Stanford Cardinal podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Stanford to face USC team that’s on a roll today in Santa Cruz

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The USC Trojans forward Isiah Mobley (right) works his way under the basket while the Washington Huskies Nate Roberts (1) tries to prevent Mobley from scoring in the second half of Thu Jan 14, 2021’s game at USC (AP News photo)

On the Stanford Cardinal podcast with Jerry F:

#1 Jerry two tough loses on the road in Buffalo (11-3) and in Utah (5-6) for the Stanford Cardinal (8-5) men’s team who now 6th in the Pac 12 how much did those two loses shave off their post season chances last week.

#2 Let’s take a look at last Thu Jan 14th’s game in Utah. The Cardinal were outmatched in both the first half 34-25 in the second half 45-40 as the Cardinal got out scored by the Utes 79-65.

#3 In Colorado on Sat Jan 16th the Buffaloes came out hitting baskets and in the first half came away with a 40-26 lead for the second half while the Cardinal defense improved and the Cardinal came close 38-37 it wasn’t enough as the Stanford took a 77-64, 13 point loss.

#4 Jerry, Oscar da Silva was doing a lot of the heavy lifting on Saturday leading the Cardinal in scoring with 22 points. da Silva no doubt has made the difference in some of the Cardinal victories this season.

#5 The USC Trojans (11-2) are at Stanford today for a 2:00pm tip off. The Trojans had a six game win streak going into Oregon State (6-5) on Tuesday night. They’ve been getting some great scoring help from Isaiah and Evan Mobley. Taking a look at the Trojans how do you see today’s match up in Santa Cruz for Cardinal.

Listen to Jerry’s Stanford Cardinal podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NFL Championship podcast with Jessica Kwong: Chiefs medical staff say Mahomes return 50-50; Packers have slight edge with home field

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On the NFL Championship podcast with Jessica:

#1  Jessica, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Pat Mahomes’ recovery is still up in the air after getting a concussion from last Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns defender Matt Wilson. The hit didn’t like it was helmet to helmet?

#2  Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said that it’s primarily up to the doctors right now how they will evaluate Mahomes from the sound of it on Wednesday Mahomes was 50-50 and Reid said the medical staff is using all the concussion protocols and that the doctors don’t want to take any chances he just might not be available for Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills.

#3 On the other hand things are coming along for the Bills as they have moved through post season to get the point that their one game away from getting to Super Bowl LV. Bills quarterback Josh Allen 206 yards and one touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens last Sunday.

#4 The Green Bay Packers have home field they handled the Los Angeles Rams on defense last Sunday and Packers quarterback Aaron Rogers had thrown a fantastic game 296 yards and two touchdowns against Los Angeles for the 32-18 win.

#5 The Tampa Bay Buccaneers got a resounding ten point win over the New Orleans Saints 30-20. The Bucs scored 13 in the second quarter and ten in the fourth and it was key quarters to get that ten point win led by Bucs quarterback Tom Brady who threw for 199 yards and two touchdwons at the Superdome in New Orleans.

Jessica does Headline Sports every other Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Sacramento Kings game wrap: Oh why? Can’t anyone stop Kawhi? Clippers run over Kings 115-96

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The Sacramento Kings Glenn Robinson III (30) on defense against the Los Angeles Clippers high scorer of the night Kawhi Leonard (2) on Wed Jan 20, 2021 at Staple Center in Los Angeles (AP News photo)

By Jeremiah Salmonson

The Sacramento Kings were back in action on Wednesday night. The Kings season thus far has been very up and down. There has been times of success and times of failure. Lately, it has been mostly failure and failed again they did this time at Staples Center to the Los Angeles Clippers 115-96.

The simplest way to put it is that the Kings are struggling. They have not been able to play any type of meaningful defense throughout the course of the game. The offense has been fine for the most part, but the opponents are scoring too easily and in too great of numbers of numbers for the Kings to overcome. The Kings were looking to get back in the win column on Wednesday night against the Clippers.

