smith scored giving the Knights the last lead they will have for this season 2-0. Then came the Stars Jamie Benn and Joel Kiviranta scoring a goal each to tie up the game and force overtime.

#5 In overtime the Stars Denis Gurianov scored at 3:36 for the gamer and clincher as the Dallas Stars will represent the Western Conference in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Join Joe Lami for the NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Finals podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Islanders avoid elimination in double OT win 2-1

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Game 5 Tuesday night New York Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov (40) gets the glove up ready to stop the shot of Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Zach Bogosian (24) as Islanders defenseman Devon Toews (25) tries to block the shot during the second period at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto (Canadian Press photo)

NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Finals podcast with Marko:

#1 Marko Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point missed playing at Rogers Centre on Tuesday night in game five against the New York Islanders the game went into double overtime on Tuesday how much did the Bolts miss Point in the line up?

2. Brayden had a goal and an assist in game 4 which was played on Sunday, Brayden missed action after the New York Islanders Adam Pelech hit him at 9:51 in the third perod.

#3 Point means a lot to the Lightning he has 25 points which translates to nine goals and 16 assists. The Bolts looked like they just couldn’t get any offense going against the Islanders going in regulation in game six on Tuesday night.

#4 Marko talk about the job that Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov did in allowing only one goal in a double overtime in game 6 on Tuesday night facing a barrage of 37 shots saving 36 of them to help keep the Isles alive in a one goal win 2-1. With the Lightning ahead in the series 3-2.

#5 The series is now 3-2 Tampa Bay in front as both the Bolts and Isles face off for game six on Thursday night after seeing that neither team gave up any ground in game five how do you see this match up for game six on Thursday night?

Marko does the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Series between Giants and Mariners moved from Seattle to San Francisco for Wed and Thu

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This is how T Mobile Field looked like on Monday night and on Tuesday the Seattle air quality level was 285 and the Seattle Mariners and MLB decided Tuesday’s game should be moved to San Francisco with the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday and Thursday nights (photo from sfchronicle.com)

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO–After seeing two of their four games in San Diego postponed, the San Francisco Giants are seeing it happen all over again.

Due to the smoke levels reaching the high 200s, major league baseball decided to move the series between the Giants and the Seattle Mariners from T-Mobile Park in Seattle to Oracle Park in San Francisco.

“We appreciate the Giants’ willingness to work with us on this challenge, and we look forward to returning to T-Mobile Park on Friday to host the Padres,” Mariners president Kevin Mather said.

The Mariners, who split a doubleheader with the Oakland As on Monday night much to the dismay of As staff and players.

“I’m a healthy 22-year-old. I shouldn’t be gasping for air or missing oxygen. I’ll leave it at that,” said Jesus Luzardo, who started the opener for Oakland.

As manager Bob Melvin said that several players began to complain about the air as the game got into the later innings.

According to Mariners manager Scott Servais, he thought that the visibility and playability were fine on Monday night.

The Giants and Mariners will begin their two-game series on Wednesday night at 6:40 with the Mariners being the home team, and the two-game series will conclude on Thursday afternoon with the game beginning at 1:10.

Former Giants star Pablo Sandoval signed a minor-league deal with the Atlanta Braves and will report to the teams minor league site in Gwinett

Sandoval, who was released by the Giants last week, his second stint with the team after he hit just .220 with one home run and six runs batted in this season.

Headline Sports podcast with Barbara Mason: Cam scrum shows he’s ready to instagram and compete; Raiders hang onto win in Carolina; plus more

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New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton (1) gets into a scuffle with the Miami Dolphins on Sunday after Newton said the Dolphins defenders were trying to pull the chain around his neck. Newton had posted a language laced instagram before the game regarding the Dolphins (photo from msn.com)

On Headline Sports podcast with Barbara:

#1 The New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton got into it on opening day with the Miami Dolphins players. Towards the end of the game on Sunday two Dolphins players were trying to reach for his chains he wore and Newton had to be restrained after the chain grabbing attempt.

