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Headline Sports podcast with Tony Renteria: Orange smokey skies for Bay Area baseball; Fans fear Covid spread NFL ticket sales down; plus more

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View of Oakland Coliseum during Houston Astros and Oakland A’s Wednesday night during batting practice as a smokey orange sky from the California fires hangs over the park (photo from @MLByahoosports)

Headline Sports podcast with Tony R

#1 Washington, Oregon and California fires have made California the worst air quality in the nation. With California’s huge sports teams college and pro and with a the nation’s largest pandemic combined how long will it be safe to continue sports in California?

#2 Both Bay Area teams played Wednesday under orange smokey skies the Houston Astros and Oakland A’s at the Oakland Coliseum in the fourth of their five game series and the Seattle Mariners at San Francisco Giants for a Wednesday night game.

#3 The Super Bowl Champion Kansas Chiefs have said that their ticket sales for their opener have been down due to fears of the pandemic and too many fans gathering in one place will tickets sales also be down in other NFL cities?

#4 This is opening week for the San Francisco 49ers who are hosting the Arizona Cardinals at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara. During camp 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garopplo and the offense were missing some plays and a number of ball were intercepted in practice. That said how do you see the 49ers heading into this first game with Arizona?

#5 The Las Vegas Raiders are in Carolina to face the Panthers in the Raiders very first game representing Las Vegas. The Panthers have only two injuries guard Dennis Daley will be out of Sunday’s game with an ankle injury and Eli Apple with a hamstring.

#6 Also Raiders quarterback Marcus Mariota is out with pectoral strain, Raider head coach Jon Gruden said that Mariota was not damaged goods when the Raiders signed him.

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

San Francisco 49ers Week 1 preview By Jeremiah Salmonson

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Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) tosses the football in practice back on Wed Aug 12th with Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury watching. Murray and the Cardinals are headed to Levis Stadium against the San Francisco 49ers for Sun Sep 13th’s opener (AP News file photo)

By Jeremiah Salmonson

The San Francisco 49ers will take on the Arizona Cardinals this Sunday in the smoke ravaged Bay Area.

The game itself has a number of intriguing story lines.

First, this will be the first game for the new for newly acquired De’Andre Hopkins for the Cardinals. He is of course paired with once drafted A’s prospect Kyler Murray.

Murray of course is now known for his multifaceted approach to the QB position for the Cardinals. His arm and legs paired with a newly acquired receiver will be an exciting watch for Cardinals fans.

On the flip side this will be the first game since the 49ers lost a heart breaking Super Bowl to the Kansas City Chiefs. The 49ers will look to continue their winning ways as anything but another trip to the super bowl would be a let down.

With the departure of Emmanuel Sanders in the off-season the 49ers will need to rely more heavily on second year receiver Deebo Samuel. The 49ers feel confident with him having received great production from him at the end of last year.

The game is set to take place Sun Sep 13 at 1:25 PM PST at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara.

San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe Hawkes: Garoppolo says he’s excited to get to work with Compton, Garland, Williams and many others

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San Francisco 49ers Trent Williams (71) in training camp Aug 15th was mentioned by 49ers quarter Jimmy Garoppolo that Williams’ nervousness before games is a good thing to build emotion. (AP New photo)

On the 49ers podcast with J Hawkes:

#1 Joe, how will dealing with the in house noise level be for quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo? Garoppolo says the team has tried out the noise level and they ended up getting a pretty good rhythm for it.

#2 Joe talk about center Joe Garland and right guard Tom Compton, Garoppolo says that it was good to get into camp early considering all the injuries and see what he had on hand up front.

#3 Joe, Garoppolo talked about what it was like working with left offensive tackle Trent Williams who said he’s more nervous than knocking the rust off after the off season. Garoppolo says it’s great he’s nervous that means Williams is up for the game and his emotions are in the game.

#4 Joe, Garoppolo also said that wide receiver Trent Taylor has been consistent throughout training camp. Taylor has related to Garoppolo what he sees out there and what he feels from the defensive backs.

#5 Next week is the real deal the Arizona Cardinals come into Levis Stadium to open up the season kind of set the stage for that game.

Catch Joe Hawkes for the 49ers podcasts each Sunday throughout the 2020 season at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: A question to whether Garoppolo is focused?

