Headlines Sports Podcast with London Marq: Papa John’s in damage control after founder anthem set back; Dick Enberg dies at 82; Tim Lincecum trying to make comeback No.2

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photo by daily.co.uk: CEO and founder of Papa John’s John Schnatter has stepped down as of Thursday over remarks regarding the NFL not doing anything about players who take a knee during the national anthem

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Papa John’s left not in the way he would have expected. The Papa John’s board sent founder and CEO John Schnatter packing on Thursday night after his earlier statements this season saying about the NFL and it’s handling of the players taking a knee during the national anthem,  “The NFL has hurt us. We are disappointed the NFL and its leadership did not resolve this,” he said

Papa John’s remains the NFL’s biggest shareholder but inspite of all the hard work that Schnatter put in being the face of the company and working hard to market it’s product on national television ads and a huge TV campaign with the NFL CEO Steven Ritchie has been named successor for Schnatter Schnatter said that Ritchie would be a good fit for Papa Johns. Talk is that Schnatter would still be the face of Papa John’s but will not have the same authority as before.

London also discusses the passing of Dick Enberg the former play by play announcer for the San Diego Padres, NBC for football and baseball, the California Angels and MLB Hall of Famer. Plus will Tim Lincecum give it another try. Lincecum according to scouts is ripped, in shape and looks from the delivery and wants a shot at getting back into the Major Leagues. This will be Lincecum’s second try after leaving the San Francisco Giants then getting on with the LA Angels only to get cut at the end of the 2016 season.

London Marq does Headline Sports each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland Raiders Podcast with Joe Hawkes Beamon: Raiders still mathematically in it but Eagles toughest customer in football

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Oakland Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio speaks at a news conference after an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017. The Cowboys won 20-17. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

On the Raiders podcast with Joe Hawkes Beamon:

The Oakland Raiders took a tough loss to the Dallas Cowboys last Sunday 20-17 in a three point game that was determined by a smirking NFL on field official Gen Steratone. The play better know as the index card was one that will stick in the craw of Raider head coach Jack Del Rio for the rest of the season. The loss for quarterback Derek Carr was also a bad taste in his mouth after loses in Kansas City and at home against the Dallas Cowboys.

The loss all but officially disqualifies the Raiders post season chances they would be eliminated if they lose to the Philadelphia Eagles on Christmas for Monday Night Football. The Eagles who have one of the best potent defenses in the NFL can send Carr running on his heels all day long. The Eagles at 12-2 at home Joe says he’s going with Philadelphia for this Sunday.

Joe Hawkes Beamon does Raiders podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Portland and Sacramento State make it rain “3’s”: Pilots win 80-75

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Izayah Mauriohooho-Le’Afa passes the ball versus Portland Photo: Jordan Chapin SportsRadioService.com

by Charlie O. Mallonee

Sacramento – The Sacramento State Hornets and the Portland Pilots met on the big stage at the Golden 1 Center as the first game of a NCAA Men’s basketball doubleheader. Someone forgot to tell the teams they were just the warm-up game because they played some serious hard-nosed, entertaining basketball.

If you like 3-point shooting, you would have loved watching this game. Both teams used the 3-ball to their advantage and shot it at a very respectable percentage.

While both teams shot well from outside, they also were not afraid to look for defensive breakdowns and drive the ball to the basket.

Portland run in first half put Sac State in peril

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The Pilots and the Hornets battled for the ball all game long on Thursday night. Photo: Jordan Chapin SportsRadioService.com

The Pilots went on a run late in the first half that had them up 41-28 with 3:59 to go in the first half. It appeared that Portland was going to head to locker room at halftime with very comfortable lead that they could build on in the second half.

The Hornets had something else in mind as they put together a 12-0 run of their own to cut the Portland lead to just three-points – 43 to 40 – at halftime. The run was fueled by two 3-point baskets from sophmore guard Izayah Mauriohooho-Le’Afa.

