
(‘”The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
- The Dodgers 3-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday night was their fifth straight defeat.
- The Phoenix Suns signed Devin Booker to a two-year, $150 million extension that will keep him with the franchise until 2030.
- The Clippers, The Utah Jazz and the Miami Heat have agreed to a trade that sends Norman Powell to Miami, John Collins to Los Angeles, and Kevin Love, Kyle Anderson and a 2027 Clippers second-round pick to the Jazz.
- Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins said he felt misled in an episode of the Netflix series “Quarterback” after the Falcons drafted quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the number 8 pick in the 2024 NFL draft. He said he might have re-signed with the Minnesota Vikings last offseason if he had known Atlanta would draft a quarterback in the first round.
- The Orlando Magic signed Paolo Banchero to a five-year, $239 million maximum rookie contract extension.
- The Indiana Pacers confirmed that star point guard Tyrese Haliburton will miss the entire season next year to recover from surgery on a torn right Achilles tendon.
- Charter Oak will compete in the Ocean View Passing Tournament Saturday.
- Dodgers’ pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been replaced on the NL All-Star roster by Cincinnati Reds pitcher Andrew Abbott.
- Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis underwent a procedure to repair a detached retina that he suffered during the season.
- On this day in 1968 Wilt Chamberlain became the first reigning NBA MVP to be traded the next season when the Philadelphia 76ers dealt him to the Lakers.
I don’t think it will affect the already miserly stipends given to coaches (especially football)
Not to bring up politics, but this particular politics can have a significant impact on local high school football in the future. With Trump’s new “Big Beautiful Bill” being passed, billions of federal $ will be withheld from public schools throughout the country. This means schools will have to cut somewhere. And we all know it won’t be in teacher/admin salaries, class computers, or science labs.