{"id":46002,"date":"2014-12-29T09:45:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T16:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=46002"},"modified":"2014-12-29T12:14:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T19:14:20","slug":"the-ten-12292014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=46002","title":{"rendered":"The Ten: 12\/29\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>

The Ten<\/p><\/div>\n

(\u201cThe Ten\u201d is not a top ten, but ten items worth being included in The TEN)<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 The IRS will be auctioning off the remaining annuity (approximately 1.28 million) from the deferred compensation Darryl Strawberry agreed to when he signed a six-year contract with the Mets almost 30 years ago. Minimum bid will be $550,000 roughly the amount Strawberry owes in back taxes he failed to pay from 1987 to 1990.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Jim Harbaugh expected to be named the next head coach at Michigan today.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 The APU Cougars will look to push their PacWest record to 6-0 Saturday at home against Holy Names University.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Wayne Gretzky was named the AP Athlete of the Decade on this day in 1989.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Rex Ryan, Mike Smith and Marc Trestmant are canned by the Jets, Falcons and Bears respectively.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton shares a birthday today with the late great Green Bay Packer linebacker Ray Nitschke.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 The Covina Colts take on Burroughs Ridgecrest today at 2:30 at Covina High School in the Covina Christmas Tournament.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 On this day in 1965 CBS purchases NFL TV rights for the 1966-68 seasons at 18.8 million per year.<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 Former Dodger and Yankee pitcher Hiroki Kuroda to return to Japan to pitch for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. Kuroda will turn 40 in February.<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0 “That’s what you work all season for. To get into the playoff games and you don’t want to blow it.” Ray Nitschke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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