(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
- The Denver Broncos fired head coach Nathaniel Hackett Monday after 15 games.
- The Pittsburgh Pirates signed left-hander Rich Hill, 42, to a one-year, $8 million deal.
- Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman J.J. Watt announced Tuesday morning that he will retire after this season, his 12th in the NFL.
- Hall of Famer Ed Reed, a nine-time Pro Bowl selection with the Baltimore Ravens, has been hired to become the next head football coach at Bethune-Cookman.
- The Texas Rangers signed pitcher Nathan Eovaldi to a two-year, $34 million deal.
- AP College Basketball Top 5: 1. Purdue 2. UConn 3. Houston 4. Kansas 5. Arizona.
- The Chargers beat the Indianapolis Colts 20-3 on Monday Night Football to clinch an AFC playoff berth.
- Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has entered the NFL’s concussion protocol for the second time this season.
- Village Christian has hired former Pasadena WR coach Reggie Williams as offensive coordinator.
- “Over the weekend we lost a coach, who mentored many people within our community. More importantly we lost a friend, a John Muir Legend. The program cannot thank Coach Shell enough for the unmatched love and support he gave our community. Coach Shell was at every game, every practice, and he will continue to be at every game and practice in our hearts. Gone but never forgotten. During these times we ask you keep his family in your thoughts. Rest easy. A real Stang.” – “Muir High School Football” on Twitter.
If I had been a southpaw. I could still be getting big league bucks to pitch even at 73.
The most interesting thing about the college bowl games is no longer who is playing but it is who is not playing. All the teams playing are missing their best 3 players and most teams are missing as many as 14 starters. Guys are playing that have never seen the field in two seasons and can’t find their helmets. I don’t understand NIL money and all the ins and outs of it but……..guys get money from colleges and commercial contracts then when the big games hit they can opt out? In the Sugar Bowl Bryce Young and Martinez the QB”s for Alabama and Kansas are expected to play only a few snaps at the start. Vegas odds makers must be going nuts. Thank goodness for T-ball. Sports at its purest …..at least for awhile.
N.I.L. cash is flipping college, high school and yes elementary school sports on their heads. It is quickly creating a one percenters system. The haves are the one percent that get cash before they even take the stage and the have nots are all the rest of the athletes that never get a shot because they don’t pass the eye test or do not have agents. I would estimate every D1 socal football player and basketball player is working forward to an NIL check years before high school graduation.
I remember seeing coach at all the Pasadena Panthers games when I was coaching JAA.
Wouldn’t it be wild to see the Chargers win a Super Bowl in the year directly after the Rams’ title? How would that be for a crazy type of back-to-back?