Las Vegas Raiders podcast with Tony Renteria: Texans could be Raiders best chance to get back in win column

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The Kansas City defensive tackle Chris Jones puts the stop on Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) in first half action at Arrow Stadium in Kansas City on Sun Oct 10, 2022. The Raiders host the Houston Texans this Sun Oct 17, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the Raiders podcast with Tony R:

#1 Tony, talk about how much of impact the signing of Canadian defensive back Tevaughn Campbell will be for the Las Vegas Raiders.

#2 Tevaughn played for the Los Angeles Chargers in two seasons 30 games Tevaughn started in 11 games, 62 tackles, seven pass breakups, three forced fumbles, an interception and a fumble recovery.

#3 Tony the critics are still talking about the Raiders not converting the two pointer on Monday Night Football against the Kansas City Chiefs it’s over and done with but it still a dark cloud over Las Vegas’ head.

#4 How critical was the personal foul that Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jackson made as Raiders quarterback Derek Carr said Jackson was on the run and it was a good play it saved the Chiefs six points.

#5 The Raiders host the Houston Texans next. The Texans have lost three of their four games they did win their last game against the Jacksonville Jaguars 13-6. Do you see this as the Raiders best chance to win this Sunday?

Join Tony for Raiders podcasts Tuesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Golden State Warriors podcast with Barbara Mason: Warriors prepared for home opener Tuesday night against Lakers

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Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James drives on the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wed Oct 12, 2022 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Lakers come calling Tue Oct 18, 2022 for the Warriors home opener at the Chase Center (AP News photo)

On the Warriors podcast with Barbara:

#1 Barbara, the Warriors concluded their last pre season game against the Denver Nuggets on Friday night with a 119-112 loss at the Chase Center it was more of a game of taking a look at who they have on their bench coming into the season.

#2 Also some of the veteran starters played in this one Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 23 points talk about what expectations he’ll have once the season starts.

#3 Draymond Green who did not practice or play with the team for seven days after punching teammate Jordan Poole in practice was back Friday night and scored four points and had two rebounds.

#4 Klay Thompson returned after having mental block from have two major injuries that benched him for two seasons was on the floor on Friday and scored 14 points with one rebound.

#5 The Warriors open up the season against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night at Chase Center. They’ll be facing a loaded Lakers team of LeBron, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook, and former Warrior Juan Toscano-Anderson.

Join Barbara for the Warriors podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Cal Bears podcast with Morris Phillips: Cal moves past Colorado loss; Looks forward to Washington Saturday

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California wide receiver J. Michael Sturdivant, is carried by Colorado linebacker Robert Barnes, back left, and cornerback Kaylin Moore for a down after making a first half catch in Colorado on Sat Oct 15, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the Cal podcast with Morris:

#1 Cal Bears (3-3) suffered what could be their worst loss of the season as the Colorado Buffaloes (1-5) quarterback JT Shrout threw an overtime pass to wide receiver Montana Leomonious-Craig that got Colorado past Cal 20-13.

#2 The Buffaloes Trevor Woods knocked a ball loose intended for Cal receiver Mason Starling on a first and goal. When it was fourth down the students a Colorado University stormed the field victorious.

#3 It was the Buffaloes first victory of the season and their defense held Cal to 103 yards on offense.

#4 Morris did Cal quarterback Jack Plummer have to run all day he was 29-52, 262 yards, with one touchdown and one interception.

#5 The Washington Huskies (5-2) are headed for Cal this Saturday. The Huskies won their last game against the Arizona Wildcats 49-39. Huskies have been going good how do you see this match this Saturday.

Join Morris for the Cal Bears podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice

Mariotta and Falcons rushing attacks sink 49ers 28-14 in upset win

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Atlanta Falcons tight end celebrates his receiving touchdown in the third quarter at Mercedez-Benz Stadium on Sunday OCT 16, 2022. (Atlanta Falcons)

by Marko Ukalovic

Injuries eventually catch up to the best teams.

The Atlanta Falcons took advantage of the San Francisco 49ers injuries on defense as they dominated the trenches in a shocking 28-14 win on Sunday afternoon at Mercedez-Benz Stadium.

