The BCS Presidential Oversight Committee meets tomorrow in DC to decide the format of a college football playoff, and sources said that the "approval of a playoff is all but a foregone conclusion." Presidents are expected to approve a 12-year deal for a "four-team, seeded tournament" starting in '14. They "might also discuss the method of selecting the four teams" and "could even go as far as approving the formation of a selection committee" (SI.com, 6/22).

Meanwhile, Gator Bowl Association President Rick Catlett and Jaguars President Mark Lamping are meeting today to "iron out details about how the NFL franchise can assist the city" of Jacksonville in landing a college football championship game. Catlett "feels uplifted by the team-player approach" new Jaguars Owner Shahid Khan has taken in pursuing the game (JACKSONVILLE.com, 6/23).

NFL Network today will announce plans to launch "NFL AM," a new show that will begin at 6:00am ET starting July 30. The show will replace rebroadcasts of "Total Access." NFL Network Exec Producer Eric Weinberger said elements of the program might seem "like 'Fox & Friends' meets a radio show." Brian Webber, who has been with FSN, will co-host with Nicole Zaloumis. There will also be analysis and reporting from Eric Davis, Mark Kriegel and Steve Wyche, among others (USA TODAY, 6/25).

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs today plan to announce that they have "reached a deal to revive the stalled renovation" at the Florida Citrus Bowl. Dyer said that the city plans to issue at least $140M in bonds to finance the project. Supporters of the upgrades said that the improvements "would allow the Citrus Bowl to compete against newer stadiums to host a changing landscape of college bowl games, neutral-site games and other events" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 6/25).

ESPN, through the grassroots agency Awestruck, hired more than 60 people to dress in white and travel around New York City this morning as a way to promote the first day of the network's Wimbledon coverage. The "brand ambassadors" will be at Union Square, Grand Central, Penn Station, and Times Square. They will congregate between 9:30-10:30am ET to watch ESPN's Wimbledon telecast on the ABC Supersign in Times Square.

The Heat today are holding a parade in Miami to celebrate their NBA Championship. Festivities begin at 9:00am ET, with the parade itself to begin at 11:00am. Once the procession reaches AmericanAirlines Arena, there will be an "additional private celebration reserved for season-ticket holders" at 12:30pm ET. Neither the parade nor the indoor event "will be shown on the big screen on the arena's exterior" (MIAMIHERALD.com, 6/24). The 15,000 tickets for the indoor festivities were "accounted for within five minutes of being made available Saturday" (SUN-SENTINEL.com, 6/23).

The Heat will provide free water stations along the route that will be "manned by the fire department." South Florida Dunkin' Donuts locations today only will sell heart-shaped donuts with the word "Heat" on them (MIAMI HERALD, 6/25).

The Timbers yesterday defeated the rival Sounders for the first time in MLS play in front of a sellout crowd of 20,438 at Jeld-Wen Field in Portland (Mult., 6/25). The Timbers Army supporters group "outdid itself" by raising a banner that covered the entire north side of the stadium and read, "Legends are born when the previous are surpassed" (PORTLAND TRIBUNE, 6/25). Sounders F Eddie Johnson: "We dug ourselves in a hole and when you have 20,000 fans behind the home team, it's hard to come back" (SEATTLETIMES.com, 6/24).

Meanwhile, a Red Bulls franchise record home crowd of 25,187 last night attended the team's 3-2 win over DC United at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. (AP, 6/24). It was the "first time this season" the venue had been sold out (NJ.com, 6/24).

A crowd of 48,327 was on hand at Sun Life Stadium Saturday for a charity soccer exhibition featuring FC Barcelona F Lionel Messi. The Dolphins will host at least two more soccer matches this summer – a Chelsea-AC Milan friendly on July 28 and an Aug. 16 Boca Juniors-America de Cali exhibition (MIAMI HERALD, 6/24). With the Marlins now playing in their new ballpark, the Dolphins management team is "trying to take advantage of its new flexibility to use the stadium in different ways." Dolphins CEO Mike Dee: "We want to have a pipeline full of soccer events every year" (PALM BEACH POST, 6/22).

