Bobcats Owner Michael Jordan’s 56,000-square-foot mansion in Chicago today “will be put up for sale during a live auction.” No minimum bid has been set, but a $250,000 deposit is required to participate. The estate failed to sell last year at a list price of $29M (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 11/22).
The Fritz Pollard Alliance has called on all NFL players to “stop using the N-word on the field after highly publicized incidents” involving the Dolphins and Redskins (ESPN.com, 11/21).
The NFL has given the Raiders a 24-hour extension to sell out Sunday’s game against the Titans and “lift the local television blackout” (CSNBAYAREA.com, 11/21).
The Univ. of Michigan Board of Regents has “approved plans for a new $6 million athletics department operations center” (AP, 11/21).
The LPGA and Kia are running a full-page ad in this morning’s USA Today congratulating golfers Stacy Lewis, Nicole Smith, Beatriz Recari and Cristie Kerr for winning various Kia Performance Awards (THE DAILY).
HBO is running a half-page ad in today's N.Y. Times to promote Saturday's boxing PPV headlined by the Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios bout (THE DAILY).
