{"id":97760,"date":"2026-08-11T08:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=97760"},"modified":"2026-08-11T08:52:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:52:38","slug":"the-ten8-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=97760","title":{"rendered":"The TEN:8\/11\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The TEN<\/p><\/div>\n

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

1\u2014Christmas Day Schedule:
\nNBA\u2014 Spurs @ Knicks, Heat @ Celtics & 76ers @ Lakers.
\nNFL\u2014Packers @ Bears, Bills @ Broncos & Rams @ Seahawks.<\/p>\n

2\u2014\u201cHumility is only a day away in this league.\u201d\u2014Los Angeles Rams HC Sean McVay<\/p>\n

3\u2014On this day in 1929 Babe Ruth becomes the first to hit 500 home runs.<\/p>\n

4\u2014In her first game since the incident with Sophie Cunningham, Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington scores 26 and grabs six boards in a 97-88 loss to the Seattle Storm on Monday night.<\/p>\n

5\u2014\u201cRight now the Angels need to win 18 more games before the season ends to keep that they are the only franchise not to lose 100 games intact.\u201d\u2014MVS commenter, \u201cSomeone Who Knows.\u201d<\/p>\n

6\u2014The Tampa Bay Rays used an eight run eighth inning to defeat the (Las Vegas) Athletics, 10-6, on Monday night. The Rays have won seven in a row. They now lead the American League East by six games.<\/p>\n

7\u2014\u201cHappy to see NFL football again. I feel like a drowning man being rescued in a sea of garbage sports offerings.\u201d\u2014MVS commenter, \u201cPleased as Punch.\u201d<\/p>\n

8\u2014Former Raiders QB Derek Carr joins UCLA staff as a \u201cspecial adviser\u201d to head coach Bob Chesney, working with quarterbacks and helping with game-planning.<\/p>\n

9\u2014The Los Angeles Chargers open their 2026 preseason this Thursday, August 13, against the Texans in Houston.<\/p>\n

10\u2014\u201cI only had one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.\u201d\u2014Babe Ruth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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