However, before we take you to the results of Wednesday’s game, let’s talk about the game on Sunday night. On Sunday, De’Aaron Fox had a sensational day managing to score 43 points to lead the Kings. Unfortunately, the Kings allowed the Pelicans to score 127 points and the Kings lost 127-123.

In the first half of Wednesday’s game, the Kings kept pace with the Clippers. They managed to  outscored the Clippers 29-25 in the first quarter. It was a positive sign for the Kings who had been destroyed by the Clippers last week when they played 138-100. In the second quarter the Kings were outscored 36-27.

It was a downward trend for the Kings headed into halftime but they could still right the ship. De’Aaron Fox had 17 points in the first half continuing his dominating performance from Sunday.
In the second half, the Kings offense completely disappeared. The only managed to score 40 points in the second half with 19 of those coming in the third and 21 in the fourth.

Meanwhile, the Clippers scored 34 points in the third and 20 in the fourth. The Kings once again melted down in the second half and couldn’t stop the bleeding. De’Aaron Fox scored 25 points in the game just behind Kawhi Leonard who had 32.

The Kings will look to Friday to turn the tide on the season.

Up next: The Kings will take on the New York Knicks on Friday night at 7 PM PST in Sacramento.

 

Warriors rout Spurs 121-99; Spurs have lost three of last nine games

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San Antonio Spurs point guard Dejounte Murray (5) drives on the Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry (30) on Wed Jan 20, 2021 in San Antonio (@FrostBank/#GoSpursGo photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

The Golden State Warriors, coming off a thrilling 115-113 win over the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers, blew away the visiting San Antonio Spurs Wednesday night 121-99. 

The San Antonio coach, Greg Popovich, now in his 25th year as the man in charge, was facing his pupil. Warrior coach Steve Kerr once again. Wednesday’s game was the 20th time the two coaches, mentor, and pupil squared off. Popovich led 10-9 in the games between the two coaches. The series is now tied at ten each. 

The Warriors owned the first half. Steph Curry and Draymond Green led the young Warriors to a 64-45 advantage at halftime. They played the best first 24 minutes of the season in the first half. They never trailed in the game.

They won the first quarter 36-24. The Spurs opened the second quarter with a 7-0 run. San Antonio closed to within five 43-38. It was at this point, the Warrior offense got rolling again as they went on a 16-0 run to lead 59-38.

 Curry paced the team with 20 points. Three other starters, Andrew Wiggins, Kelly Oubre, Jr., and James Wiseman, were all in double figures. The Warriors moved the ball well and attacked the basket. They played solid defense and contested San Antonio’s three-point shots. The Warriors shot 53.5% from the floor and held San Antonio to 32.7%. The Warriors made eight three in 16 attempts. San Antonio connected on three threes in 21 tries.

In the third quarter, San Antonio was not able to cut into the Warriors 19 point lead. They started to make a move when they were able to force two Warrior turnovers into four points. The Warriors answered. The Warriors maintained the 19 point advantage 90-71 at the end of three periods. 

The Warriors’ second unit started the fourth quarter. Kelly Oubre and Andrew Wiggins were on the floor with Eric Paschall, Brad Wanamaker, and Damion Lee. The Warriors put the game out of reach when Wiggins hit two threes, followed by a Brad Wanamaker three to lead 110-86. The Warriors coasted the rest of the way to a comfortable 121-99 victory.

Game Notes and stats: Curry led the team with 26 points and 11 rebounds. Rookie James Wiseman played the best game as a Warrior Wednesday night. Wiseman was on the floor for 25 minutes of action. He was eight-for 11 from the floor and ended with 20 points, six rebounds, and four assists. Andrew Wiggins had 18, Oubre 16, and Draymond Green nine. Eric Paschall had seven. Jordan Poole knocked down three threes to finish with nine. 

DeJounte Murray led the Spurs with 22. DeMar DeRozan had 15, Keldon Johnson 12, Rudy Gay 11. LaMarcus Aldridge was held to four points.

