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The TEN

(“The Ten” is not a top ten, but ten items worth being included in The TEN)

1.) Los Angeles Dodgers launch new TV network today on Time Warner. Dodger network not on Cox Cable, Direct TV, Dish Network, or ATT.

2.) Sierra Canyon wide receiver Isaiah Renfro turns 17 today.

3.) On February 25, 1964, 22-year-old Cassius Clay shocks the odds-makers by dethroning world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston in a seventh-round technical knockout.

4.) “I don’t see how people dye their hair every other week. It’s killing your hair!!!”—Former Arroyo wide receiver Hunter Duran

5.) “I love when we announce that a coach has taken a new job and within minutes I get 5 texts saying ‘That guy is a great guy.’”—FootballScoop Staff

6.) “I think a lot of people in the Whittier area are very disappointed that Louie Zamora did not get this job. Very good coach who cares deeply. From what I hear, he will be on on as the DC, however.”—MVS commentor “Fan” on the Cal hire of Kyle Trudell

7.) Former Laker forward Kurt Rambis turns 56 today.

8.) Covina Colt (junior-to-be) WR/DB Eric Williams (5-10, 175) 2013 stats: 19 carries, 148 yards & 3Tds. 20 catches, 339 yards & 3Tds. 31 tackles & 3 pass interceptions.

9.) New MLB Rule on collisions at home plate. What is banned:

• A catcher (or any other player) blocking the plate without the baseball.

• A baserunner deviating from his direct path to the plate in order to initiate contact with the catcher.

10.) ”It’s overblown, because this has been my experience with the league my entire career from Day One. If something needed to be done, it needed to be done a long time ago. It has never escalated. I never saw conditions worsen. I guess we’re late in getting to the issue. ‘I would be comfortable in saying if you put an investigation on any of the 32 teams in the NFL, you’re going to come out with the exact same results.”—Miami Dolphins long snapper/union representative John Denney on the Dolphins locker room scandal.