NFL Exec VP/Communications Joe Lockhart today said that the league will "hire outside counsel" to conduct its investigation into Panthers Owner Jerry Richardson's workplace conduct rather than use its own investigators (TWITTER.com, 12/21).
N.C.-based Food Lion renewed a three-year corporate sponsorship with the CIAA, making the 24-year partnership one of the longest for the conference (CIAA).
Former U.S. Speedskater Joey Cheek will make his NBC Olympics debut as a speed skating analyst alongside Tom Hammond at the Pyeongchang Games (NBCU).
FS1 and FS2 will have head coaches wear live microphones during Providence-DePaul men's basketball on Jan. 12 and Creighton-Seton Hall women's basketball on Jan. 2. Both matchups will also be presented commercial free (Fox Sports).
Vermont Mutual Insurance Group agreed to a four-year partnership with the Univ. of Vermont and the school's athletic multimedia rights holder, Learfield's Vermont Sports Properties (Univ. of Vermont).
The DirecTV Now OTT service last night officially launched the MSG and MSG+ RSNs (MSG).