Both teams shot over 50-percent in the first half. Portland shot 16-for-31 (51.6-percent). The Hornets shot 54.8-percent (17-for-31) from the field.

The second half brought more of the same kind of action

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Hornets wait for video replay to determine if they will retain possession of the ball late in the game. Photo: Jordan Chapin SportsRadioService.com

Both teams came out hot in the second half. Neither team was able to open up a lead of more than five points on the other and it was a 2-3 point contest most of the time. At the 7:24 mark in the half, that all changed.

Josh McSwiggan made a layup that gave the Pilots a six-point lead. That kicked off a burst by Portland that the Hornets would never recover from in the game.

Portland built up of a lead of eight points and then managed to stay ahead of Sacramento for the remainder of the contest. The Hornets did cut the Portland lead to just four points late in the half but that was as close as they would come.

When the final horn sounded, Portland had beaten the Hornets 80-75. The victory lifted the Pilots record to 6-7 for the season. The loss dropped the Hornets to 3-9 to date.

Top performances

Sacramento State Hornets

  • Izayah Mauriohooho-Le’Afa is the easy choice for Star of the Game for the Hornets. He scored a game-high 23-points, shooting 8-for-11 overall and hitting 5-of-7 three-point attempts. The sophomore was a perfect 2-for-2 from the free throw line, grabbed four rebounds, dished out two assists and added one steal. His head coach – Brian Katz – said you could see this kind of game coming from Izayah with the way he has been playing recently.
  • Co-star: Senior forward Justin Strings who finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds for the double-double. Strings also added four assists.
  • Co-star: Jordan Tolbert came off the bench and shot a perfect 6-for-6 including going 3-for-3 from behind the 3-point line to post 16-points. Tolbert recorded three assists as well.

Portland Pilots

  • Star of the Game: Forward Josh McSwiggan was the man for the Pilots on Thursday night. He scored a team-high 18-points and added eight rebounds. The Englishman played 35-minutes and shot 7-for-11 from the floor.
  • Co-star: D’Marques Tyson came off the bench to score 17-points in 17-minutes of playing time on the floor. He converted 5-of-8 three-point opportunities.
  • Co-star: Senior center Philipp Hartwich had a big impact on the game for the Pilots. He booked 11 points and eight rebounds while shooting 4-for-6 from the field. His scoring in the lane early in the game really helped to propel his team.

Key team stats

Hornets

  • Field Goal Shooting for the game: 29-for-57 (50.9-percent)
  • 3-point Shooting for game: 8-of-20 (40-percent)
  • Free Throw Shooting for Game: 9-for-16 (56.3-percent) this game might have been lost at the charity stripe
  • Turnovers: 12 which resulted in 16 Portland points (that is five more turnovers than Portland)

Pilots

  • Field Goal Shooting for the game: 29-for-58 (50-percent)
  • 3-point Shooting for game: 11-for-26 (42.3-percent) This was key to their win
  • Free Throw Shooting for the Game: 11-for-18 (61.1-percent) both teams need improvement at the line
  • Turnovers: Seven which became nine Sac State points – taking better care of the ball may have been the difference maker in this game.

Up next

Sacramento State

The Hornets have one more game before Christmas. They will host UC Santa Barbara on Saturday night at 7:05 pm.

Portland

The Pilots are off until December 28th when they will play BYU in Provo.

Not in Kansas anymore: Stanford looking for answers after lopsided 75-54 loss to Jayhawks

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Kansas’ Svi Mykhailiuk gets to the rim against Stanford in the Jayhawks’ 75-54 victory at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA (Photos courtesy of Jordan Chapin)

By Morris Phillips

SACRAMENTO–Seventeen seconds into Thursday night’s contest, Kansas’ 7’0″ Udoka Azubuike cruised to the rim for an emphatic dunk.  Six minutes later and after a pair of missed shots, Stanford’s leading scorer, Reid Travis responded with a far less attention-grabbing layup.

