(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
- The Jacksonville Jaguars named Urban Meyer as their new head coach Thursday.
- The Houston Rockets traded James Harden to the Brooklyn Nets as part of a three-team deal that also involved the Cleveland Cavaliers.
- Alabama is finalizing a deal with former Houston Texans HC Bill O’Brien to be its next offensive coordinator.
- Saturday: Rams at Green Bay, 1:35 p.m. FOX; Baltimore at Buffalo, 5:15 p.m. NBC. Sunday: Cleveland at Kansas City, 12:05 p.m. CBS; Tampa Bay at New Orleans 3:40 p.m. FOX.
- Rams quarterback John Wolford has been ruled out for Saturday with a neck injury. Jared Goff will start against the Packers.
- Former Dodgers reliever Pedro Baez signed a two-year contract with the Houston Astros.
- A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA 9 baseball card sold for $5.2 million, which is the highest selling sports card of all time.
- The New York Jets hired San Francisco 49ers DC Robert Saleh to be their next head coach.
- On this day in 1967 the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in Super Bowl I at the Coliseum in Los Angeles. Green Bay quarterback Bart Starr was named MVP.
- New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees turns 42 today.
When most quarter backs have long since moved to the broadcast both, 2 freaks of nature, Brees 42 and Brady 43 will duke it out Sunday. That gives us old guys inspiration. Don’t really care who wins but I did name my dog Brady 8 years ago. Spine or not you have to be impressed with his longevity Tank.
Brees turns 42. Wow, amazing how he got through another season without a spine.