PepsiCo today announced that Gatorade President Sarah Robb O'Hagan is "leaving the company, the latest executive movement in PepsiCo's Americas drink division, its largest business." O'Hagan, who has served as President since early '11 after holding the title PepsiCo Global CMO of Sports Nutrition for two-plus years, is leaving to become President of fitness chain Equinox. Concurrent with O'Hagan's departure, PepsiCo is naming Debra Crew President of Americas Beverages, a division that encompasses Gatorade (MARKETWATCH.com, 8/16).

MLB owners today at league meetings in Denver took less than 10 minutes to formally approve the sale of the Padres to a group led by San Diego businessman and former minority owner Ron Fowler, who is now the designated control exec of the club. The approval sets up an expected closing of the estimated $800M sale from John Moores within the next 10-14 days. After the fractious collapse of a prior, Jeff Moorad-led bid to buy the club, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig today hailed the Fowler group and the relative ease with which the transaction was done. Fowler, for his part, pledged to instill a sense of local pride in the incoming ownership group. "What we hope this means is that we're starting on a long, consistent ownership group," he said of his fellow investors, which include several members of the O'Malley family.

Moores, meanwhile, departed Denver right after the vote. Selig said of Moores, "John did a lot of wonderful things for baseball. He was very helpful for me, particularly during a time (in the 1990s) when things weren't frankly as great as they are right now. I know it's the right thing for him to do. Believe me, I like John Moores a lot. He did a lot for this sport. A lot."

The WNBA is launching a new promotion, coinciding with today's start of the regular season, that features the 12 players who represented the U.S. in the London Games. Fans can access the spot via WNBA and NBA digital outlets, including official league websites, Facebook and Twitter. It also will debut on NBA TV today and will appear throughout the month on NBA TV and ESPN2. The ad was produced by NBA agency of record Goodby, Silverstein & Partners (WNBA).

Foot Locker today unveiled a national advertising and integrated marketing campaign that stars NBAers Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, James Harden, Kevin Love, and Russell Westbrook. The effort, the first under the "Approved" umbrella created by BBDO, features three TV spots that are now viewable on Foot Locker's YouTube channel. The campaign also will include in-store, print and digital components. The commercials feature the five players off the court in situations highlighting the season’s footwear and apparel trends (Foot Locker).

Michigan State AD Mark Hollis today said that he has "secured commitments from 16 schools to participate in a two-tournament men's basketball event" in '17 in honor of Nike Founder & Chair Phil Knight's 80th birthday. The two eight-team tourneys are to be played in Portland, Ore., in November ahead of Knight's birthday on Feb. 24, 2018. Hollis said that the event "isn't driven by Knight or Nike, but rather by the schools' athletic directors." ESPN Senior VP/College Programming Burke Magnus said that ESPN is "interested in televising it" (ESPN.com, 8/16).

The Packers host the Browns tonight in their preseason home opener, and fans attending the game will find that "a lot has changed" at Lambeau Field during the offseason. The south end zone has 7,000 new seats, but those "won't be available until next season." Other renovations include a new entrance, new Mitsubishi Diamond Vision video board and new concessionaire Delaware North Sportservice (GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, 8/16).

Sportservice is "off to a rocky start" since replacing Levy Restaurants as concessionaire. The company and the Packers yesterday said that they "need more volunteers to work in concession stands because as many as 16 nonprofit groups didn't come back from last year" (GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, 8/16).

As the NFL and NFL Referees Association continue to spar over the lockout of game officials, the NFLRA today weighed in on the league's latest proposal, saying it is "not opposed to full time officials if they are fairly compensated." The NFLRA added, "While the NFL has never made any compensation proposal, comparable positions in other professional sports at the 20-year level earn approximately $350,000 to $400,000 and are provided health insurance, a pension, time off with pay and numerous other benefits" (AP, 8/16).