The timing and impact of the two baskets said it all: Kansas locked in from the start, cruising to a 75-54 victory, while Stanford spent the evening searching for answers to questions that might not find answers until after the Cardinal return home from Sacramento.

In front of a Golden 1 Center crowd that was heavily populated with Kansas supporters and reigning National Player of the Year Frank Mason, now with the Sacramento Kings, the Jayhawks put an end to their issues with Pac-12 schools in one swift act. Normally dominant, Kansas had suffered losses to Arizona State and Washington earlier this month, and a shocking defeat to Oregon in last season’s NCAA Elite Eight at Kansas City. All three losses suggested that the national powerhouse from the Big 12 had slipped.  Dominating Stanford on Thursday said just the opposite.

Simply, said Kansas’ Devonte’ Graham, “We didn’t allow them to play well.”

Graham’s stern pronouncement stemmed from Kansas’ determination to get Stanford’s leading scorer stopped in his tracks. Travis, who scored 29 points last season at Kansas, and equaled that number (his career high) in the Cardinal’s previous game against USF, had a quiet night, scoring just 12 points, well off his 22.5 ppg average.  The Jayhawks rotated a trio of big guards on Travis, all at least two inches shorter and 50 pounds lighter than the Stanford star. The quicker Kansas defenders kept Travis from driving. When Travis moved inside, he got attention from everywhere, including the shot blocking Azubuike.

“We did a good job considering how small we were guarding him,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “I didn’t think our pressure was very good. We limited his opportunities to get to the glass.”

Most telling was the length of time that it took Travis to get the first of his five baskets. Against USF, Travis scored Stanford’s first eight points of the game. On Thursday, the ball was forced from his hands to his less steady teammates.  And without his usual scoring, Travis struggled at the foul line (1 of 3) and on the glass (4 rebounds).

Meanwhile, Azubuike shot 12 of 15, while leading Kansas’ dunk parade (a Kansas beat writer estimated that the Jayhawks had 13 dunks in the game) and playing off his far more offensively-savvy teammates to perfection. The sophomore from Nigeria whose serious pursuit of a basketball career began in the ninth grade, only slightly improved his shooting percentage from the floor from 77.6 percent to 77.9. Kansas shot 52.5 percent for the game, slight above their average which ranks fourth nationally.  Not surprisingly, Azubuike’s gaudy shooting percentage ranks number one nationally.

“We didn’t have an answer to be able to stop him, but that lies on my shoulders,” Stanford coach Jerod Haase said of his team’s plan to limit Azubuike. “It was a conscious decision on our part to try and take away as many three-point shots and neutralize the four perimeter players out there as much as possible. That left Mike (Humphrey) and Josh (Sharma) on an island a little bit.”

Stanford again played without much-needed wing players Dorian Pickens and Marcus Sheffield, who are injured, and their absence showed in their less experienced teammates’ statistics.  The Cardinal’s three freshman, starters Daejon Davis and Oscar Da Silva along with top reserve Isaac White, combined to miss 13 of their 15 shots.  A fourth freshman, Kezie Okpala, made his Stanford debut against Kansas after missing the first 12 games due to academic issues, and gave the Cardinal a shot of energy with his length and defense.  But Okpala’s contribution ended there: he also struggled with his shot, missing six of his eight attempts.

The Cardinal shot a chilly 34 percent for the game, which was prominently posted on the gigantic Golden 1 Center video board for all to see.  They shot just 30 percent in the second half, and when they reduced their 20-point halftime deficit to 15 on two occasions, little else positive transpired other than the game’s final horn.

Unless you credit the heavy Kansas contingent, who stole the show during timeouts with their KissCam and DanceCam performances. Mason, who Self said has really impressed the Kings’ coaching staff both on and off the floor, sat courtside and did his bit to fire up the crowd during timeouts, shooting halfcourt shots at halftime, and tossing giveaway t-shirts into the crowd. Travis swore the Kansas presence didn’t affect him or his teammates. Graham, who had 14 points and six assists, felt just the opposite.