There are "strong indications that attendance rose dramatically from last year" for the PGA Tour Travelers Championship, which concluded yesterday. While official figures were not tallied, Tournament Dir Nathan Grube "figured there was a 15 to 20 percent increase this year" for the week. Last year's attendance was estimated at 240,000. Grube: "It was a great week. Every metric we use was up – concessions, parking, gate sales, apparel, different sales points, even the eyeball test" (HARTFORD COURANT, 6/25).

The Hawks reportedly have offered Danny Ferry their GM job and "are engaged in serious talks toward completing a deal." Ferry would replace Rick Sund, who had "been leaning toward retirement or taking on an advisory role" (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 6/24). 

Former Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh possibly could "return to the franchise in some capacity," according to sources (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 6/23).

The LPGA today is scheduled to announce that it has named Mike Nichols Chief Business Officer of the Symetra Tour – Road to the LPGA, effective July 2. Nichols since '06 has served as LPGA VP/Tournament Business Affairs (THE DAILY).

Sprint is running two full-page ads in this morning's USA Today touting the company's sponsorships with the NBA and NASCAR. The NBA ad features the background of a basketball court and the copy, "We're Proud To Have Been Part Of A Truly Legendary Season." The NASCAR ad features an image of the HTC smartphone and the header, "Unlimited Love For NASCAR" (THE DAILY).

Hublot is running a full-page ad in today's N.Y. Times featuring Heat F Dwyane Wade and congratulating him for winning the NBA Championship (THE DAILY).

The MLB Rangers sold out their 22nd game of the season on Sunday night, “the most in franchise history.” The team also passed the 1.5-million mark in attendance on their 35th home game, “another club record” (STAR-TELEGRAM.com, 6/24).

An Angel Stadium-record total of 133,035 fans attended this weekend’s three-game series between the Dodgers and Angels (AP, 6/24).

A Citi Field-record crowd of 42,364 attended last night’s Yankees-Mets game, breaking the previous record of 42,122 set on Saturday night. The three-game weekend series drew a total of 124,677 fans (ESPN.com, 6/25).

A sellout crowd of 4,652 attended Saturday night’s UFC on FX 4 event at Ovation Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. (SI.com, 6/23).

"I don't believe that Wimbledon can be rehearsal for anything. It's (the) most respected, most well-known, most valuable tennis tournament in the world" – Tennis player Novak Djokovic, on whether this year's Wimbledon tournament was serving as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming London Games tennis event at the All England Club (AP, 6/25).

"We're going business as usual. That's what the league has instructed teams to do. We're operating under the terms of this collective bargaining agreement, and we'll see what the future brings" – Maple Leafs President & GM Brian Burke, on how the uncertainty of CBA talks will affect free agency this offseason (BUFFALO NEWS, 6/25).

"It's tough. Players like it. I'd love to figure it out, I'd love to have more fun, I'd love for the players to be more comfortable. I'd like to get more fans in. It is what it is. We'll keep working on it" – NHL COO John Collins, on the NHL Awards (GLOBE & MAIL, 6/24).

"We want to make this as fan-friendly as we possibly can. We would be ecstatic if we hit 20 (thousand fans), 25, 30, but our business model has us at about 17,000 in Year 1" – San Diego businessman Jaime Cuadra, who purchased the rights to the USFL, on plans to start an eight-team football league that would play in the spring (TAMPA BAY TIMES, 6/24).

"Without Angie, you wouldn't be here" – Chant the German fans sang during Friday's Germany-Greece match at the Euro 2012 tournament. The chant, in honor of Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel, references the multibillion dollar bailouts Greece has received from Germany on other European countries (N.Y. TIMES, 6/23).

"We'll never pay you back" – Chant the Greek fans countered with during the game (N.Y. TIMES, 6/23).

