{"id":57867,"date":"2017-03-22T05:30:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T12:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=57867"},"modified":"2017-03-21T23:47:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T06:47:58","slug":"the-ten-3222017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=57867","title":{"rendered":"The TEN: 3\/22\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>

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

(“The TEN” is not a top ten\u00a0but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”) <\/p>\n

1. UCLA’s Sweet Sixteen appearance\u00a0is the third\u00a0in four years for the Bruins under Steve Alford.<\/p>\n

2. Former San Francisco 49ers’ wide receiver Dwight Clark announced that he has Lou Gehrig’s disease and suspects that playing\u00a0football may have caused\u00a0it.<\/p>\n

3. Former Temple City\u00a0star\u00a0forward\/center Rico Harris, who was once considered an NBA prospect and received a scholarship to play for\u00a0Arizona State in 1995,\u00a0drove away from his mother’s Alhambra\u00a0home\u00a0on\u00a0October 10, 2014 and hasn’t been heard from since.\u00a0He is still considered missing.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Hall of Fame running\u00a0back Gale Sayers\u00a0has been diagnosed with dementia. His\u00a0wife\u00a0Ardythe told the Kansas City Star that she blames his football career for the disease.\u00a0The former\u00a0Chicago Bars star, 73, played seven years in the NFL from\u00a01965 through\u00a01971.<\/p>\n

5. Tim Tebow will start the season with\u00a0the New York Mets’ Class A franchise\u00a0in Columbia, SC after spring training breaks.<\/p>\n

6. Barry Bonds returns to the\u00a0San Francisco Giants as a special\u00a0advisor the team announced.<\/p>\n

7. UCLA vs. Kentucky\u00a0– Sweet Sixteen matchup Friday in Memphis, 6:40 p.m.<\/p>\n

8. USA\u00a0advances to\u00a0its first WBC title\u00a0game with a 2-1 win over Japan.\u00a0USA vs. Puerto Rico today 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

9. The Clippers rout the Lakers\u00a0133-109\u00a0Tuesday night at Staples Center.<\/p>\n

10. Sportscaster Bob Costas turns 65 today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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