— DH/OF Kyle Schwarber re-signed with the Phillies, getting a contract worth $150M over five years. 32-year old Schwarber hit 187 home runs for the Phillies the last four years- he hit 56 HR’s last year, knocked in 132 runs.
— Los Angeles Dodgers signed closer Edwin Diaz, giving him $69M for the next three years. Diaz will be 31 in March; he had 28 saves for the Mets last year.
— Chicago White Sox won the #1 pick in the 2026 amateur draft, Tampa Bay got the #2 pick. White Sox lost 121-102 games the last two years.
— 44-year old Philip Rivers has un-retired, signed with the Indianapolis Colts’ practice squad; Rivers coaches a high school team in Alabama. He hasn’t played since 2020.
Right now, Brett Rypien is the Colts’ only healthy QB; Riley Leonard is banged up, Daniel Jones is out for the year, Anthony Richardson is on IR.
— NFL divisional trends:
AFC East
12-6 ATS non-divisional underdog
AFC North
Home teams 5-2 ATS divisional games
13-24 ATS non-divisional games
7-15 ATS non-divisional underdog
AFC South
Home teams 5-3 ATS divisional games
14-7 ATS non-divisional underdog
AFC West
Home teams 5-1 ATS divisional games
1-9 ATS non-divisional road favorite
NFC East
Home teams 4-2 ATS divisional games
8-12 ATS non-divisional underdog
NFC North
Favorites 5-2 ATS divisional games
8-5 ATS non-divisional home favorite
NFC South
Home teams 1-4 ATS divisional games
3-7 ATS non-divisional favorites
NFC West
Home teams 1-6 ATS divisional games
22-12 ATS non-divisional games
Famous birthdays, December 10th:
Susan Dey, 73
Mark Aguirre, 66
Paul Assenmacher, 65
Luis Polonia, 62
Bryant Stith, 55
Will Myers, 35
Carlos Rodon, 33
Sheldon Neuse, 31
Nestor Cortes, 31
Joe Burrow, 29
— BYU 67, Clemson 64
Clemson led 44-22 early in the second half.
BYU frosh Dybantsa scored 28 points, had 9 rebounds, 6 assists.
BYU is 8-1 now; they’ve played schedule #11.
— Illinois 88, Ohio State 80
Illjni was 29-32 on foul line, scored 1.26 points/possession.
Buckeyes’ G Thornton scored 34 points, had six assists.
Illinois is 8-2, 3-2 vs top 100 opponents.
— Michigan 89, Villanova 61
Wolverines shot 66.7% inside arc, had 53-33 edge on boards.
Michigan led this game 53-23 at halftime.
Michigan is 9-0, with six top 100 wins (schedule #8)
— UConn 77, Florida 73
Huskies are 9-1, with four top 100 wins (schedule #44)
Gators out-rebounded UConn, 40-28.
Florida is 5-4, losing by 6-4-1-4 points.
— McNeese State 66, Rhode Island 64
6-1 G Archie scored 18 points in 24:00 off the bench.
Teams combined to shoot 11-39 on the arc.
McNeese is 8-2; last three years, they’re 66-13.
— San Jose State 89, Long Beach State 83 OT
Long Beach led by 9 with 2:57 left in regulation.
San Jose shot 61.8% inside the arc.
Long Beach slips to 2-9, 1-9 against Division I teams.
— USC 94, San Diego 81
Game was 38-38 at halftime.
USC shot 64.5% inside arc, 27-35 on the foul line.
Trojans are getting 25.7% of their points on foul line (#17 in country)