#2 In the fourth quarter the Dolphins got within three points when at 4:10 Justin Howard carried for a yard to score to cut the Patriots lead 14-11. The Patriots Sony Michel carried for a one yard run for the clincher at 5:23 in the fourth quarter as the Pats put it away 21-11.

#3 Despite the Carolina Panthers best attempt to come back in the fourth quarter against the Las Vegas Raiders with 15 points on Sunday. The Raiders maintained a four point win 24-20 it was the very first win as the Las Vegas franchise.

#4 Its onto Monday Night Football for the Raiders on Sep 21st against the New Orleans Saints for the Raiders first game ever in Las Vegas with a 5:15pm start. Season ticket holders only Barbara how do you see this match up?

#5 Last night before the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants on Monday Night Football you saw Little Richard sing the MNF theme “Rip it up” instead of having Hank Williams Jr who was previously pulled from singing the MNF theme. Williams had been pulled in 2011 by ESPN for comparing President Barack Obama who played golf with former speaker of the house John Boehner to Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu).” Williams came back in 2017 to do more “Are you Ready” recordings but for this season with all the social justice, Black Live Matters issues, and knowing Williams ultra right wing politics, his statement about Obama which didn’t sit well with the players ESPN made the change.

Barbara does Headline Sports each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast: A’s just miss getting a twin bill sweep in Seattle

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Oakland A’s pitcher Mike Minor (23) moves past his teammates receiving the fist bump after throwing a two hit shutout against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night in the second game of a doubleheader at T Mobile Field in Seattle (AP News photo)

On That’s Amaury’s podcast:

#1 The air quality in Seattle was over 200 which normally would force cancellation in a pro football game but this is MLB and it was game on for an afternoon doubleheader Monday between the Oakland A’s and Seattle Mariners at T Mobile Field

#2 The A’s had a four run 5-1 lead but in the bottom of the fifth inning the Mariners scored runs and added two more runs in the last of the sixth and never looked back to edge the A’s 6-5 in the first game of the doubleheader.

#3 In the second game the A’s exploded in the top of the third for five runs and added three more in the top of the sixth for a 9-0 win to split the doubleheader with the M’s.

#4 A’s pitcher Mike Minor went the distance throwing a two hit shutout and striking out eight hitters.

#5 The A’s open up a two game series tonight at Coors Field in Denver against the Colorado Rockies. Starters for the A’s Sean Manaea (4-2 ERA 4.46) and for the Rockies Antonio Senzatela (3-2 ERA 3.69)

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead Spanish radio play by play announcer for the Oakland A’s on flagship station 1010 KIQI and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Padres give Giants the false positive in sweep

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The San Diego Padres Wil Meyers (center) gets in on all the fun with a home run of his own and is greeted by teammates Abraham Almonte (left) and Manny Machado (right) Sunday at Petco Park in San Diego (AP News photo)

On the Giants podcast with Morris:

#1 After the Giants had two days off having Friday and Saturday off because a player had tested false positive on Thursday night they turned around and lost a Sunday doubleheader at Petco Park 6-0 and 3-1.

#2 Morris in the front game the Giants were shutout by the pitching of Mike Clevinger 6-0, Clevinger who went seven innings and gave up just two hits and the Giants looked like they couldn’t lay any lumber on him.

#3 The Giants held the Padres slugger Fernando Tatis Jr to 0-3, Manny Machado got a hit and run, Austin Nola and Jake Cronenworth both scored twice in the front game. The Padres seem like they get a different hero everyday.

#4 The Padres took the second game Padres starter Garret Richards pitched 4.1 innings gave up only one run and two hits and the Padres pitching staff of Tim Hill, Drew Pomeranz, and Trevor Rosenthal kept the Giants off balance shutting them out for the rest of the way. Padres win 3-1.