The Warriors shot 50.5% from the floor. They made 15 threes. The Spurs shot 37.6 from the floor and made four threes in 34 attempts. The Warriors outrebounded the Spurs 65-51. For the second game in a row, the Warriors recorded 31 assists that indicated they were moving the ball well and finding the open man. 

The Warriors improved to 8-6 for the season. San Antonio is now 8-7.

The Warriors host the New York Knicks Thursday night at the Chase Center. The Knicks, coached by Tom Thibodeau, are 6-7 for the season and play well on defense. Expect the Knicks to double team Curry early in the game. The game will start at 6 pm.

Sharks Win 2-1 in Shootout Against Blues

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The San Jose Sharks Tomas Hertl (right) puts the puck on net for the game winner in the overtime shootout against St Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington (left) in St Louis in the second game of their two game series on Wed Jan 2o, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Sharks won 2-1 against the St. Louis Blues in a shootout Wednesday. The Sharks got a regulation goal from Marcus Sorensen and the shootout winner from Tomas Hertl. Martin Jones made 22 saves for the win. The lone Blues goal came from Brayden Schenn and their goaltender, Jordan Binnington, made 37 saves in the loss.

After the game, Sharks Head Coach Bob Boughner talked about the improvements he saw in his team’s game:

“I thought our turnover rate was better, I thought our wall play was better, our possession time I think was a little better. And line changes, as crazy as that sounds, as simple as that sounds, I thought we did a better job of, you know, our shift length and changing and just all the fundamentals that we’ve been talking about.”

Boughner also pointed to how the team’s third and fourth lines helped in the win, beyond scoring the Sharks’ only regulation goal: “I believe the third and fourth line created some of our best o-zone shifts tonight when we needed it, just at the right time. They jumped over the boards and they played a little bit of a blue-collar style game which was perfect for us.”

The teams traded penalties in the first period but ended with no score. The Sharks had two penlaties to kill and the Blues had three. The shots were close, at 10-9 St. Louis.

The Blues scored first, at 4:27 of the second period. With the Sharks on a power play, Jordan Kyrou brought the puck through the neutral zone with speed before running into the Sharks defense. He held on to the puck until Brent Burns made some contact, knocking the puck loose. From there, Torey Krug and Brayden Schenn got it to the net and Schenn put it into the top corner. Assists went to Kyrou and Krug.

The Sharks tied it up with just over two minutes left in the second. Marcus Sorensen pushed the puck deep into Blues territory before gathering it up and sending it back up to Burns on the blue line. Mario Ferraro took a shot that touched Matt Nieto’s stick and trickled wide. Sorensen was right there to knock it in. Assists went to Nieto and Ferraro.

The shot count was close again in the second period, at 11-10 Sharks. The game remained scoreless after that. The Sharks had one third period power play, and killed two penalties. In all, the Sharks out-shot the Blues 17-4 in the final period.

After the game, Logan Couture talked about the third period: “I think in the third period, we played the style of hockey that we want to play. Obviously throughout the game there were a lot of penalties back and forth and it’s tough to get a flow going. But I liked our third period for sure.”

The Sharks seemed to score in the final 11 seconds of OT, but it was called back for incidental contact with the goaltender.

The shootout went an extra round as Martin Jones faced David Perron, Ryan O’Reilly, Brayden Schenn and Jordan Kyrou without letting in a goal. Binnington faced Ryan Donato, Logan Couture and Kevin Labanc before tomas Hertl’s shot got by him.

The Sharks next play on Friday in Minnesota against the Wild at 5:00 PM PT.

NFL Championship podcast with London Marq: Brady vs. Rogers in NFC Championship; Is Mahomes good to go for AFC Championship?

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady leaves the field after the NFC Division game against the New Orleans Saints Sun Jan 17, 2021 at the Superdome in New Orleans (AP News photo)

On the NFL podcast with London:

#1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Green Bay Packers the Battle of the Bay for the NFC Championship. The Bucs are coming off a huge win over the New Orleans Saints and the Packers handled the LA Rams over the weekend.

#2 London talk about each of the quarterbacks for the Bucs Tom Brady and for the Packers Aaron Rogers.

