(“The Ten” is not a top ten, but ten items worth being included in The TEN)
1.) “Should the Denver Broncos release Peyton Manning now and get out from under his $19-million salary that becomes guaranteed on March 9th?”—Posted at Mid Valley Sports by Joe Torosian on February 19, 2015.
2.) Gabrielino’s Gran Kirchhoff scored 20 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in the Eagles 62-50 victory over South Pasadena on Wednesday. Tonight Gabrielino faces Corona del Mar at home.
3.) Los Angeles Rams have $117-million in salary cap commitment this coming season and have $34-million available.
4.) Rio Hondo League head coaching roster in the fall of 2000:
La Canada: Rich Wheeler
Temple City: Mike Mooney
Monrovia: Steve Garrison
San Marino: Sean Diaz
South Pasadena: Ed Smith
Blair: John Rogers
5.) On this date in 1998 Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray passed away at the age of 77.
6.) “Put me down for $10 million; this blog money is easy to come by.”—MVS commenter “@LD”.
7.) Amphibious landings of United States Marines began on this morning in 1945 at Iwo Jima.
8.) “#5 Rio Hondo Prep got ripped off. They were 18-6, ranked number 6 in division 6, finished tied for 2nd in the Prep League and still weren’t able to “make” the playoffs. The had to ask to be put into division 5 because there was no room for them in division 6. Yet there are teams who ended 5th in their league with below .500 records and they got automatic bids. That seems wrong.”—MVS commenter “Prep fan”.
9.) ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper has the Dallas Cowboys taking California quarterback Jared Goff with the fourth overall selection in this year’s NFL Draft.
10.) “Some people see a trace of racism in every single occurrence in modern life. I hereby anoint them Tracists.”—Dennis Miller
Joe Torosian’s novel about San Gabriel Valley football is available through Amazon.com
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