#5 The Giants have Monday off which means it’s the Morris Giants day off report and play the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Field for a two game series starting Tuesday night. Pitchers for Tuesday for the Giants a pitcher to be named later and for the Mariners Ljay Newsome (0-0 ERA 3.24).

Catch Morris every Monday for the Giants podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservie.com

MLB podcast with Larry Crino: Gunman caught before KC-Pittsburgh game; Lamb to take Chapman’s place in A’s line up ; plus more

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The scene outside of Arrowhead Stadium as police answer the call of an active shooter before the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Kansas City Royals game over at Kaufman Stadium on Saturday (@KCStar photo)

On the MLB podcast with Larry Crino:

#1 Larry, Kansas City Police had the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Royals delayed on Saturday because of an active shooter in the vicinity of Arrowhead Stadium shots were fired the suspect was arrested he found with two guns and a knife. The area was on lockdown and the Pirates bus to Kaufman Stadium was delayed.

#2 The Oakland A’s Matt Chapman was such a key factor in the A’s line up but now he will miss the rest of the season due to hip surgery Chapman hit .232, 22 runs scored and 33 hits. The A’s are brining in third baseman Jake Lamb from the Arizona Diamondbacks who has five hits, no homers and is batting .116 will he be the answer for Chapman?

#3 Larry the LA Dodgers are in San Diego to open up a three game series the Padres just got done playing a doubleheader against the Giants who had a setback of a false positive test. The Padres are a force to reckon with with Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr both hitting over .300 and mighty pitcher Mike Clevinger.

#4 On Saturday Dodger fans greeted the Houston Astros arriving by bus at Dodgers Stadium beating garbage cans and calling them everything you could think of when they arrived in the parking lot. One thing the Astros can be glad about these fans were getting no where inside the stadium.

#5 Larry, What has happened to the New York Yankees they have lost five of their last 11  games, it’s the middle of September it’s getting late early their five games behind first place Tampa Bay they have won their last three games but their hoping to see post season.

Join Larry each Monday for the MLB podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Earthquakes earn point in 0-0 draw with Galaxy

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The San Jose Earthquakes Oswaldo Alanis (4)  and the Los Angles Galaxy’s Jonathan Dos Santos (8) meet before their match at Avaya Stadium in San Jose on Sun Sep 13th, 2020 (@SJEarthquakes photo)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE, Calif- The difference between two extra points is a matter of inches.

For the San Jose Earthquakes that was the case as a potential game winning goal in the final minutes was waved off due to an offside call that resulted in a 0-0 draw with their SoCal rival the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday evening at Earthquakes Stadium.

In the 89th minute of the match, Marcos Lopez centered a ball into the middle of the box where Andy Rios was able to kick it past Galaxy goalkeeper for what would have been a 1-0 lead for San Jose. However Rios left a split second too early and was flagged for offsides, negating the goal.

San Jose, despite picking up a point, remains winless in five consecutive games (0-3-2) since coming back from the bubble in Orlando. LA’s three-game winning streak was snapped but their point streak continued at four games.

The second installment of the California Classico of the season featured quality scoring chances by both teams throughout the match, however both goalkeepers played spoilers as they kept the ball out of their nets.

San Jose controlled the possession battle in the first half with a 56.7%-43.3% edge. Their defensive play was a major upgrade after a humiliating 7-1 loss to Seattle just three nights earlier.

Galaxy goalkeeper David Bingham was the man of the first half stoning away two quality scoring chances by the Quakes.

First in the 18th minute off a free kick by Jackson Yueill, Bingham punched Yueill’s ball back into the middle where Guram Kashia’s first attempt was kicked away by Bingham. Kashia recovered the ball and his second attempt sailed wide left.

Then in the 34th minute, Yueill received the ball from 12 yards out and his shot was knocked aside to the right by Bingham resulting in a corner kick San Jose failed to cash in.

