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Tuesday’s 6-pack:
Highest-paid wide receivers:
$35M— Justin Jefferson, Minn
$34M— Cee Dee Lamb, Dal
$32M— AJ Brown, Phil
$30.002M— Amon-Ra St Brown, Det
$30M— Tyreek Hil, Mia
$28.3M— Jayden Waddle, Mia
Quote of the Day
“I never respond to guy that’s never won a championship. He didn’t win a college championship, I don’t know if he even won a high school championship.”
Magic Johnson, talking about Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards, who had dismissive things to say about NBA stars of the past.
Tuesday’s quiz
In the history of the New Jersey Jets, which QB threw the longest touchdown pass?
Monday’s quiz
Hall of Fame tennis player Billie Jean King was a judge in an episode of Law & Order.
Sunday’s quiz
Dave Stieb (1990) is the only Toronto Blue Jay to throw a no-hitter.
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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..
— Dallas Cowboys gave WR CeeDee Lamb a 4-year deal worth $136M, with $100M guaranteed, including a $38M signing bonus.
— Green Bay Packers upgraded at backup QB, acquiring Malik Willis from Tennessee, in exchange for a 7th round draft pick. Titans drafted Willis in the third round of the 2022 draft; he played in 11 games for Tennessee, starting three times (1-2) in 2022.
— Pittsburgh Pirates are switching Oneil Cruz from shortstop to center field; Cruz is hitting .265 this year with 18 home runs, but he’s also made 24 errors at shortstop.
— Should a designated hitter win the MVP? I know Shohei Ohtani has done amazing things, but with year, he never steps on the field, except to hit. Dodgers have other stars; Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, so Ohtani isn’t their only big name.
Seems like Mets SS Francisco Lindor would be an good choice for MVP; he plays every day, bats leadoff, plays shortstop. It is an interesting debate.
— Orioles acquired P Trevor Rogers from the Marlins at the trade deadline, for two prospects; Rogers then went 0-2, 7.11 in his first four starts for Baltimore, and they sent him down to AAA.
Makes me feel better when I screw something up with my fantasy team; guys who are getting around $1M a year make mistakes, too.
— New York Stock Exchange closed Monday at 41,241, the highest it has ever been, which is good news if you’ve invested in the market.
— Famous birthdays, August 27th:
GW Bailey, 80
Buddy Bell, 73
Diana Scarwid, 69
Mike Maddux, 63
Jim Thome, 54
Patrick Adams, 43
Darren McFadden, 37
Kevin Huerter, 26
Franz Wagner, 23
— Royals 4-9, Guardians 3-4
Kansas City sweeps a twinbill, moves within a game of first place.
Salvador Perez knocked in six runs in the nightcap.
— Mariners 5, Rays 1
Bryce Miller is 6-3, 2.14 in 14 home starts.
Bryce Miller is 4-4, 4.75 in 12 road starts.
Randy Arozarena homered against his old team.
— Phillies 3, Astros 2 (10)
Bryce Harper had the walk-off single for Philly.
Houston is 2-5 in its last seven games.
— Cubs 18, Pirates 8
Chicago had 21 hits, stole eight bases.
Cubs are 7-3 in their last ten games.
— Florida Gators have a freshman center from Canada named Olivier Rioux, who is a very tall young man; he is 7-foot-9.
— A’s have a pitcher Grant Holman who made his MLB debut August 17; so far he’s allowed a run in 3 IP, in four relief appearances.
On August 16, 2013, Holman threw an extra-inning no-hitter in the Little League World Series, the first one of those since 1979.
— Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lakob has listed his Malibu home for $44M; he bought the house five years ago, for $29.1M— the property taxes are $350,000 a year.
— UCLA’s football team will travel 22,048 miles this year; they have road games at both Hawai’i and Rutgers, which are 4,935 miles apart. Bruins will cross 26 time zones in their travels this season.