{"id":97905,"date":"2026-08-20T09:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=97905"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:08:58","slug":"the-ten-8-20-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=97905","title":{"rendered":"The TEN: 8\/20\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_81160\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81160\" class=\"size-full wp-image-81160\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/THE-TEN-NEW-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/THE-TEN-NEW-.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/THE-TEN-NEW--400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/THE-TEN-NEW--70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/THE-TEN-NEW--768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/THE-TEN-NEW--150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The TEN<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(&#8220;The TEN&#8221; is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in &#8220;The TEN&#8221;)<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1\u2014 Prep Football Zero Week Tonight: Glendora at San Dimas\u2026Los Altos at Diamond Ranch\u2026<\/p>\n<p>2\u2014\u201cStates directing taxpayer dollars to college sports programs \u2014 With universities competing to pay athletes millions under new NIL\/revenue-sharing rules and many athletic departments running deficits, several states (including North Carolina via sports betting taxes, Wisconsin, Louisiana, and Connecticut) are providing public funding for facilities, admin costs, or related support. Analysts view this as an emerging trend that could pressure more legislatures.\u201d\u2014Via Yahoo Sports<\/p>\n<p>3\u2014\u201c#4\u2026Diaz injury caused by head spinning around watching base hits flying all around the yard.\u201d\u2014MVS commenter, \u201cJust the facts\u201d on Dodger closer Edwin Diaz returning to the injured list.<\/p>\n<p>4\u2014In a deal involving the Cleveland Cavaliers and Denver Nuggets, the Los Angeles Clippers acquire small forward Max Strus from the Cavs. Strus is 30.<\/p>\n<p>5\u2014Northview Vikings legend, sportswriter Steve Ramirez, Class of \u201979, celebrates his birthday today.<\/p>\n<p>6\u2014Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski in 23 starts, has pitched 139 innings, and fanned 210 while walking just 31. ERA: 1.75\u2026WHIP: 0.75. His fastball has topped out at 105.5 mph\u20146\/26\/2026.<\/p>\n<p>7\u2014On this day in 1991 Miami Dolphin Dan Marino became the highest played NFL player signing a 5-year extension worth $25 Million.<\/p>\n<p>8\u2014Sixteen football players, several who signed with NFL teams and participated in training camps earlier this month were granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday to return to college for one more season. Three of the players are currently listed on NFL rosters for the Browns, Cardinals and Seahawks, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>9\u2014WNBA guard, Olivia Miles.<\/p>\n<p>10\u2014 \u201cMy parents would always say, \u2018It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you want to be treated\u2019.\u201d\u2014Dan Marino<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(&#8220;The TEN&#8221; is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in &#8220;The TEN&#8221;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10s"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97906,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97905\/revisions\/97906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}