Los Angeles controlled play in the final five minutes of the first half. Efrain Álvarez came within inches of breaking the deadlock when his left footed shot from 20 yards out hit the right post in the 42nd minute.

In the second half, it was Quakes goalie Daniel Vega’s turn to play heroics as the Galaxy controlled play in a 23 minute stretch from the 57th minute to the 80th minute of play.

Sebastian Lletget’s header from the center of the box was saved by Daniel Vega in the 75th minute. It was one of LA’s best chances to score but were left frustrated.

San Jose ended up winning the possession battle 56.6%-43.4%.

Both Bingham and Vega finished the match with two saves a piece.

GAME NOTES: San Jose had six corner kicks. Los Angeles had eight.

The Galaxy were issued two yellow card during the match Daniel Steres received one in the 17th minute for a dangerous tackle on Shea Salinas and Julian Araujo received at the end of the match for persistent infringement . San Jose’s Nick Lima received a yellow card in the 3rd minute of the match for unsporting behavior.

San Jose is 0-1-1 against the Galaxy this season and are 4-2-2 in their last eight matches.

UP NEXT: San Jose hosts the Portland Timbers on Wednesday 9/16 at 6:30pm at Earthquakes Stadium.

Giants swept by Padres in twin bill 6-0 and 3-1

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Logan Webb throws against the San Diego Padres in the first inning of the second game of the doubleheader on Sunday at Petco Park (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

Trying to make the playoffs for the first time since Bruce Bochys last season as manager of the San Diego Padres, they moved closer their goal.

The Padres won both games of the doubleheader against the San Francisco Giants, as Mike Clevinger threw a two-hitter for his second career shutout in the first game, as the Padres defeated the Giants 6-0 at Petco Park.

Greg Garcia and Wil Myers each hit two-run singles off of Johnny Cueto, who lost for the first time in the shortened season and is now 2-1.

Jurickson Profar came up with the big hit in the second game, as he hit a go-ahead single ni rhe bottom of the fifth inning to help the Padres sweep the doubleheader over the Giants.

The second game of the doubleheader was part of a makeup after what turned out to be a false positive test of Covid-19 for San Diego native Alex Dickerson, who played on Sunday.

Dickerson received news of the positive test just moments before Fridays game. He was pulled from the field and eventually placed in isolation at Petco Park, as both Friday and Saturdays games were postponed.

Major League Baseball and the players union said Sunday morning that the test was originally positive was actually a false positive.

Profar executed what is called a Butcher Boy, where he showed bunt and then hit away off of Sam Selman and the single bounced off of Evan Longorias glove into left field that scored Jake Cronenworth to score the eventual game-winning run and then Manny Machado hit a two-out run-scoring single to give the Padres their sixth straight win, as the Padres swept the doubleheader with a 3-1 victory.

Mike Yastrzemski put the Giants on the board, as he hit a double with two outs in the top of the second inning to give them a 1-0 lead. Unfortunately, that lead did not last long, as Myers hit his 12th home run of the season in the bottom of the second inning to tie up the game.

Tim Hill won for the third time without a loss, as he was able to get the Giants out in order in the top of the fifth inning before Profar and Machados run-scoring singles.

Clevinger went seven innings in the first game for the Padres, as he struck out seven and walked just one.

Cueto gave up six runs, four earned and allowed six hits in 5.1 innings of work and lost for the first time this season.

NOTES: These two teams play each other the final three games of the season at Oracle Park from September 25-27; however, Major League has yet to decide when the other game will be made up that was postponed this weekend.

Giants reliever Trevor Gott was placed on the 10-day injured list with inflammation in his pitching elbow, and is retroactive to Thursday.

Kevin Gausman was scratched from his start, as he developed an elbow issue while playing catch and will undergo an MRI.

UP NEXT: After an off-day on Monday, the Giants will open a two-game series against the Seattle Mariners on T-Mobile Park on Tuesday night.