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05.22.14 Good morning. It’s Thursday, May 22, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.
CBS Sports elevated Tracy Wolfson to The NFL on CBS’s new lead game reporter. Wolfson has served as CBS Sports’ lead college football reporter for the Network’s coverage of the Southeastern Conference for the past 10 years, but will now become part of the Thursday Night Football crew, joining the lead announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms as lead reporter on all TNF games on CBS and NFL Network as well as select Sunday games. She previously worked as a reporter for select NFL games, including last year’s AFC Wild Card, Divisional and Championship games, as well as coverage of the 2013 Super Bowl and has served as lead reporter for CBS Sports’ coverage of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship and Final Four since 2009.
Game 2 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals was ESPN’s third-highest rated ever for Game 2 of a conference finals, delivering a 5.9 overnight rating, according to Nielsen. That marks a 55% spike from last year’s Game 2 on the channel which featured a Western Conference matchup between the Spurs and Grizzlies. Locally, the telecast saw a 24.4 rating in Miami, making it the second-highest rated NBA postseason game on ESPN ever in the market and a 19.8 in Indianapolis.
Meanwhile, the 2014 NBA Draft Lottery on ESPN delivered its highest rating of all time, marking a 2.9 overnight rating, up 26% from year ago numbers.
Golf Channel’s Notah Begay rejoins the network next week after a month’s absence following a heart attack. He will serve as an on-course reporter for the network’s coverage of the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships, running Monday, May 26 – Wednesday, May 28. "The whole experience was a bit surreal, but it’s given me a new perspective on my health and I feel even more motivated to use my foundation to help educate kids about their own health and make a positive difference in their lives," he said.
Nickelodeon unveiled nominees and categories for the first-ever Kids’ Choice Sports Awards show, which will be hosted and executive produced by Michael Strahan and telecast on July 17 at 8p. Beginning June 12, kids vote in 15 categories at Nick.com/sports with athletes that include: Carmelo Anthony, Tom Brady, Gabby Douglas, Kevin Durant, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Gracie Gold, LeBron James, Derek Jeter, Marshawn Lynch, Peyton Manning, Candace Parker, and more. Presenting sponsor will be SUBWAY restaurants with Mattel BOOMco on as associate sponsor.
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Pac-12 university presidents are pushing a 10-point plan designed to reform collegiate athletics. The AP writes that the group has sent letters to their colleagues at the other four major football conferences in a move mandating the need for change to the NCAA model and autonomy for those leagues. Proposals include scholarships for full cost of attendance, ongoing medical or insurance assistance for student-athletes, guaranteed scholarships and decreased time demands for athletes.
NASCAR announced inductees for the 2015 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, with the induction set to be carries by NBCSN on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. The five-person group includes Bill Elliott, Fred Lorenzen, Wendell Scott, Joe Weatherly and Rex White. In addition, NASCAR announced that Anne B. France won the inaugural Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR.
HLN named Brian McFayden as the new sports anchor of Morning Express, where he will contribute Bleacher Report segments to the weekday program. He has been handling the beat for the past several months.
World Fishing Network is offering a three and one-half hour fly fishing films marathon on Tuesday starting at 7p that will feature independent productions never before seen on television. Films include Skeena Steelhead on Dry Flies, Trout is All and Nile Style.
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The Women’s National Basketball Association has launched WNBA Pride presented by COVERGIRL, a new national platform designed to celebrate inclusion and equality and combat anti-LGBT bias. The campaign will see the league establish an "integrated marketing, media, grassroots and social responsibility program for the LGBT community" that includes a special site where league and team Pride content, events and schedules will be posted throughout the season. In addition, WNBA teams will host Pride-themed games throughout June where players will wear commemorative Pride shooting shirts.
The Baltimore Ravens and M&T Bank locked in a new 10-year, $60 million extension of their partnership, highlighted by naming rights to the stadium. The new agreement will run through 2027 and include local initiatives such as a community program with a $600,000 investment from the pair.
Boise State has locked in a naming rights deal for its blue-turfed stadium, announcing an agreement with Albertson’s LLC, worth $12.5 million over 15 years. The deal will see the venue dubbed Albertsons Stadium through 2028. A final stadium logo and signage plan will be released this summer. The deal was accomplished via Bronco Sports Properties, a property of Learfield Sports.
InStadium announced plans for the 1st Annual InStadium Experience Innovation Awards, which will be presented at the Sports and Entertainment Alliance in Technology Conference on July 22 in Miami. Awards will be presented to team executives who demonstrate best practices in one of five key areas: game presentation; sponsorship sales; marketing; digital media; information technology. A panel of judges comprised of sports industry peers will review nominations.
Tennis Channel and distribution partner Cox Communications are offering TV Everywhere to subscribers just ahead of the French Open. At no additional cost, Cox users with a Tennis Channel subscription will be able to access the network’s linear coverage stream on a wide variety of platforms, such as smartphones, tablets and computers.
The Harlem Globetrotters now exclusively play in multi-channel network The Whistle’s court. The sports network will oversee the Globetrotter’s YouTube content (84,000 subs), and help create new programming for its more than four million subs. The Whistle recently closed a $10 million investment from former MLB president Bob DuPuy, former Nickelodeon president Gerry Laybourne and Clear Channel’s Bob Pittman.
Boingo announced that the company has been named the exclusive wireless network partner for Philips Arena, home to the NBA Atlanta Hawks and WNBA’s Atlanta Dream. Boingo will design, install and manage next generation, neutral host cellular DAS and Wi-Fi networks at the arena to provide enhanced data capacity for fans and operations staff.
Canadiens/Rangers on NBCSN at 8p.
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ON THIS DAY in 2003: Golfer Annika Sorenstam becomes the first woman to plan in a PGA TOUR event since Babe Didrickson.
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Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question: The NBA’s Rockets left what city to move to Houston? Answer: San Diego. Kudos: Ben Sturner-Leverage Agency/NY; Michael Ritz-BucStar Consulting/NY; Michael Brown-PGA TOUR/NY; David Stern-BARD Entertainment/NY; Rich Dubroff-CSNBaltimore.com/Baltimore; Scott Jenkins-TMS/Queensbury; Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton; Zach Levin-TeamWork Online/Cleveland; David Hauptman/Denver; Judie Henninger-Valentine Productions Inc./Santa Monica; Greg Dudsic/Venice Beach; Jim Himmel-TCB Media/San Clemente; Doug Kelly-S.F. Bowl Game Association/South San Francisco.
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