San Francisco had its two-game winning streak snapped and fell to .500. Atlanta has won three out of its last four games to get to .500 after starting the season losing its first two games.

Atlanta (3-3) pulled a reversal of fortune as they pulled a page out of San Francisco’s playbook by controlling the game on the ground and their defense shutout the 49ers offense in the second half.

The Falcons rushed for 168 yards on 40 carries led by Caleb Huntley’s 59 yards on 16 carries. San Francisco on the other hand could not establish its strong running attack as it only had 60 yards on just 16 carries.

The 49ers missed Nick Bosa, Arik Armstead, Jimmy Ward and Javon Kinlaw on the defensive side of the ball as they were out with injuries. To make matters worse, cornerback Charvarius Ward was injured in the first half and did not return to worsen an already depleted secondary.

Atlanta’s defense made San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan’s offense one-dimensional in the second half as they pressured quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo into throwing two interceptions and rushed throws that ended in incompletions.

San Francisco (3-3) didn’t do itself any favors on the offense with a couple of dropped passes and penalties by the offensive line in the second half that either prevented big plays or negated them.

“When you put yourself in that hole, you can’t overcome some drops (by our receivers) that we missed I thought. There’s no room for error and that’s pretty obvious that’s self-explanatory,” Shanahan said.

Atlanta drove down the field on their opening possession going 74 yards on 11 plays that resulted in a two-yard reception by tight end MyCole Pruitt from quarterback Marcus Mariotta. It was the first opening drive for a touchdown the 49ers defense had given up this season.

The Falcons were gift wrapped their second touchdown when Jeff Wilson Jr. fumbled at his own 20-yard line. Ishiah Oliver picked up the ball and ran to the one-yard line before fumbling it in the end zone where Jaylinn Hawkins recovered it to give Atlanta a 14-0 lead late in the first quarter.

“These guys believed. They understood the focus on playing a (good) team like that does a lot of differnt stuff. They (San Francisco) got some really good players, and they were locked in,” Falcons head coach Arthur Smith said.

It was the biggest deficit San Francisco had suffered this season.

San Francisco got back on track by scoring the next 14 points with a Garoppolo connecting with wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk for two receiving touchdowns in the second quarter.

The first for Aiyuk came on a wide receiver screen for a 12-yard touchdown. His second was a 14-yard touchdown where he deked out a Falcons defender with a circle move to get free along the right wing where Garoppolo threw a perfect pass and Aiyuk did the rest.

It was a breakout game for Aiyuk as he led San Francisco in receiving with eight catches for 83 yards to along with his two scores. Tight end George Kittle matched Aiuyk’s production also having eight catches for 83 yards.

Atlanta regained their lead with 57 seconds left in the second quarter when Mariotta finished off an 11 play 75-yard drive with a three-yard touchdown run where he outraced cornerback Sam Womack III to the corner pylon for a three-yard touchdown.

Mariotta gave the Falcons an insurance score with 8:40 left in the third quarter when he connected with tight end Kyle Pitts on a seven-yard receiving touchdown that completed the scoring in the game.

Marriota started out with a perfect 13 for 13 before finally throwing his lone incompletion in the fourth quarter. He finished 13 of 14 for 129 yards and two passing touchdowns. He also chipped in 50 yards on the ground on six carries and one rushing touchdown.

Garoppolo was hit and miss throughout the game as he finished 29 of 41 for 296 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Wilson Jr. had a disappointing game only rushing for 25 yards on seven carries to go along with his fumble.

Atlanta’s ability to run the ball down successfully set up short and manageable third down situations that San Francisco’s defense wasn’t able to stop and kept the drives alive for the Falcons.

San Francisco offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey suffered a calf injury in the first half while blocking on a run play and did not return to the game.

GAME NOTES: San Francisco finished 3-for-8 on third down conversions. Atlanta was 9-for-14.

San Francisco is now 48-33-1 all time against Atlanta.

UP NEXT: San Francisco returns home to host the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday 10/23 at 1:25pm.