CBS Sports Network tonight debuts a new studio set, coinciding with the season preview edition of its "Inside College Football" show at 9:00pm ET. The net's college football studio programming kicks into gear this week with the return of "Inside College Football," "The Tony Barnhardt Show," "Tackling The Trends" and "Lemming Report," as well as the debut of a new Friday show, "This Week In SEC Football." The net also this week announced its full lineup of college football broadcasting talent, which includes the addition of former coaches Tim Brewster, Houston Nutt and Ron Zook as analysts (THE DAILY).

See a behind-the-scenes time-lapse video of the studio set renovation.

Univision Communications today announced that Keith Turner has been named President of Advertising Sales & Marketing. Turner, who was most recently NFL Senior VP/Media Sales & Sponsorships, replaces David Lawenda and will report to Univision CEO & President Randy Falco (Univision Communications).

MSG Networks and WEPN-FM have agreed to a multiyear extension that ensures the station will continue as the radio broadcast home of the Knicks and NHL Rangers. The deal includes full pre- and postgame coverage for both teams (MSG Networks).

The WNBA Liberty today announced a marketing partnership with Majesco Entertainment's "NBA Baller Beats" video game for the Xbox 360 (MSG Networks).

Kaiser Permanente will serve as the official medical services partner and health care partner for events being held in S.F. during the 34th America's Cup (Kaiser Permanente).

NeuLion today announced a multiyear partnership extension with Duke Univ. The school last year was the first NeuLion partner to broadcast a live game on Facebook (NeuLion).

The Atlantic 10 Conference today announced that it will play its '13 women's basketball championship game at Barclays Center. The first three rounds of the conference's basketball tournament will be held on the campus of Saint Joseph's Univ. (Atlantic 10).

Pacers Sports & Entertainment today announced that ANC Sports has designed upgrades to the audio and video systems at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, with the centerpiece of the project being a new center-hung scoreboard that is nearly five times the size of the current scoreboard (PS&E).

“In all honesty, I don’t think we would’ve had any problems with them” – Bobcats Owner Michael Jordan, on Lakers G Kobe Bryant saying this year’s Olympic men’s basketball team could have beat the ’92 Olympic men’s team that included Jordan (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 8/16).

"Right now, I’m still very set on swimming in college, but my decision has become a lot harder" – U.S. swimmer Missy Franklin, on some of the marketing opportunities she has been presented with since winning five medals at the London Games (“Today,” NBC, 8/16).

St. Paul Pioneer Press' Brian Murphy: "#Vikings adopt relaxed NFL standards for sellouts, using 90% as Metrodome capacity to avoid TV blackouts. Speaks volumes about product. … considering team has sold out 144 games since 12/14/97. Only Oakland, Miami, and Tampa Bay have opted for softer sellout standard."

ESPN Twin Cities' Tom Pelissero: "The 90% figure is a product of a lot of spreadsheets and revenue calculations. End result the same for fans: no #Vikings blackouts in 2012."

NFL agent Howard Shatsky: "When getting ur sports news look 2 respected journalists, these days anyone w an internet connection & a laptop thinks they r a reporter."

Nike Athletic Training Global Digital Producer Kyle Stack: "Crazy that Melky is one at-bat shy of qualifying for the batting title."

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U.S. Soccer Federation Equipment Operations Dir Jesse Bignami posted this image of U.S. men's G Tim Howard celebrating last night's victory over Mexico next to an Azteca Stadium sign that highlighted the U.S. team's previous 0-23-1 record at the Mexico City venue. SI's Grant Wahl retweeted the photo with the copy, "Time to change the sign."

Tall Animals employ a montage of video footage from previous Olympics in the video for their debut single, "Kings."

U.S. high jumper Erik Kynard will appear on CBS’ “Late Show” at 11:35pm ET.

U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte will appear on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” at 11:35pm ET.

0-13 – After last night's loss to the Orioles, the Red Sox' record on Ben Affleck's birthday since the '97 release of "Good Will Hunting," the longtime Massachusetts resident's breakout movie. This statistic was first reported by the ESPN Stats & Info Twitter feed, then explored in greater detail by SB Nation Red Sox blog Over The Monster (THE DAILY).