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Diablos Rojos is owned by Santiago’s father, billionaire and San Diego Padres part owner Alfredo Harp Helú. Diablos is a famous Mexican League baseball franchise that hosted the New York Yankees for a game during spring training last season and started a basketball franchise in the Mexican national league this year. Sources close to the Harp family said Santiago, who is being groomed by his father, has an interest in bringing an NBA or WNBA franchise to Mexico City.

New York Times

So ... what will ultimately happen when Diamond's plan is presented? Likely something along the lines of what happened with Major League Baseball, with Diamond continuing to work with the teams that it has a profitable situation with and extricating itself from the ones with which it does not. In baseball, that meant the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks. It is unclear exactly how many NBA teams could be impacted at the moment, as much of this ultimately hinges on the outcome of this lawsuit. In the meantime, teams are both figuring out if they'll have to receive a reduction in their fees -- and how much of one they might have to accept -- while also preparing for a local over-the-air alternative in case their RSN deal disappears.

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The 20-year-old USC student and IMG model is a year younger than her father was when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Dodgers’ game against the San Diego Padres on June 27, 2000. “Being his daughter is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I hope to continue to embody and cherish the many lessons he has taught me,” Natalia Bryant said during a ceremony honoring her father at TCL Chinese Theatre in May.

Los Angeles Times

Ball Don't Lie: Kawhi Leonard enjoying his time at Dodgers vs. Padres 😁 pic.twitter.com/yqok2L02PO

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Michael Singer: Jeff Green’s relationship with Nikola Jokic has grown significantly over the last season-plus. When they went to the Padres game, Jeff said Joker didn’t know the rules and asked a bunch of questions. In exchange, Jeff said he’s asked Joker about his love of horses.

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Clutch Points: A Kawhi Leonard sighting at the San Diego Padres game tonight 🤩 Leonard played for the San Diego State Aztecs from 2009 to 2011. pic.twitter.com/7fdjD9F6gu

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One small example of the team’s creative efforts was this past season’s introduction of jerseys inspired by the legendary artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. The black uniforms with Basquiat’s hip-hop style are arguably the best creations under the NBA’s City Editions alternate uniform program. Basquiat was a Brooklyn born-and-bred painter who fused street painting style with high art. The team, with Tsai’s foundation, even developed a curriculum to teach Brooklyn students about Basquiat, who died in 1988 at 27. The Basquiat jerseys are part of the team’s emphasis on engaging with younger fans. “This is a young league in terms of its fan base, and we are, in particular, a young team in terms of our fan base,” said Abbamondi, who joined BSE after holding executive positions with Madison Square Garden, the NBA, the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals.

Sportico

On June 9, 1981, a young Tony Gwynn received the phone call that every ballplayer dreams of. He'd been drafted to play baseball professionally, No. 58 overall, by the San Diego Padres -- the team just down the road from where he had played collegiately at San Diego State. That fact was only just beginning to sink in when Gwynn got another phone call about an hour later, this one wholly unexpected. He had been drafted again -- to play professional basketball, by the San Diego Clippers in the 10th round.

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In partnership with When We All Vote and RISE, the Sacramento Kings announced the relaunch of Rally the Vote, a coalition made of 20 teams across the NBA, NFL, MLB, WNBA, MLS and NWSL aimed at getting unregistered voters to the polls. The coalition, which nonpartisan, includes the Chicago Bulls, Chicago Sky, Chicago White Sox, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers and Fever, Los Angeles Football Club, Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx, New York Giants, Phoenix Mercury, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Storm, Washington Wizards and Mystics and Washington Spirit.

Bleacher Report

But before all that, Walton played three seasons for the San Diego Clippers after his fall out with the Portland Trail Blazers at the end of the 1970s. It was a return to Southern California for Walton, who grew up in La Mesa, 15 minutes east of San Diego. This past week, Walton was invited back to San Diego to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a San Diego Padres game. In true Walton form, it did not go to plan. Walton’s first pitch didn’t go that well, so he decided to do something a little unorthodox — pitch a second first pitch.

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Despite his decision to forego the pros to pursue education, basketball and (yes) baseball at Notre Dame, Pat’s 96-mile-per-hour fastball was tantalizing enough to make him a 38th-round pick of the San Diego Padres out of St. John’s Prep (Danvers, Mass.). And though the Baltimore Orioles took him in the fourth round in 2014, after his junior year, Pat still opted to return to South Bend to get his degree from the Mendoza College of Business, before taking his talents not to the MLB, but rather to the NBA. Nowadays, Pat, who’s in his first year with the Bucks—the top team in the NBA—after three seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, is still a two-sport star of sorts. As he continues to pursue his hoops career, he’s also building a multi-state business in the cutthroat world of real estate development.

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According to sources, those who have expressed a level of interest include: * Jason Levien. The former Memphis Grizzlies CEO left the organization in May. He is a co-owner of the MLS franchise D.C. United. * Steve Kaplan: The Los Angeles-based investor joined Robert Pera’s group as a limited investor to purchase the Memphis Grizzlies. He has reportedly made attempts to buy baseball’s San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers in recent years. * Sheldon Adelson: The billionaire businessman is the chairman and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The latest name to surface on the Bucks’ ownership rumor mill is Tom Werner, once the majority owner of the San Diego Padres. He later teamed with John Henry and Larry Lucchino to form the Fenway Sports Group, which bought the Boston Red Sox in 2002 for $660 million. Werner’s group also bought Fenway Park and 80 percent of New England Sports Network. He is chairman of the Red Sox and Liverpool of the Premier League.

Racine Journal-Times

Hammond officially announced the hiring of David Morway as the team's assistant general manager, replacing Jeff Weltman, who left earlier this summer for a front-office job in Toronto. Morway was general manager of the Indiana Pacers from 2009-'12 and also has a baseball background, serving as assistant general manger of the San Diego Padres in the 1980s. "He was with them (the Pacers) for 14 years," Hammond said. "I've always looked at the Pacers and admired what they've done. I think David is going to be a great addition to our organization."

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel