James Brown, Bill Cowher and Deion Sanders will "form the main set group that will appear" on CBS and NFL Network from 7:30pm ET leading up to the kickoff of "Thursday Night Football" this season (SI.com, 5/9).
The IOC on Friday said there is "not a shred of truth" to a report in the London Evening Standard that London has "been approached about replacing Rio de Janeiro" as host of the '16 Games (AP, 5/9).
Kwikset in Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 5-Hour Energy 400 will debut a new paint scheme as part of its primary sponsorship of Richard Childress Racing's No. 31 Chevy driven by
Ryan Newman. The hood decal will promote Kwikset's new Kevo product, a Bluetooth-enabled deadbolt (
Kwikset).
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association on Friday announced that the purse for the '15 Daily Racing Form/NTRA Handicapping Championship is estimated to be $1.8M, which would represent a 13% increase from the '14 purse of $1.59M (NTRA).
The ECHL announced that it has retained Denver-based Impression Sports & Entertainment as its sponsorship sales and consulting agency of record (ECHL).
