The TEN
(“The Ten” is not a top ten, but ten items worth being included in The TEN)
1. La Canada Winter’s Ball officially kicked off last night.
2. Army defeats North Texas in overtime of Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas bowl.
3. Three more bowl games still to come.
4. Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Arrogate is confirmed to run in the San Pasqual stakes on New Year’s Day in preparation for $12 million Pegasus Handicap.
5. Former US Soccer National Team head coach Bob Bradley was sacked as Swansea City manager. He was the first American manager in British soccer leagues.
6. Clippers lose third straight after playing five games in seven nights.
7. Rex Ryan fired as head coach of Buffalo Bills. The Bills are now 17 straight seasons in not making the playoffs.
8. On this day in 1967, Red Holzman was named head coach of the Knicks.
9. Santa Anita opened on Monday to an announced crowd of 46,000.
10. “They DQ’d a $1 million colt owned by the sheikh and trained by Baffert. I think I’m gonna like the Trump administration.” – @aramtolegian after Dabster was disqualified in the 2nd race at Santa Anita on Opening Day.
#10: What are you implying? That Santa Anita doesn’t want Arab sheckels anymore? Or hates sheiks or did Trump call up Santa Anita and have the horse Dq’d? Is Baffert a secret Arab or what?