$6 million
Career earnings for bull rider J.B. Mauney if he can win the PBR World Finals this week in Las Vegas. Competition runs Wednesday through Sunday. TWEET OF THE DAY @D_FUNCH Love the hate but we 5-0 so it feels that much better! #keeppounding Carolina receiver Devin Funchess on Monday after a 27-23 victory at Seattle that kept the Panthers surprisingly undefeated. ALMOST LAST WORD “TOUGH WAY TO LOSE A FOOTBALL GAME.” What President Obama told Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh at the White House, according to Harbaugh. The coach was in D.C. on Monday to join the first lady in promoting a public awareness campaign called Better Make Room, the “Detroit Free Press” reported. Saturday, Michigan lost to Michigan State in the final seconds on a botched punt. LAST WORD “BASEBALL HAS SURELY YIELDED A WINDFALL OF MATERIAL BLESSINGS ON ME AND MY FAMILY, AND I AM GRATEFUL AND HUMBLED FOR THOSE THINGS EVERY DAY.” Barry Zito, the 2002 American League Cy Young winner with the Athletics who won two World Series with the Giants, announcing his retirement in an essay on The Players’ Tribune website.