
(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
- All four MLB Wildcard series ended in two-game sweeps.
- The MLB Division series are set: NLDS: Dodgers vs. Arizona, Atlanta vs Philadelphia; ALDS: Houston vs. Minnesota, Baltimore vs. Texas. Series are best of five.
- Former Chicago Bears linebacker/ Hall of Famer Dick Butkus passed away at the age of 80 the Bears announced Thursday.
- The Bears beat the Washington Commanders 40-20 on Thursday Night Football.
- New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler resigned Thursday.
- Former Northwestern head football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school for wrongful termination.
- The San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles, both 4-0, are the only undefeated teams left in the NFL.
- Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco, Sunday night, 5:20 p.m. NBC.
- The National Hockey League opens the 2023-’24 season Tuesday October 10.
- I’m not so mean. I wouldn’t ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately – unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something. ~ Dick Butkus.
Great and hilarious DB quote. RIP #51