(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”
- Shohei Ohtani hit a walk off home run to give the Dodgers a 6-5 win over the Atlanta Braves Wednesday night for their eighth straight victory to open the season. The Braves dropped to 0-7.
- The Dallas Cowboys acquired quarterback Joe Milton III and a 2025 seventh-round draft pick from the New England Patriots for a 2025 fifth-round pick.
- Alta Loma High School has officially changed its name from the Braves to the Lions. They are finishing up spring sports as Braves and May 23rd will be the official start for the Alta Loma Lions.
- The Arizona Cardinals made Trey McBride the highest paid tight end in the NFL with a four-year extension worth $76 million.
- The Las Vegas Raiders signed quarterback Geno Smith to a two-year, $75 million extension.
- “Here is the stupid thing. It’s going to cost Alta Loma a couple million to re brand their whole school. Where does that money come from?” – James Brock on Twitter (X).
- “I like Bruins if we had to change but BraveHearts is nice also.” – Baldwin Park Braves head football coach Robert Maxie on Titter (X).
- The Arizona Diamondbacks signed All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte to a six-year, $116.5 million contract extension.
- The San Diego Padres signed All-Star outfielder Jackson Merrill to a nine-year, $135 million extension.
- NCAA Men’s Final Four – Saturday April 5, San Antonio: Auburn vs. Florida 3:09 PM, CBS; Duke vs. Houston 5:49 PM, CBS.
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I recall the Arizona high school that used “The fighting Whites” descriptor and a guy outfitted in The Gap clothes and a briefcase as its mascot. The folks in Sedona and Scotsdale pitched a fit.
Alta Loma is trying to avoid offending native Americans here, but what about the touchy psyches of Lions? Isn’t the new name offensive to that species? How can we know? Better to just rename themselves the Wokes and be done with it.