Thursday’s 6-pack:
Week 1 NFL spreads:
— Texans (-2, 48.5) @ Indianapolis
— Raiders @ LA Chargers (-3.5, 43.5)
— Broncos @ Seattle (-5, 42.5)
— Commanders @ Tampa Bay (-4, 41.5)
— Cowboys @ Cleveland (-1.5, 43.5)
— Jets @ San Francisco (-5.5, 45.5)
Quote of the Day
“I’ve been a big fan of Derrick’s, obviously. He just won a championship. One of the many things that I really love about Derrick (White), and particularly with his team, is I don’t feel like his role changes much with our team from what he does with the Celtics.”
Team USA executive director Grant Hill, about adding Derrick White to Team USA
Thursday’s quiz
Who is the only defensive player in NFL history to record two safeties in a game?
(Hint: After his playing days, he became an actor)
Wednesday’s quiz
Giants’ QB Daniel Jones played his college football at Duke.
Tuesday’s quiz
In the popular movie A Few Good Men, Kevin Bacon played the losing lawyer in the final courtroom scene.
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Canada led 21-14 after the first quarter.
Americans led 41-33 at halftime.
Team USA has four more exhibition games before the Olympics.
If you care about such things, Team USA was a 15-point favorite; Canada got the backdoor cover on a hoop with 0:16 left.
— NBA has agreed to terms on its new media deals, 11-year agreements worth $76B, that Billion, with a B. Basketball is very popular, as the full house in Las Vegas for the Olympic exhibition game points out.
Only thing that remains to be seem is if TNT will keep its part of the NBA package, which they’ve had for the last 40 years.
— Purdue C Zach Edey had 14 points, 15 rebounds in his first summer league game for Memphis; it was against other rookies obviously, but it is still a promising sign.
— Bronny James scored 3 points, had 3 assists, 5 rebounds in his second summer league game; he was 2-9 from the floor in his first summer game. Lakers were +8 with Bronny on the court in Wednesday’s game.
— Detroit Pistons/Cade Cunningham agreed on a 5-year, $224M deal; Cunningham has scored 20 ppg for Detroit in his first three seasons, during which time the Pistons were 54-192.
— Dodgers put P Tyler Glasnow on the IL with lower back tightness; Glasnow is 8-5, 3.47 in his first season with the Dodgers, throwing 109 innings.
Last year’s 125 IP with Tampa Bay is the most innings Glasnow has ever thrown in a season.
— Under was 9-8 in Wednesday’s baseball games, after over was 14-5-1 in games on Monday, Tuesday.
— Famous birthdays, July 11th:
Clem Haskins, 81
Bruce McGill, 74
Sela Ward, 68
Jeff Kemp, 65
Lisa Rinna, 61
Rod Strickland, 58
Andre Johnson, 43
Joey Bosa, 29
Justin Steele, 29
— Royals 6-8, Cardinals 4-5
Salvador Perez homered in both games for Kansas City.
Royals are 51-43; they won 56 games all of last season.
— Cubs 4, Orioles 0
Shota Imanaga threw six innings, got his 8th win.
Christopher Morel homered for Chicago.
— A’s 5, Red Sox 2
Lawrence Butler had two hits, knocked in two runs on his 24th birthday.
JP Sears got 17 outs on 114 pitches, giving up only one run.
— Rockies 6, Reds 5
Sam Hilliard homered twice for Colorado.
Rockies ended an 8-game losing skid against the Reds.
— Twins 1-3, White Sox 3-2
Two games, a total of nine runs scored.
White Sox are 1-9 against Minnesota this season.
— Tigers 5, Guardians 4
Detroit P Reese Olson is 3-0, 2.40 in his last five starts.
Tanner Bibee is 0-3, 6.98 in four starts against the Tigers.
— Mariners 2, Padres 0
Bryce Miller tossed six shutout IP, giving up 5 hits.
