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The TEN

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

1—“We anticipate it to be much greater next year because of the job our players did this past season.”—Michigan HC Dustin May when asked what it will cost to run his basketball program next season. The 2025-2026 roster cost Ann Arbor 10-Rocks, but won a national title.

2—Boston, leading 3-2, goes to Philadelphia tonight for Game Six of its first round playoff. Cheapest seat at Xfinity Mobile Arena runs $80. To sit at floor level, $1,266.

3—Detroit’s Cade Cunningham scored 45 points as the Pistons beat the Orlando Magic, 116-109, to force Game Six. 

4—The NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL have contracts with: Caesars Sportsbook, Fan Duel, Draft Kings, EPSN BET, BetMGM, theScore Bet. Seven leading sports books have a combined 87 sponsorships with teams in these leagues (2025 Data).

5—Dodger first baseman Freddie Freeman is batting .259 with 3 home runs, and 15 RBIs. His OBP is .328, but for his career it is .385. He turns 37 this September and under contract through 2027.

6—Former San Gabriel/Maranatha HC Jude Oliva turns 45 today.

7—The Los Angeles Angels lost their sixth consecutive game against the Chicago White Sox last night. The Halos are 5 games back of the West Sacramento Athletics in the American League West.

8—“Best high school game I ever watched was the La Serna vs. Norwalk championship game from 2013, it had everything you would expect! Just a great football game!”—MVS commenter “Best Game”

9—Sports Section in a newspaper or sports info app on your phone?

10—“If all I’m remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I’ve done a bad job with the rest of my life.” Isiah Thomas, who turns 65 today.