San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe Hawkes: Injuries plague SF still favored to beat Atlanta Sunday

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The Carolina Panthers wide receiver Shi Smith doesn’t normally get paid to tackle defensive players but tries in vain as the Panther quarterback Baker Mayfield lies facedown as the San Francisco 49ers cornerback Emmanuel Mosely scores after making an interception in first half action on Sun Oct 9, 2022 at Carolina. Mosely is questionable for this Sun Oct 16, 2022 in Atlanta. (AP News photo)

On the 49ers podcast with J Hawkes:

#1 Joe, wanted to ask you the San Francisco 49ers (2-3) while favored to beat the Atlanta Falcons (2-3) in Atlanta the 49ers second straight week on the road. We’ll go over some of the injuries the 49ers carry coming into this game. We’ll start with defensive tackle Arik Armstead with a ankle injury.

#2 Offensive left tackle Trent Williams remains injured with that ankle injury how soon do you see him coming back and Williams no doubt is anxious to get back in the line up.

#3 Defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw is out with a knee injury can the 49ers make up for his loss and talk about his absence is impacting the 49ers.

#4 Three players are in question for today’s game as well, Nick Bosa (groin), two starters defensive back Jimmie Ward (hand) and Emmanuel Mosely (ACL) some critical players how will these guys be missed and how will head coach Kyle Shanahan handle replacing them.

#5 After taking a look at this week’s 49ers IL how do you see the 49ers faring against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday?

Join Joe Hawkes Sundays for the 49ers podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Blackhawks get first win of the season, 5-2 over the Sharks

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The Chicago Blackhawks Sam Lafferty (24) celebrates scoring a second period goal with teammate Jason Dickinson (17). After losing their first two games of the season the Blackhawks get in the win column against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center in San Jose on Sat Oct 15, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum

Saturday, October 15, 2022

For the second straight night, San Jose took an early lead but was unable to hold it, as the Sharks dropped a 5-2 decision to the Chicago Blackhawks Saturday at SAP Center.

It was the Blackhawks’ first win of the season.

Nico Sturm scored his first goal of the season with the assists going to Erik Karlsson and Mario Ferraro at 13:58 of the first period. Just over five minutes later, Karlsson scored his first goal from Logan Couture and Steven Lorentz, giving the Sharks a 2-0 lead at the first intermission.

Chicago came back with three goals in the second period to take a 3-2 lead. Jonathan Toews put the Blackhawks on the board at 7:21, with Sam Lafferty scoring a short-handed tally for the equalizer a minute later. Lafferty scored another short-handed goal at 10:35 to put the Blackhawks ahead to stay.

Taylor Raddysh and Jason Dickinson each scored their first goals of the season in the third period for Chicago (1-2).

Things got heated at the end of the second period, when the Blackhawks’ Jarred Tinordi and San Jose’s Jonah Gadjovich received concurrent minors for roughing, and Chicago’s Andreas Athanasiou received a 10-minute misconduct.

Sharks goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen surrendered all five Chicago goals, making 20 saves before leaving in favor of a sixth attacker in the final minute. Petr Mrazek faced 26 San Jose shots, stopping 24.

The Sharks (0-4) hit the road for the next four games. Their next contest is Tuesday at the New York Islanders, followed by a Thursday game with the New York Rangers. San Jose travels to New Jersey next Saturday and to Philadelphia next Sunday.

Emotional Stampede: Winless Colorado stuns Cal in OT, 20-13

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By Morris Phillips

Re-energized and inspired by an injured teammate’s recovery, Colorado was a force to be reckoned with for the Cal Bears.

It didn’t matter that the Buffs were allowing an average of 38 points per game, they held Cal scoreless in an eye-opening, first half.

Then Colorado withstood a back-and-forth fourth quarter, and scored the only touchdown of overtime, a 22-yard pass from J.T. Shrout to Montana Lemonious-Craig to win 20-13.

“This is all about their response, their resolve,” interim coach Mike Sanford said. “The stuff that I said here 10 days ago, everyone thought I was crazy when I talked about what an unbelievable group of resilient fighters that we have in our locker room. I think everybody had a chance to see that on full display today.”