San Diego has lost four games in a row.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Phillies, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Braves, Cardinals, Padres
AL: Orioles, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York, Twins, Red Sox
Week 1 NFL spreads:
— Texans (-2, 48.5) @ Indianapolis
— Raiders @ LA Chargers (-3.5, 43.5)
— Broncos @ Seattle (-5, 42.5)
— Commanders @ Tampa Bay (-4, 41.5)
— Cowboys @ Cleveland (-1.5, 43.5)
— Jets @ San Francisco (-5.5, 45.5)
Quote of the Day
“I’ve been a big fan of Derrick’s, obviously. He just won a championship. One of the many things that I really love about Derrick (White), and particularly with his team, is I don’t feel like his role changes much with our team from what he does with the Celtics.”
Team USA executive director Grant Hill, about adding Derrick White to Team USA
Thursday’s quiz
Who is the only defensive player in NFL history to record two safeties in a game?
(Hint: After his playing days, he became an actor)
Wednesday’s quiz
Giants’ QB Daniel Jones played his college football at Duke.
Tuesday’s quiz
In the popular movie A Few Good Men, Kevin Bacon played the losing lawyer in the final courtroom scene.
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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud…….
— Team USA 86, Team Canada 72Canada led 21-14 after the first quarter.
Americans led 41-33 at halftime.
Team USA has four more exhibition games before the Olympics.
If you care about such things, Team USA was a 15-point favorite; Canada got the backdoor cover on a hoop with 0:16 left.
— NBA has agreed to terms on its new media deals, 11-year agreements worth $76B, that Billion, with a B. Basketball is very popular, as the full house in Las Vegas for the Olympic exhibition game points out.
Only thing that remains to be seem is if TNT will keep its part of the NBA package, which they’ve had for the last 40 years.
— Purdue C Zach Edey had 14 points, 15 rebounds in his first summer league game for Memphis; it was against other rookies obviously, but it is still a promising sign.
— Bronny James scored 3 points, had 3 assists, 5 rebounds in his second summer league game; he was 2-9 from the floor in his first summer game. Lakers were +8 with Bronny on the court in Wednesday’s game.
— Detroit Pistons/Cade Cunningham agreed on a 5-year, $224M deal; Cunningham has scored 20 ppg for Detroit in his first three seasons, during which time the Pistons were 54-192.
— Dodgers put P Tyler Glasnow on the IL with lower back tightness; Glasnow is 8-5, 3.47 in his first season with the Dodgers, throwing 109 innings.
Last year’s 125 IP with Tampa Bay is the most innings Glasnow has ever thrown in a season.
— Under was 9-8 in Wednesday’s baseball games, after over was 14-5-1 in games on Monday, Tuesday.
— Famous birthdays, July 11th:
Clem Haskins, 81
Bruce McGill, 74
Sela Ward, 68
Jeff Kemp, 65
Lisa Rinna, 61
Rod Strickland, 58
Andre Johnson, 43
Joey Bosa, 29
Justin Steele, 29
— Royals 6-8, Cardinals 4-5
Salvador Perez homered in both games for Kansas City.
Royals are 51-43; they won 56 games all of last season.
— Cubs 4, Orioles 0
Shota Imanaga threw six innings, got his 8th win.
Christopher Morel homered for Chicago.
— A’s 5, Red Sox 2
Lawrence Butler had two hits, knocked in two runs on his 24th birthday.
JP Sears got 17 outs on 114 pitches, giving up only one run.
— Rockies 6, Reds 5
Sam Hilliard homered twice for Colorado.
Rockies ended an 8-game losing skid against the Reds.
— Twins 1-3, White Sox 3-2
Two games, a total of nine runs scored.
White Sox are 1-9 against Minnesota this season.
— Tigers 5, Guardians 4
Detroit P Reese Olson is 3-0, 2.40 in his last five starts.
Tanner Bibee is 0-3, 6.98 in four starts against the Tigers.
— Mariners 2, Padres 0
Bryce Miller tossed six shutout IP, giving up 5 hits.
San Diego has lost four games in a row.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Phillies, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Braves, Cardinals, Padres
AL: Orioles, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York, Twins, Red Sox