“Shout out to Jayhawk nation,” Graham said. “They supported us well. It felt like a home game for us. It was a great atmosphere.”

Michael Humphrey led Stanford with 20 points and seven rebounds.

The Cardinal return from a Christmas break on December 30, when they will host California in the Pac-12 opener.

Sharks Bank on Labanc’s 4 Points in 5-4 OT Win over Canucks

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By Matthew Harrington

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 in overtime at the SAP Center Thursday night, thanks to a four-point night from Kevin Labanc. The rookie forward capped a career night with the game-winner at 1:53 of overtime, his first goal in 23 games.

Joe Thornton netted a pair of goals and finished the night in sole possession of 18th place on the all-time points list with 1,416.

The Sharks coughed up 3-1 and 4-3 leads in the game, but Labanc buried his fourth goal of the year to pull out the two-point effort. Labanc took Tomas Hertl’s feed from beside the net and ripped a shot from the slot for a goal to go along with his three assists.

Labanc last scored on October 14th against the New York Islanders and lit the lamp twice Opening Night against Philadelphia.

Daniel Sedin scored his eighth goal of the season just 2:09 into the third period, tying the game at four apiece. The Sharks had taken the lead at the end of the second period on a 5-on-3 man-advantage that saw Joe Pavelski feed Tomas Hertl with a cross-crease pass that Hertl pulled from his feet and buried for his ninth goal of the season.

Hertl’s goal was the fifth goal of the second period, with the Sharks opening the scoring in the period on Timo Meier’s fifth goal of the year, burying a slot pass from Dylan Demelo at 5:20 into the frame, and Thornton’s second beautiful shot of the game on the power play 6:29 into the middle frame for a 3-1 lead. Jake Virtanen would score a 4-on-4 goal and Brock Boeser would add a rebound tally late in the frame to tie the game at 3-3.

Vancouver scored first in the contest just 1:58 into the game, but Thornton went top shelf on Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom for the first of 3 San Jose power play goals in 5 opportunities. It was career point No. 1,415, moving Jumbo past Doug Gilmour for 18th best all-time. Jumbo also picked up an assist, putting him just 4 points behind no. 17, Adam Oates.

San Jose finished the game with 32 shots on goal while the Canucks put up 40. Sharks netminder Aaron Dell made 17 saves in the second period alone to hang on for his fifth straight win.

The Sharks continue the homestand with a Christmas Eve eve tilt against the reviled Los Angeles Kings. The Sharks currently sit in third place in the Pacific Division, eight games back of the leading Kings and six back of second place Vegas.

Barracuda get late goal to tie game, but lose to Condors 4-3 in a shootout

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By Marko Ukalovic

The San Jose Barracuda (12-11-0-2) showed a flare for the dramatics when Joakim Ryan tied the game with just eight seconds left in the 3rd period. While the Barracuda earned a point, it wasn’t enough as the Bakersfield Condors (11-12-3-0) won the game in the shootout 4-3 at Rabobank Arena Thursday night.

Ryan’s late heroics allowed San Jose to overcome Josh Currie’s first hat trick of the season. Currie, who can be officially called the “Cuda Killer,” gave the Condors a 3-2 lead with his third goal of the contest on the power play with 2:37 left in the third period. In 25 games against San Jose, Currie now has scored 10 goals vs. the Cuda.

Rudolfs Balcers continued his hot streak when he scored on a 5-on-3 power play goal with 1:06 left in the 1st period. Balcers was able to jam home a rebound past Condors goalie Nick Ellis (7-6-1) after an initial save off of Ryan’s shot from the point. Calvan Fitzgerald got the secondary assist. San Jose didn’t allow a shot on goal in the first period as they outshot Bakersfield 12-0.

In the second period, the Condors were able to get momentum off their 5-on-3 penalty kill that resulted in a shorthanded chance only to be turned away by Cuda goalie Troy Grosenick. It was the second consecutive start for the goaltender after returning from an injury.

