The TEN: 8/16/2024

(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)

  1. Barry Bacon has stepped down as the head baseball coach at Pasadena and will be replaced by Chris Rucker. 
  2. La Puente is looking for a Week 0 opponent due to a last-minute cancellation. 
  3. Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy is out for the season after undergoing surgery Wednesday for a torn meniscus in his right knee. 
  4. After a 6-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers Thursday the Dodgers lead in the NL West has shrunk to two games. 
  5. New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge became the fastest player to hit 300 homeruns when he connected against the Chicago White Sox Wednesday night. 
  6. Ohio State named Kansas State transfer Will Howard as its starting quarterback for the 2024 season. 
  7. Miami transfer Tyler Van Dyke was named the starting quarterback at Wisconsin.   
  8. Brewers’ outfielder Christian Yelich will undergo season ending back injury on Friday. 
  9. Former Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has been hired as the new coach of the U.S. Men’s National team.
  10. Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh said he wants to hire Colin Kaepernick to join his coaching staff. 

5 Comments to "The TEN: 8/16/2024"

  1. Anonymous's Gravatar Anonymous
    August 17, 2024 - 3:45 pm | Permalink

    @truth how did the teams look?

  2. ?'s Gravatar ?
    August 16, 2024 - 8:26 pm | Permalink

    LP: Check on cal preps 2023. There is a team that scored 0 points the entire season from L.A. section. Perfect, a 0 for O week.

  3. August 16, 2024 - 1:01 pm | Permalink

    #10
    He must have been misquoted, or he was joking. Like the Chargers haven’t had enough bad karma.

  4. New World's Gravatar New World
    August 16, 2024 - 9:55 am | Permalink

    2) That’s what you get for scheduling Sotomayor! They didn’t want to play anybody , and ultimately that’s what is happening . Contreras on deck for week 1 game . They already have Workman on schedule . Wow , talk about cherry picking!

  5. Truth's Gravatar Truth
    August 16, 2024 - 6:14 am | Permalink

    Walnut, Schurr, El Monte and Garfield scrimmaged yesterday at Schurr. Good stuff 👍

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