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo tunes up in training camp reports say that Garoppolo is having difficulty completing passes to receivers and had missed five consecutive passes for interceptions (photo from sfchronicle.com)

On the 49ers podcast with David:

#1 Reports out of the 49ers camp in Santa Clara are saying that quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is making a lot of the same mistakes he made during the season, that he hasn’t been lights out, that he isn’t making the right decisions is the criticism too strong or too accurate?

#2 49ers running back Jerick McKinnon hasn’t missed a training practice is looking for the season McKinnon hasn’t played a snap since since Jan 21, 2018 when he had 11 receptions for 126 yards when he was with the Minnesota Vikings. McKinnon had knee injuries.  McKinnon says he’s ready after missing all of 2019.

David Zizmor does the San Francisco 49ers podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Headline Sports podcast with London Marq: Fournette joins very improved Buccaneers; LAFC looks to be the best in MLS

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Former Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette joins the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday strengthening the Bucs running backs position. The Bucs now have Ronald Jones, LaSean McCoy and Fournette on the roster at running back. (AP News file photo)

On Headline Sports with London:

#1 Draft pick running back Leonard Fournette who was waived by the Jacksonville Jaguars  was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but head coach Brian Arians says that the running back position belongs to Ronald Jones.

#2 Also the Bucs running back LeSean McCoy will still have a spot on the roster with Fournette and Jones in the line up will there be room for McCoy?

#3 Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Arden Key entering his third season with the Raiders is preparing himself for the season. Key has only three sacks last season said that before coming off an injury that ended the 2019 season for him that he had a pretty good two games before he left with the injury.

#4 Turning to the MLS and the San Jose Earthquakes it was too much LAFC for the Quakes on Wednesday night in LA as the Quakes just couldn’t put the breaks on LAFC in a four goal loss 5-1.

#5 LAFC were tough in the bubble and their one of the toughest teams in the MLS led by Diego Rossi who scored his eighth and ninth goals of the season. LAFC is undefeated and looks like a second to none team.

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

San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe Hawkes: Shananhan gets team prepared for quiet game conditions; Kittle sat out practice with hamstring tightness; plus more

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San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan with football talks things over with general manager John Lynch (right) during practice on Sat Aug 29th’s practice at Levis Stadium practice field in Santa Clara (AP News photo)

On the 49ers podcast with J Hawkes:

#1 The 49ers practice have any of the usual music as head coach Kyle Shanahan said he wanted the team to get the feel of real conditions of a ball game with no fans, complete silence, and hearing the audibles all game long.

#2 During practice it was so quiet you could hear 49ers defensive line coach Kris Kocurek talking to his players during practice.

#3 Tight end George Kittle didn’t practice because of hamstring tightness in his hamstring. Coach Shanahan said Kittle did not have a strained hamstring.

#4 Wide receiver JT Nelson who the 49ers were really looking forward to seeing what Nelson could do will be out for a month. Nelson is a five year vet but is a long shot to make the team’s 53 man roster. Nelson who signed on Aug 15th more than likely will be put on the injured reserve list.

#5 During Friday’s practice head coach Kyle Shanahan ordered the first team off the field when a snap from center Daniel Brunskill went past quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo who was in the shot gun which drew a pre snap penalty. Shanahan expressed his displeasure and ordered the first team off the field.

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

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: 49ers voted to practice Thursday after talking over Blake shooting

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(photo from sports.yahoo.com) San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan coaches his team in practice on Thursday. The 49ers nearly called off practice due to the Jacob Blake shooting and racial injustice in America.

On the 49ers podcast with David:

#1 David the 49ers will open their regular season at home on Sun Sep 13th against the Arizona Cardinals at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara this will be played in front of empty stadium out of safety of the Coronavirus pandemic.

#2 In talking with local restaurants, hotels, and tourism in Santa Clara, San Jose and the South Bay they’ll be taking a hit as no fans will be allowed to attend 49ers games and for the first time they’ll feel the financial pinch of no fans around.

#3 David the 49ers did practice on Thursday  after discussing cancelling due to the Jacob Blake shooting. The 49ers were going to cancel practice but the team decided to run plays and do it and considering cancelling another practice to observe the Blake shooting and racial injustice

David Zizmor does the 49ers podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Headline Sports podcast with London Marq: Emotions raw as players in sports evaluate what to do next; Could sports be cancelled over racial injustice?

