(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
1. Chase Utley hit his 11th home run of the season to lead the Dodgers to a 4-0 win over Cincinnati and a .5 game lead over San Francisco in the NL West.
2. The PAC 12 has five teams in the preseason AP Top 25 including UCLA at #16 and USC #20.
3. The LA Galaxy had their nine-game unbeaten streak ended Saturday at Yankee Stadium falling 1-0 to the New York City FC.
4. The 2016 Summer Olympics ended with the USA winning 121 total medals. 46 gold, 37 silver and 38 bronze.
5. The Cal Condors return their leading rusher from 2015 Andrew Reyes: 914-yards and nine touchdowns.
6. Bill Parcells and Carl Yastrzemski share a birthday today. Parcells number 75 and Yastrzemski 77.
7. The Alhambra Moors’ Sheehan Ramirez 2015 numbers: 67 tackles, four sacks, two fumble recoveries and an interception.
8. On this day in 1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out Ricky Henderson for his 5,000th career strikeout.
9. Although he is first in carries and second in rushing yards in the preseason, the unofficial Browns depth chart shows Terrell Watson fourth in advance of Friday’s game against Tampa Bay.
10. “I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That’s how I treated my career. I didn’t think I was anybody special, anybody different.” Carl Yastrzemski
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