From 0-5 to winning a sixth game in front of a raucous, home crowd that stormed the field after Cal’s Jake Plummer’s last pass attempt in the end zone fell incomplete doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Throughout, the Bears couldn’t sustain anything offensively, and they looked nothing like the team that put up 49 points on Arizona three games ago.

“It’s very hard to win at this level scoring one touchdown,” coach Justin Wilcox said. “You’ve got to put the ball in the end zone, and credit to them. They did it more than we did.”

Plummer’s pass to Mason Starling on first down in overtime appeared to be caught to pull call within an extra point of getting Cal even, but fast-closing safety Trevor Woods ripped the ball loose.

“I saw the ball lobbed in there, and he didn’t really make an effort to go get it,” Woods said. “I punched it as hard as I could.”

Plummer finished 29 for 52 passing for 262 yards and one interception where he overthrew a deep ball down the middle. While Plummer was mildly effective, the Cal run game suffered a miserable afternoon with only 35 yards rushing and one, lengthy run of 22 yards from Jadyn Ott.

“You can’t run a run play or a pass play very effectively if you don’t start up front. Generally speaking you have to block the people up front in the run and pass game and we we didn’t do a good enough job of that today, and their front got after our front.”

The high point for Cal was a third quarter touchdown pass from Plummer to J. Michael Sturdivant that saw Sturdivant calmly get his feet down in bounds after a leaping catch along the sideline. That put Cal up, 7-3.

The Buffs responded early in the fourth with a one-yard run from Anthony Hankerson that capped a six-play drive, and put Colorado up, 10-7. Cal got a field goal from Dario Longhetto to tie at 10, then with time expiring, Longhetto hit from 34 yards to tie the game, 13-13, at the end of regulation.

Buffs running back Deion Smith was injured early in the fourth quarter, and after several anxious moments, Smith was removed by a stretcher while surrounded by the entire Colorado team. When the celebration moved from the field to the locker room after the game, the team was given that much more to celebrate. Smith was up and walking.

“Deion is up and walking and I think he was emotional because he didn’t have a chance to celebrate on the field with his teammates. But he was a huge part of that victory, both in his play and more importantly, just how much this team loves him and showed their support for him.”

If Colorado’s story wasn’t improbable enough, Shrout replaced starter Owen McCown, who was hit in the mid-section, and couldn’t continue. But Shrout came on and led Colorado to it’s only touchdown in regulation, and a 10-7 lead.

The Bears (3-3) return to Memorial Stadium in Berkeley on October 22 to host Washington.

Stanford Upsets Fighting Irish 16-14; Win ends Cardinal 3 game skid

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Stanford Cardinal cornerback Ethan Bonner (13) is thrilled after defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Sat Oct 15, 2022 at Notre Dame (@GoStanford photo)

By Barbara Mason

Last Saturday Stanford (2-4) dropped a heart- breaker in the final seconds of their game against Oregon State 28-27. Fast forward and the Cardinal were facing (3-3) Notre Dame in South Bend on a chilly Saturday night.

The Fighting Irish are coming off three wins in a row, most recently beating BYU 28-20. The Cardinal held on Saturday night at Notre Dame for a 16-14 squeaker to pick up their second win of the season and snapped the Fighting Irish’s winning streak.

The passing and rushing excellence that we saw from Notre Dame last week was nowhere to be found in the first half of this game. The struggling Cardinal started strong in the first quarter. Casey Filkins rushed for two yards to give Stanford an early 7-0 lead. Stanford would finish off the first half with a 45 yard Joshua Karty field goal taking a 10-0 lead into the locker room at half time.

The Stanford Cardinal would extend their lead in the third quarter with a second Karty field goal, this one a 43-yard kick and a 13-0 Stanford lead.

The expected Notre Dame domination in this game was absent in the first half but came to life in the third quarter when an Audric Estime ten yard romp gave the Fighting Irish their first touchdown of the game.