Currie got the Condors on the board when his first goal of the night came early in the second period when he beat Grosenick (4-4-2) after getting the rebound off a Iiro Pakarinen shot and his backhander was able to sneak just past on the short side of the left post at the 2:06 mark.

Bakersfield’s Dillion Simpson was denied by Grosenick twice on consecutive shots, with the second one a sprawling save on a point blank chance rebound with five minutes left in the second period, keeping the score tied heading into the second intermission. The Condors outshot the Barracuda 17-4.

This would be the third time in four games this season the teams would entered the third period deadlocked. However it didn’t take Currie long to give the Condors the lead as he scored his second goal of the night after a bad turnover by Grosenick in his own zone led to Joey LeLeggia feeding a pass to Currie, who buried it past the Cuda goaltender.

San Jose evened the score when Alexander True scored his fifth goal of the season at the 7:18 mark by snapping a wrist shot past Ellis that was a result of a tic-tac-toe, bang-bang play from Manny Wiederer and Brandon Mashinter. Mashinter’s big hit along the board was the catalyst that created the scoring chance.

Currie completed the hat trick on the power play for his eighth goal of the season after San Jose was in the sin bin for delay of game. Grayson Downing and Caleb Jones assisted on what the Condors thought was the game winning goal with just under three minutes left.

The Cuda had a chance to end the game in overtime when they had a power play opportunity with 1:31 left in overtime, but were unable to cash in. Ty Rattie and LeLeggia scored in the shootout and Ellis stoned the two Cuda shots to earn the 4-3 victory. Both Ellis and Grosenick finished the night with 25 saves on 28 shots.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1 for 5 on the power play while Baskersfield was 1 for 3. Adam Helewka got his 10th assist on the season on Ryan’s tying game at the end of the third period.

UP NEXT: San Jose returns home Friday night to host Texas Stars at SAP Center at 7 pm. It will be the Cuda’s last game before the Christmas break.

Cal Bears fall to Portland State Vikings 106-81 before Christmas

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By Alexandra Evans

BERKELEY—The California Golden Bears (6-6) faced their last out-of-conference opponent, the Portland State Vikings (9-3), who defeated them 106-81 at Haas Pavilion on Thursday evening. 

The first half started off slow for the Golden Bears effective immediately. Within the first two minutes, the team was down by nine points. At the halfway point, they were down 13. With six minutes left, McNeill, Deschon Winston, and Marcus Lee brought the Bears’ score to 24. At that point, PSU had 39 points, but Cal was no longer trailing by more than half their score. That did not last long, as PSU brought their lead up to double Cal’s score (48-24) with 3:40 remaining. At the end of the first 20 minutes, PSU led Cal 56-37. There were few moments where Cal trailed by fewer than 20 points, and no Bears players made any three-pointers in the first half.

Cal was evidently determined to pick things up as the second half commenced, but PSU was just unstoppable. Six minutes in, the Vikings brought their score up by 16 points, compared to the Bears’ eight-point increase, for a score of 72-45. PSU held their 20+ point lead over Cal through the entire second half, even knocking on a 30-point lead here and there. With three and a half minutes left, Bryce Canda made a three-pointer to bring PSU’s score to an even 100, while Cal still trailed with 74 points. This was the first time in nearly seven years (since February 10, 2011 against the University of Washington) that the Bears allowed 100 points in a single game.

Don Coleman led the Bears in points tonight with 19, the seventh time he has exceeded the team this season, and the 12th time in 13 games, he has hit double digits in points. Winston tallied 10 points, a career-peak, and Nick Hamilton made five rebounds, which was a career-peak for him.

Next, the Cal Bears will face their conference rival, the Stanford Cardinal, in Palo Alto on Saturday, December 30. Stay tuned for coverage from me that night!

