The TEN
(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
1—Shohei Ohtani goes five scoreless innings, and homers, in Dodgers 4-0 win over the Padres on Wednesday night.
2—When Caleb [Williams] made the choice to come to SC, we got destroyed over that. Now, 30 guys from Iowa State go to Penn State, nobody gives a blank. However many guys from James Madison to Indiana, nobody cares. It’s interesting how much of that has changed.”—USC HC Lincoln Riley
3—ESPN’s Mina Kimes Top 10 QB List places the Rams Matthew Stafford at #10 behind: Lamar Jackson, Drake Maye, Dak Prescott, Jordan Love, and Caleb Williams.
4—“Do you think that a mechanic from Canada or a beer salesman from Switzerland or a shoe repairman from France will be able to cover our NFLer on a 9 route?!” – Chris Fore on Twitter (X) on NFL players playing on the USA Flag Football League team in the 2028 Olympics.
5—On this date in 1969 Henry Aaron, after 9,015 at bats, is lifted for a pinch hitter for the first time as Mike Lum hits for him and doubles in a 15-3 Braves victory over the Mets.
6—“@Jimbo,
Agreed. I come here for sports in the Mid Valley; not political commentary. I go to political pages for that stuff, not ones that cater to HS football. If it gets a little sideways sometimes it’s to be expected, but since Joe T’s come around there’s more of it.”—MVS commenter, FBFan
7—Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the San Antonio Spurs, 122-113, to even the NBA’s Western Conference Finals series at 1-1. Isaiah Hartenstein scored 10 points and grabbed 13 boards (8 offensive) for OKC.
8—“I’m a baseball player, I’m not a theorist. You got something for me?”—San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado answering a reporter (Marty Caswell) on his struggles at the plate.
9—Philadelphia Eagles edge-rusher Nolan Smith Jr. was arrested Friday on charges of speeding and reckless driving in Georgia. Smith was clocked at 135 mph in a 70 mph zone on Interstate 16 in Twiggs County, Georgia.
10—“Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.”–Henry Aaron.
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So start your own blog! Call it Politics Sports & Christ Trump. But can’t you let us spineless people enjoy conversation about our local high school football teams?
2) Lincoln Riley whines more than he wins
#7 – I am pretty sure OKC did not win by 109 points last night.
#11 – SPHS Head Basketball Coach Ernest Baskerville resigned yesterday after 7 years.
From T. Peterson: 122-113. Looks like 9 to me.
In case nobody’s noticed, politics permeates every sphere of human activity, including sports. When the state of California starts passing legislation to make football a kinder, gentler thing, that’s politics. When the Feds look the other way while the NFL enjoys a monopoly, in violation of the anti-trust laws, that’s politics. When a prominent sports figure endorses a candidate or piece of legislation, you guess it, that’s politics.
So what some readers expect is that we all remain spineless and just take whatever the media and government lay on us, even when it directly affects SPORTS, in the name of some type of athletic purity, as if the games are not at all being influenced by politics. I’d say that silence from those type of lambs is a disservice to sports, because in many cases, politics is being allowed to undermine the games we love.