Chicago Tribune's Paul Sullivan: "@DHallDbacks Hard to believe you subject pros like Gibson, Baylor and Trammell to so much minor league nonsense at your ballpark. … Unfortunately for @DHallDbacks the D'Backs had to cut short "Call Me Maybe" to actually play baseball."

D'Backs President & CEO Derrick Hall: "@PWSullivan nothing wrong with a fun fan experience."

N.Y. Road Runners President & CEO Mary Wittenberg: "Thrilling Trials coverage last night. Suspense over Felix 3rd place tie in 100. Ashton Eaton will be a major face of the Games. Great story.  … Tyson Gay makes 0lympic team wearing Adidas gear in honor of Grete Waitz!"

ESPN Mark Schlereth: "thanks I'll try to do better! Suggestions? '@SMeys88: You are the worst NFL analyst I have ever heard in my life. Just terrible.'"

If you see a tweet we will not want to miss, send it to us at editorial@sportsbusinessdaily.com. 

ESPN Communications Associate Dir Dave Nagle posted this image of the "Command Central" for the net's Wimbledon coverage.

The USOC has "sent an apology letter to the 2 million members of a social network devoted to knitting." USOC Chief Communications Officer Patrick Sandusky said that the organization "regretted the use of 'insensitive terms' in a cease-and-desist letter objecting to Ravelry.com's 'Ravelympics' knitting competition" (BUSINESSWEEK.com, 6/25).

The NHLPA will begin a three-day Exec Board meeting at the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago.

The Yankees will begin their HOPE Week 2012 series of community programs. The Yankees' six U.S.-based minor league affilates will be participating in the intiative for the first time this year.

The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics convention will host the NCAA Champion Forum, which allows minority assistant football coaches to gain interview experience, media training and networking opportunities with college presidents.

Spaulding Rehabiliation Hospital and ESPN's Tedy Bruschi will host the 9th annual Tee Up with Tedy Golf Tournament at TPC Boston.

The Packers will begin selling tickets at 9:00am CT for the team's annual Family Night scrimmage on Aug. 3.

The NFL Rookie Symposium continues this week in Aurora, Ohio. The four-day event, which began yesterday for NFC draft picks, includes presentations and speeches, videos and workshops focused on preparing the rookies for life in the NFL.

See a full list of events in THE DAILY’s week ahead.

Friday’s “Final Jeopardy!” category was “20th Century Technology.”

“The first major use of simultaneous translation, before adoption by the U.N., was in this European city in 1945 and 1946.”

Friday’s edition of “Jeopardy” featured the category “Play Them Off.”

For $400: “He roared back from four strokes down and beat Chris DiMarco in a one-hole playoff to win the 2005 Masters.”

For $800: “If two NFL teams tie for a postseason spot, they no longer play for it; if all their stats are dead even, they do this.”

For $1200: “Thanks to Bobby Thomson’s home run, this team won the pennant, downing the Dodgers in a 1951 playoff.”

For $1600: “His 1998 game-winner over Bryon Russell was named the NBAs top playoff moment; Utah fans still say it was a foul.”

The $2000 clue was not revealed.

NBC’s Jay Leno: “Congratulations to the Miami Heat. They are the new NBA champions. … The fans are going nuts. In fact, last night 10,000 more Cubans came over to Miami just for the party. … Could you see people in Miami? Oh my God. They were blowing horns, traffic was backed up. I don't think anybody was going over five-miles-an-hour, which is pretty much every day in Miami, isn't it? … People in Oklahoma, boy, they were upset about the game. Not as upset as people in Cleveland, but still pretty upset” (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 6/22).

“What is Nuremburg?”

The correct responses to the “Play Them Off” category were:

For $400: “Who is Tiger Woods?”

For $800: “What is flip a coin?”

For $1200: “Who were the MLB N.Y. Giants?”

For $1600: “Who is Michael Jordan?”