Raiders return to national stage, play Eagles in Philadelphia Christmas night

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By Joe Hawkes-Beamon
SRS Contributor

OAKLAND — Similar with the Dallas Cowboys, the Oakland Raiders gear up for another unfamiliar opponent when they travel east this week to take on the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on ESPN’s Monday Night Football on Christmas night at 5:30 p.m. PT. This is Oakland’s first appearance on MNF this year, while it’s Philadelphia’s second appearance this season.

This is Oakland’s first game in Philadelphia since 2005 and their final trip east this season. The Raiders hold a 6-5 edge over the Eagles in 11 games played all-time.

Last Sunday night, the Raiders (6-7) lost a close game, 20-17, over the visiting Dallas Cowboys in prime-time on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Oakland’s defense held Dallas (8-6) to just 330 yards of total offense.

Reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year Khalil Mack penetrated Dallas’s top-ranked offensive line for two sacks on the night. With 10.5 sacks on the season, Mack is in the top-10 in the NFL in sacks and has posted a sack in five-straight games since Week 11.

Cornerback Sean Smith recorded two interceptions off Cowboys starting quarterback Dak Prescott, matching Oakland’s season total coming into the game. Oakland has just four interceptions this season. Middle linebacker NaVorro Bowman led the defense once again with 11 solo tackles against Dallas.

Offensively, the Raiders continued to struggle scoring points Sunday. Oakland was shut out in the first half for the fourth time this season as the Cowboys took a 10-0 lead into halftime.

Starting quarterback Derek Carr threw for just 171 yards on 21-of-38 passing and two touchdowns, both to starting wide receiver Michael Crabtree. Crabtree finished with seven catches for 39 yards to go along with his two scores. WR Seth Roberts (starting for wide receiver Amari Cooper who missed his second-straight game with a left ankle injury), led Oakland with 52 receiving yards on three catches.

On the ground, Oakland rushed for 122 yards, including 76 yards from starting running back Marshawn Lynch and 47 yards from Carr.

With their playoff chances on life support, the Raiders are facing a must-win game against the team with league’s best record in the Eagles.

Philadelphia (12-2) clinched their first playoff berth since 2013 behind second-year head coach Doug Pederson. Pederson finished 7-9 in his first season at the helm of the Eagles. In last week’s 34-29 victory over the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium, Philadelphia also secured a first-round bye in the NFC playoffs and have the inside track on the No. 1 seed.

The Eagles lead the NFL in scoring per game (31.3), second in rushing yards per game (140.5), and third in total yards per game (386.9). Before suffering a season-ending ACL injury during Philadelphia’s 43-35 victory in Los Angeles over the Rams, second-year quarterback Carson Wentz was having an MVP-type of season throwing for a franchise-record and league-leading 33 touchdowns to just seven interceptions.

In 13 games this season, Wentz threw for 3,296 yards to go along with a 101.9 quarterback rating. In his rookie season, Wentz threw for 3,782 yards with 16 touchdowns and 14 interceptions with a 79.3 quarterback rating.

With Wentz out for the remainder of the year, the Eagles turned to sixth-year pro in backup quarterback Nick Foles. In his start last week against the Giants, Foles threw for 237 yards on 24-of-38 passing and four touchdowns. The last time Foles saw the Raiders, it was in 2013 and he destroyed the Silver and Black.

Foles tied an NFL record with seven touchdown passes in Philadelphia’s 49-20 victory at Oakland on Nov. 3, 2013. Foles threw for 406 yards on 22-of-28 passing for a perfect quarterback rating of 158.3 in the contest.

Oakland’s 23rd ranked passing defense must be on high alert for an Eagles squad that have three receivers who’ve registered 700-plus receiving yards: wide receiver Alshon Jeffery (781), wide receiver Nelson Agholor (722) and tight end Zach Ertz (719). The trio have combined for 25 touchdown catches this season, with Jeffery scoring a team-best nine while Ertz and Agholor each are one behind with eight scores.

Ertz leads the team with 63 receptions.

