The TEN: 7/8/2024

(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)

  1. The Dodgers lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 9-2 Sunday but won two out of three in the series. 
  2. Bronny James scored four points on 2 of 9 shooting in his Summer Legue debut Saturday as the Lakers lost to the Sacramento Kings 108-94. 
  3. The Kings acquired free agent guard DeMar DeRozan on a three-year, $74 million sign and trade deal Saturday.
  4. Will Smith became the fourth catcher in Dodger history to hit three home runs in a game in an 8-5 win over Milwaukee Friday night. The other three are Roy Campanella, Mike Piazza and Yasmani Grandal. 
  5. Giannis Antetokounmpo is heading to the Olympics for the first time after he scored 23 points to lead Greece to an 80-69 win over Croatia on Sunday. With the win the Greece Men’s basketball team qualified for the Paris Games. 
  6. Former Pasadena standout guard Darius Brown II, who went on to play at Utah State, is on the Cleveland Cavaliers Summer League roster. 
  7. Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson and two former college football players were killed in a car crash early Saturday morning in Maryland. Jackson was selected by the Vikings in the fourth round of this year’s draft. 
  8. Former Monrovia receiver Jaylen Moore, who played at Westlake last season, will play his senior season at Miami Edison High School. 
  9. Six Dodgers made the All-Star Team: Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Will Smith, Teoscar Hernandez. 
  10.  Former Las Vegas Raiders Coach Jon Gruden lost a bid for the Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider whether a contract interference and conspiracy lawsuit he filed against the NFL after he resigned should be heard in court or in private arbitration.

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