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The NBA Game Time app is among those on the Apple Watch that came to market today. Twenty NBA teams also have team apps on the device (Turner Sports).

Billy Joel will play the final show at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Aug. 4 before the venue closes for extensive renovations. Joel was raised in Hicksville, N.Y., and remains a Long Island resident (THE DAILY).

The Pirates on Friday announced a sponsorship deal with Baierl Automotive Group, including presenting partnership of Pirates Friday Night Block Parties on Federal Street and of various segments on Pirates radio broadcasts (Pirates).

Patriots QB Tom Brady on Friday showed up at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store in Manhattan to try on a new Apple Watch (“Power Lunch,” CNBC, 4/24).

N.C.-based TWC SportsChannel is planning to roll out six days of NFL Draft programming starting Monday. The 120 Sports app today also announced it will have coverage and in-studio visits from prospects prior to the Draft in its Chicago-based studio (THE DAILY).

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