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The Tennessee Titans stand united in cancelling their practice on Thursday and today with other NFL teams joining against social injustice and in light of the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha Wisconsin (photo from touchdownwire.usatoday.com)

Headline Sports with London Marq:

#1 On Wednesday night the NBA, MLS, cancelled their games and MLB had six teams cancel their games in the news of the shooting of Jacob Blake of Kenosha Wisconsin. The WNBA took the night off on Thursday.

#2 The NBA players and coaches discussed on Thursday the future of going on and the players feel at this time this is not the right thing to do and go out and entertain while America is suffering from more racial injustice issues.

#3 London the Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James said his emotions are all over the place and Doc Rivers head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers said that he loves the country but the country is not loving him back.

#4 Turning to the MLB, MLB looks as if they will postpone more games like the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants who were scheduled to play on Wednesday and cancelled and rescheduled played a double header on Thursday. Right now it looks as if the players want to get through this season. The New York Mets Dominic Smith gave a very emotional interview saying “no one cares” regarding the racial injustice situation.

#5 The New York Jets and Tennessee Titans had cancelled their practices on Thursday and more teams might be expected to cancel today. Like the Jets and Titans social injustice is on the minds of professional sports right now than playing the game. The NFL released a statement today saying in addition to the Jets and Titans the Packers, Bears, Colts, Cardinals, Broncos and Chargers have all cancelled their practices today.

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

Headline Sports podcast with Tony Renteria: NBA games cancelled in light of Blake shooting; Some key injuries at Raiders camp

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The Milwaukee Bucks cancelled their game with the Orlando Magic in light of the Jacob Blake shooting in Wisconsin and two other playoff games also were cancelled in light of racial injustice shooting of Blake from Kenosha Police (espn.com still)

Headline Sports podcast with Tony R:

#1 The Milwaukee Bucks who did not play the Orlando Magic and two other games the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers all were postponed due the recent Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake who was videoed being shot seven times in the back and reported to be paralyzed by his family member.

#2 Tony the Boston Celtics and the Toronto Raptors are now considering cancelling game one of their best of seven series Thursday which is schedule for a 3:00 pm tip. Raptors coach Nick Nurse said the players are deeply disappointed that the same thing happens again in a short period of time.

#3 Tony one NBA veteran who not named said that the entire NBA playoffs are in jeopardy and the whole thing could be squashed. The players not only want to send a message but some question how they could go on after what happened to Blake.

#4 Tony talk about Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Marcus Mariota who has suffered shoulder and ankle injuries and has not practiced with the team yet. How badly is Mariota hurt and can he make it back?

#5 Also Tony the Raiders are missing  wide receiver Tyrell Williams who has a shoulder injury and cornerback Trayvon Mullen unknown injury Wednesday was the sixth time they missed a shoulder padded practice and how important are these guys to the team.

Join Tony every other Thursday for Headlines Sports at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe Hawkes: With injuries to Samuel and Aiyuk can the offense be ready by Sep 13th opener?

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will depend on tight end George Kittle on offense as Deebo Samuel is out with broken foot and Brandon Aiyuk left practice with injury (forbes.com file photo)

On the 49ers podcast with Joe:

#1 Joe can the 49ers score this season how much do you see tight end George Kittle being the center piece of their offense?

#2 With receivers Emmanuel Sanders gone, Deebo Samuel is recovering from a broken foot, and Brandon Aiyuk left practice with an hamstring pull and with the regular season starting September 13th how much time will they be able to get the kind of offense they had like last season.

#3 The 49ers were the NFL’s most improved team last season their defense adjusted value went over average jumping from being number 30 in 2018 to number five in 2019.

#4 The 49ers defense finished number one against the pass and they kept quarterbacks running all day in the pocket teams had to try and counter the 49ers defensive rushing all game long.

#5 The 49ers really need to depend on quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo as the 49ers offense was fifth in time of possession last season when they got out to leads of ten or more points. Seeing some of the injuries they have right now do they have a concern in that department?

Joe Hawkes does the weekly 49ers podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com