{"id":51893,"date":"2016-02-18T05:30:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T12:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=51893"},"modified":"2016-02-18T08:57:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T15:57:02","slug":"the-ten-2182016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=51893","title":{"rendered":"The TEN: 2\/18\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=51887\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51887\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51887\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/THE-TEN-NEW--e1455684777760.jpg\" alt=\"THE TEN (NEW)\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a>(\u201cThe TEN\u201d is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in \u201cThe TEN\u201d)<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1. The Denver Broncos hire Klint Kubiak, son of HC Gary Kubiak, as an offensive asssitant who will work with the quarterbacks.<\/p>\n<p>2. The Detroit Lions release running back Joique Bell.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u201cIt&#8217;s not about State Championships. It&#8217;s about these kids getting an opportunity to get a college degree. Seeing kids go on to the next level is\u00a0more important than State Championships.\u201d &#8211; La Mirada HC Mike Moschetti.<\/p>\n<p>4. USC erases a 15 point deficit to beat\u00a0Colorado 79-72. With the victory, the Trojans improve to 15-0 at Galen Center.<\/p>\n<p>5. Gabrielino beats South Pasadena 62-50 to advance to the second round of the Division 3A playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>6. On this day in 1944 the Cincinnati Reds sign the youngest player ever \u2013 15 year old Joe Nuxall.<\/p>\n<p>7. Happy Birthday to former Dodger great Manny Mota who turns 78 today.<\/p>\n<p>8. \u201cWhat do you mean \u201cmade the playoffs ?\u201d &#8211; MVS Commenter \u201cSemper Titanious\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>9. Nike cuts ties with boxer Manny Pacquiao after derogatory comments regarding same-sex couples.<\/p>\n<p>10. \u201cWhen I stood up there as a pinch hitter, I honestly believed I was the best hitter in the game. That&#8217;s the only attitude to have.\u201d &#8211; Manny Mota.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50812\" style=\"width: 331px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tangent-Dreams-School-Football-Novel-ebook\/dp\/B01ABCBLH2\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1455807541&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=tangent+dreams\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50812\" class=\" wp-image-50812\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/tangentdreams_jpg-594x768.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Joe has captured the essence of the high school football experience. You don't have to have played or coached to be instantly engaged in the story and identify with the characters. A great read!...Lots of laughs and memories from what high school football is like on the inside.\u201d---Mike Mooney \u201cA very accurate account of high school football.\u201d---Jon Dimalante \u201cF-bombing Papa Joe, has written something truly great here...He\u2019s done a great job capturing the moments in the life of a high school football player both big and small from a unique angle.\u201d---Josh Ouellette \u201cTANGENT DREAMS: A High School Football Novel&quot; by Joe Torosian is NOW available through Amazon.com (Cover by Pat Cherry www.blackheartart.com)\" width=\"321\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Joe Torosian&#8217;s novel about San Gabriel Valley football is available through Amazon.com<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(\u201cThe TEN\u201d is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in \u201cThe TEN\u201d)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10s"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51893"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51916,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51893\/revisions\/51916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}