#3 The Kansas City Chiefs whose had success all year long got a win over the Cleveland Browns to advance 48-37 and Buffalo Bills in a low scoring game beat the Baltimore Ravens 17-3.

#4 Chiefs and Bills to meet in the AFC Championship in a game that could be considered one for the ages. The Chiefs quarterback Pat Mahomes got a concussion last Sunday and left the game talk about his availability for Sunday and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has just had a great all season.

#5 Who are your picks for Super Bowl LV?

Join London each week for Sports Headlines at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Golden State Warriors podcast with David Zizmor: Despite getting double teamed Curry leads Warriors in scoring against Lakers

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The Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry (30) pounds the ball down against the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Mon Jan 18, 2021 (AP News photo)

On the Warriors podcast with David:

#1 The Warriors played a never give up game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on Monday night getting a two point win. Some teams might be intimidated by the Lakers or the Lakers just come in a take over a game what did the Warriors do to keep up with the Lakers?

#2 The Lakers had the Warriors Steph Curry double teamed and this has been the pattern in the last few games where Curry was held to under 20 points but Curry led the team with 26 points despite getting double teamed.

#3 The Warriors are in San Antonio tonight against the Spurs. The Spurs have won six of their last eight games including their last game against the Portland Trailblazers 125-104. Dave tell us about tonight’s match up in San Antonio?

Catch David each Wednesday morning for the Warriors podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Barracuda fall to Gulls 5-1 in pre-season opener

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San Jose Barracuda goaltender Josef Kornear (32) looks behind him as the San Diego Gulls forward Alex Dostie (10) battles for the puck at FivePoint Arena in Irvine on Tue Jan 19, 2021 (@sjbarracuda photo)

by Marko Ukalovic

IRVINE, Calif-It had been over 10 months since the San Jose Barracuda were in a hockey rink.

The ‘Cuda were dominated by their Pacific Division rival the San Diego Gulls 5-1 in both team’s pre-seasoner opener on Monday evening at FivePoint Arena.

San Diego wasted no time getting on the scoreboard. Just over five minutes into the action, with the Gulls already on the game’s first power play, Andrew Agozzino converted a backdoor pass from Trevor Zegras, to give San Diego an early 1-0 advantage.

San Jose responded quickly, evening the score at one just 1:37 later as a shot from the point by Joakim Blichfeld snuck through traffic and past Gulls netminder Lukas Dostal.

With just over a minute remaining in the game’s opening period, San Diego retook the lead after a long shift in the offensive zone. Andrew Poturalski collected a bouncing puck along the wall just in front of the San Jose bench, curled towards the middle of the ice and fired a low shot off of his linemate, Benoit-Olivier Groulx and past Josef Korenar. Chase De Leo also collected an assist on the go-ahead goal as the Gulls took a 2-1 lead into first intermission.

Sam Carrick doubled the Gulls lead just two minutes into the second period as he capitalized on a San Jose turnover. As the Barracuda attempted to break out of their own zone, San Jose forward Vlad Kotkov was intercepted by Carrick, who one-timed the errant pass by Korenar to give the Gulls a 3-1 lead at the 2:11 mark of the middle frame.

Another power-play opportunity halfway through the second period, allowed the Gulls to quickly convert once again and extend the lead. Once again, Zegras found Agozzino uncovered on the backdoor but this time the veteran winger made an extra pass to Carrick, who slammed home his second goal of the game, putting San Diego ahead 4-1 with 10:39 left in the second period.

The Gulls capped the offensive onslaught just two minutes later as Jack Kopacka raced down left wing and caught Korenar by surprise, firing a quick wrist shot just under the crossbar, extending the Gulls advantage to four.

The teams traded chances in the third period with neither side finding the back of the net.

Dostal, appearing in his first game as a member of the Gulls, made 28 saves to earn the win.

UP NEXT: San Jose concludes its tow-game series with San Diego on Thursday 1/21 at 6:00pm at FivePoint Arena.