Eighth-year running back LeGarrette Blount leads the Eagles with 717 rushing yards on 159 carries (4.5 avg) and two touchdowns in is first year with Philadelphia.

Philadelphia has the sixth-ranked defense in the NFL this season. First-year Eagles’ defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz has this unit playing top-notch football this season, forcing turnovers almost automatically. Schwartz’ defense has recorded 17 interceptions this season, good for third in the NFL.  Starting cornerbacks Jalen Mills, Patrick Robinson and starting safety Rodney McLeod are tied for the team lead with three interceptions apiece.

Mills has the team’s lone defensive touchdown scored this season. Defensive end Brandon Graham has a career-best 9.5 sacks this season, tied for eighth in the NFC.

Next Sunday, the Raiders will travel to Los Angeles to take on the Chargers on a short week to close out the 2017 regular season. This will mark Oakland’s first trip to the StubHub Center.

Headline Sports Podcast with Tony Renteria: Raiders bite their lip over commenting on index loss to Dallas; Raiders suck it up get ready for MNF

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Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) fumbles the ball into the end zone in front of Dallas Cowboys strong safety Jeff Heath (38) during the second half of an NFL football game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017. The play was ruled a touchback and the Cowboys got possession. The Cowboys won 20-17. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Headline Sports Podcast with Tony R:

1 The Oakland Raiders hopes of a playoff spot left the stadium last Sunday as a confirmation of a index card measurement to the Dallas Cowboys 20-17 last Sunday

2 NFL Official Gene Steratore folded an index card which showed it was short but gave the ball to the Cowboys how upsetting was that for Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio

3 Steratore said he didn’t use the card to make the decision but to confirm what he already knew that the ball fell short by an index card and Del Rio in the post game presser whil besides himself did a good job controlling himself “I didn’t see any index card last night. I saw it only on social media,” Del Rio said. “I did not see that process happen. I saw the chain. Like I said, I saw space and I was like, ‘Alright, they just made a big error going for it right there and this is a turning point.’ It’s four (minutes) and change in the game and we’ve got the ball on the 40 going the other way. That was pretty ballsy and it really didn’t work, except they got the fortuitous reaction from the crew.”

4 On the 49ers front quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo threw 31 for 43 for 381 yards for a touchdown in the 49ers razor edge win 25-23 over the Tennessee Titans Sunday

5 The 49ers are out of the playoffs and they face a first place Jacksonville Jaguars (10-4) at Levis Stadium for the 49ers last home game of the season the question is can Garoppolo pull out all the stops and move the offense against one of the NFL’s best defensive teams. Tony tells you all about it in the Headlines Podcasts tonight.

Tony Renteria does the Headline Sports Podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast with Alexandra Evans: Stanford on a two game run looks to make hay with Kansas in Sacramento tonight

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AP File Photo: Stanford forward Reid Travis (22) shoots against Montana during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, in Stanford, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast with Alexandra Evans:

1 Stanford (6-6) takes on a rough and tumble Kansas Jayhawks team (9-2) we take a look at the many challenges for Cardinal who face the Jayhawks at Golden One Center in Sacramento

2 The Jayhawks top four scorers Legerald Vick (17.5), Devonte’ Graham (17.0), Svi Mykhailuk (16.5), and Udoka Azubuike (14.7) who always bring their game will be the players that Stanford’s defense will have to stop inside the paint and watch out for the outside and three pointers the Jayhawks are noted for on offense

3 Things to look for with Stanford’s leading offensive scorer Reid Travis (22.2) also lead the Pac 12 in scoring and topped 1,000 career points in his last game against USF

4Travis had been leading the team and doing the a lot of the heavy lifting on offense for Stanford but always one to get help from his teammates Michael Humphrey and Dorian Pickens.

5 The game will tip at 8PM tonight a neutral site game Alexandra takes a look at this match and these two teams size up

Alexandra podcasts for Stanford Men’s Basketball and Morris Phillips has the Cardinal-Jayhawks coverage for tonight