(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
1. The Washington Commanders beat the New York Giants 24-21 on Thursday Night Football. The Commanders improved to 3-5-1 while the Giants dropped to 5-3-1.
2. Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong was named the winner of NL MVP award Thursday. Houston Astros outfielder/ DH Yordan Alavarez won the AL MVP.
3. The Houston Astros hired Brad Ausmus as their new manager. Ausmus previously managed the Angels in 2019 and the Detroit Tigers from 2014 to 2017.
4. The Atlanta Braves signed reliever Evan Phillips to a three-year, $35 million deal. Phillips appeared in 31 games for the Dodgers last season, and went 3-2 with a 3.46 ERA with 33 strikeouts in 26 innings.
5. Late Wednesday night the Denver Broncos announced that the trade that brought them linebacker Daiyan Henley from the Chargers for two draft picks would not be finalized. Reportedly the Broncos discovered issues with one of Henley’s knees when he had his physical.
6. Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry will be out at least two weeks with an oblique abdominal tear.
7. Chicago Bulls rookie Caleb Wilson will have surgery on his fractured right hand and is expected to miss four to six weeks.
8. “Our job is to continue to fight this year. But also have a team that we feel that we can go out there and be successful in the future, too. And so to sit here and say, ‘Oh, we’re having a bad year. We should get rid of anybody,’ that just doesn’t seem like a smart way to build for the future as well. So you got to look at it this year and in the future.” – Chargers GM Joe Hortiz.
9. Longtime NBC sports broadcaster Dan Hicks passed away at the age of 64 following an acute illness, his wife, ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm, announced Thursday.
10. On this day in 1974 Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey was named the winner of the National League MVP.
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