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast:Mets’ GM fired for texting explicit pictures; Kluber joins Yankees club for $10 million one year deal

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The New York Mets former general manager Jared Porter who was fired for sending a explicit text of himself to a female reporter when he was working at the Chicago Cubs as a scouting director and a special assistant in Dec 2017. Porter is pictured here in a zoom grab on Mon Dec 14, 2020 (AP News photo)

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Amaury, the New York Mets fired general manager Jared Porter who sent explicit pictures of himself to a female reporter the photo was sent when Porter worked for the Chicago Cubs as director of professional scouting and special assistant. Porter reportedly sent 62 texts and an explicit picture. The reporter who did not respond to any of the texts said in Dec 2017 she didn’t want to file a complaint because she said it would jeopardize her career at that time.

#2 The New York Yankees signed Corey Kluber to a one year deal worth $11 million. Kluber who was with the Texas Rangers last season and threw only one inning for the Rangers is coming over to the Yankees. He’s a two time Cy Young Award winner and is 34 years old. Is there any fear the Yankees should have that Kluber is damaged goods because of going just one inning last year and would his age be a concern?

#3 San Francisco Giants owner Charles Johnson has received a lot of criticism for his donations to Republican candidates Rep Lauren Bobert and former Sen Cindy Hyde-Smith. Bobert a follower of QAnon had Johnson getting plenty of angry Giants fans saying they will stop following and supporting the team over his donaitons. Is this a matter of this is Johnson’s money and it’s his business to what he wants to do with it or Johnson being the Giants owner is a public figure and he’s open to criticism from the public for donating to Smith and Bobert?

#4 Oakland A’s president David Kaval said over the weekend that he wants to open the Oakland Coliseum up for vaccination shots. Much like what the Los Angeles Dodgers are doing opening up Dodger Stadium for vaccination shots in the Southland. Just want to get your take on opening up the Coliseum for vaccinations and it’s sure a good look for the A’s.

#5 Former Oakland A’s pitcher Dave Stewart said that he is interested in being a partner in developing the Oakland Coliseum and East Oakland for retail, housing, creating employment, hotels, in making the Coliseum an entertainment mecca. Stewart has submitted an offer up to $115 million to buy half the Coliseum property for development. Stewart said he would  build a stadium at the Coliseum site if the A’s Howard Terminal ballpark site falls through.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Spanish radio voice for the Oakland A’s on flagship station KIQI 1010 San Francisco and does News and Commentary podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh: Sabers bombard Flyers in five goal win 6-1; Canes score three in come back win over Preds; plus more

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The Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart (79) had a rough night stopping pucks as the Buffalo Sabers Jack Eichel (9) cant get past the Sabers Provorov (9) and the Flyers Eric Gustafsonn (56) looks after the puck (AP News photo)

On the NHL podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 The Philadelphia Flyers who were coming off two wins took a tough loss to the Buffalo Sabers on Monday night 6-1. The Sabers Curtis Lazar and Sam Reinhart both scored twice. The Flyers just simply could not get any semblance of offense going and Flyers goalie Carter Hart was having a tough time stopping shots facing 18-22.

#2 The Carolina Hurricanes got a two goal victory over the Nashville Predators 4-2. The Hurricanes down 2-1 came back in the third period getting goals from Vincent Trocheck, Sebastian Aho, and Nino Niederreiter.

#3 Big night for the Toronto Maple Leafs getting a 3-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets. For Toronto scoring Monday night John Taveras and Mitch Marner who scored twice in the two goal win.

#4 In a back and forth game between the San Jose Sharks and the St Louis Blues the St Louis Blues just escaped going overtime with the scored tied 4-4 and the Blues Jordan Kyrou scored the game winner at 10:28. Final was 5-4 Blues. Same two teams meet again on Wednesday night at the Enterprise Center.

#5 The Columbus Blue Jackets picked up their first win of 2021 with a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. The Jackets scorers Oliver Bjorkstrand, Alexandre Texier, and Pierre Luc Dubois.

Join Mary Lisa for the NHL podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com