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PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem today will meet with golfer Vijay Singh to "discuss Singh's immediate future ... in the wake of his admission last week that he used an anabolic hormone banned under the Tour's Anti-Doping program" (JACKSONVILLE.com, 2/5).

The Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee announced the three finalists for its AD position: Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater AD Paul Plinske, Univ. of Illinois-Chicago AD James Schmidt and Northeastern Univ. Senior Associate AD Amanda Braun (JSONLINE.com, 2/5).

NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski today will be at ESPN HQs in Bristol, Conn., with the new Gen-6 car as part of the sanctioning body's nine-day media blitz. Officials from NASCAR, Ford, GM and Toyota kicked off the multi-city tour yesterday in Detroit (FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, 2/6).

The doctor for Gold Medal-winning skier Lindsey Vonn, who tore two ligaments in her right knee yesterday during a crash, has recently “spoken to her and he says she is so determined that she is already talking about how she’ll recover” in time for the '14 Sochi Games (“Today,” NBC, 2/6).

Turnout last night for the Blue Jays' State of the Franchise event  for season-ticket holders was "more than 1,100," according to Rogers Centre employees (MLB.com, 2/5). 

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