Notre Dame still trailed 13-7 but with a lot of time left on the clock there was a real shift in momentum. With time running out in the third quarter the Cardinal went on 4th and 2 and failed. Stanford was 0-2 on fourth downs.

The Notre Dame offense was wearing the Cardinal defense down going into the fourth quarter. The Fighting Irish would start the quarter with a 41- yard touchdown from Drew Pyne to Tobias Merryweather to give Notre Dame their first lead of the game 14-13. After 2 1/2 lackluster quarters Notre Dame had turned this game around.

The Stanford offense continue to test the Notre Dame defense and Karty kicked his third field goal of the game, this one another 43-yarder taking back the lead for the Cardinal 16-14.

With 6:35 left in the game Notre Dame fumbled and the upset-minded Cardinal recovered. Stanford was able to hang on for the win 16-14. This game had so many highs and lows but it was the Cardinal defense that came up huge.

Next Saturday the Cardinal will take on Arizona State. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 PM.

Stanford Upsets Fighting Irish 16-14

Strong first period for Barracuda is enough for win over Iowa Wild by score of 3-1.

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda. Andrew Agozzino skates up the ice against the Iowa Wild on Saturday night.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

Another night in Iowa another win as the Barracuda found a way to win against the Wild by a final score of 3-1.

The game would start with a quick penalty call against the Wild for holding that would be killed off. It would end up being a pattern for the rest of the game as the Barracuda finished the night 0-3 on the power play.

Despite the power play being killed Luke Johnson found the back of the net for the Barracuda. The assists coming from C.J. Suess and Ryan Merkley on a nice shot from far out that went bar down past Iowa goalie Zane McIntyre.

Not less than a minute later William Eklund followed it up with a tap in to a wide open net off a nice feed from Derrick Pouliot. Ryan Merkley got the other assist as the Barracuda quickly found themselves up 2-0.

That would be all the scoring in the first period with the shots ending at a tie of 9-9 between the two teams.

Momentum seemed to swing in the other direction in the second period with the shots moving more in favor of the Wild. With the shots by the end of the period in favor of the Wild by 19-13.

To cap off this momentum swing Nick Swaney scored for Wild with assists from Steven Fogarty and Turner Ottenbriet.

Newly anointed Barracuda captain Andrew Agozzino would respond on a breakaway goal shooting it through the five-hole of McIntyre. Max Veronneau got the assist feeding it up to Agozzino to propel him on the breakaway.

That would do it for scoring as the Barracuda would hold on to that lead of 3-1. Due in large part to goalie Eetu Makiniemi making 28 saves on the night.

The Barracuda’s next game will be against the Henderson Silver Knights on Saturday Oct. 22nd at 6:00 p.m. at Tech Cu arena.

San Jose Sharks podcast with Maddie Dutra: Sharks pay tribute to former player and general manager Doug Wilson; Sharks playing back to back nights

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Former San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson is honored tonight at SAP Center for his 19 years from 2002-2021 as general manager by the Sharks organization (AP News photo)

On the Sharks podcast with Maddie:

#1 Tonight the San Jose Sharks honor their long time general manager Doug Wilson who became the team’s GM on May 13, 2003 to April 7, 2022 for 19 years.

#2 Under Wilson’s tutelage he led the Sharks to the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs 14 out of 15 seasons 2003-2019 that speaks to the success that Wilson had.

#3 The Sharks in recent years have struggled and have not made the post season since 2019. Wilson left the team during 2021-22 season due to a undisclosed health issue and the team has been struggling since to make post season.

#4 The Sharks lost a rather tough game against the Carolina Hurricane on Friday night. The Canes Sebastian Aho scored a crucial late third period goal to help Carolina get past the Sharks 2-1 not the way the Sharks wanted to open the regular season.

#5 Sharks make a go of it tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks. The Blackhawks have struggled of late losing their last two games in a row most recently to the Vegas Golden Knights 1-0. The Hawks come in 0-2 and they give the Sharks a pretty good chance to pick up their first season victory tonight.

Join Maddie Dutra for the Sharks podcasts during the Sharks home season at SAP Center in San Jose at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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