The NBA today will announce that it has signed a multiyear deal with Foot Locker that elevates the company to a full league marketing partner. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Foot Locker will continue as the title partner of the Foot Locker Three-Point Contest held during All-Star Weekend. Foot Locker has sponsored the event since '04. The new deal also includes a new promotion called “Kicks of All-Star,” that includes a branded section on NBA.com that spotlights the different sneakers worn by NBA players throughout All-Star Weekend. The deal calls for Foot Locker to have a significant presence on NBA TV and NBA.com.

"CBS This Morning" Exec Producer Chris Licht on his Twitter feed wrote that Heisman Trophy-winning Florida State QB Jameis Winston would not appear on the morning show today because FSU "put restrictions on topics" that could be discussed during his appearance. Similarly, CBS' Jeff Glor tweeted that he was "scheduled to interview" Winston yesterday, but FSU "tried to put restrictions on interview topics at last minute." Glor: "We said no."

Winston did appear on ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike In The Morning" today (THE DAILY).

Las Vegas "lost the prized National Finals Rodeo" yesterday when the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association board voted 6-3 to reject the city's offer to keep the NFR past '14. PRCA will "pursue a more lucrative offer" to move the event to Osceola County (Fla.), which will provide $16M in "annual purses and administrative costs." The NFR just completed its 29th year in Vegas. Las Vegas Events President Pat Christenson said that his organization is "working on its own championship rodeo" for December '15 (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 12/16).

Sports Illustrated last night named Broncos QB Peyton Manning its '13 Sportsman of the Year, marking the fourth NFL quarterback to receive the honor in the last decade. SI announced the selection of Manning last night during halftime of the Bengals-Steelers “Sunday Night Football” broadcast on NBC. Manning will be feted tonight at a ceremony in Denver. Recently retired Yankees P Mariano Rivera was among those seriously considered for the award, and Red Sox DH David Ortiz also was a finalist.

The decision prompted a few tongue-in-cheek responses on Twitter. CSN Bay Area’s Ray Ratto: “Once again, SI gets it wrong. That award belongs to Jeff Loria or nobody at all.” CSN New England's Tom Curran: "Had a feeling Peyton Manning's big playoff run last season would lock up SI's Sportsman of the Year." SB Nation and Deadspin contributor Robert Wheel: "Peyton Manning is an SI Sportsman of the Year, joining luminaries like Joe Paterno, Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods and Pete Rose."

Churchill Downs officials today will go before the Louisville Metro Board of Zoning Adjustment to get a "variance from local height rules" to build the facility's new video board. Zoning regulations "limit the height to 150 feet and Churchill is seeking a 20 foot variance" for the board, which will be up to 170 feet tall. Approval is "recommended, assuming Churchill provides some further information." The $12M, 15,224-square-foot video board is "scheduled for completion by Opening Night 2014 on April 26" (COURIER-JOURNAL.com, 12/14).

Tennis player Andy Murray won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award on Sunday, and adidas has “taken a shot” at Murray’s critics, “tweeting a picture of the sportsman with the caption, ‘Not bad for a man with no personality.’” adidas’ “tongue-in-cheek post” is part of the brand’s “new marketing campaign which focuses on responding to events in ‘realtime’” (London INDEPENDENT, 12/16).

Sources said that Ray Anderson's decision to step down as NFL Exec VP/Football Operations at season's end "had been in the works for quite some time," and Anderson has been "approached about team president positions by several teams in the past 18 months," including Raiders Owner Mark Davis. Anderson has "strong ties to the Bay Area," and sources said that he "remains on the Raiders radar ... with Davis still mulling possible restructurings." Anderson "could fill many of the roles that longtime exec Amy Trask did prior to her resignation in the spring" (CBSSPORTS.com, 12/15).

A Brazilian labor court yesterday halted construction on part of the Arena Amazonia World Cup stadium in Manaus after a man fell “to his death” while working on a roof structure. It was the “fifth fatal accident during construction of Brazil's 12 World Cup stadiums” (REUTERS, 12/15).

A Comcast outage yesterday afternoon in Broward County (Fla.) caused some residents to “miss out on the climactic final seconds” of the Dolphins’ victory over the Patriots (South Florida SUN-SENTINEL, 12/16).

New Jersey Superior Court Judge Deanne Wilson has scheduled a hearing for today to finalize her $84.5M judgment against Vikings co-Owners Zygi and Mark Wilf, who she ruled had “committed fraud and violated the state’s civil racketeering laws in a failed real-estate venture from the 1980s” (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 12/12).

A crowd of 45,873 attended yesterday’s Bengals-Steelers game, “easily the smallest since Heinz Field opened in 2001” (PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 12/16).

“The Seahawks are doing a lot better than the Packers, but we found common ground in (Seahawks QB) Russell Wilson” – U.S. Sen. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), referencing Wilson being a Univ. of Wisconsin alumnus, on ways he and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) came together to strike a budget deal in Congress (“Meet The Press,” NBC, 12/15).

“That’s what they do in DC, by the way, they shut down everything. Strasburg, RGIII, government; everything gets shut down in DC” – NFL Network’s Rich Eisen, on the Redskins opting not to play QB Robert Griffin III for the rest of the season (“NFL GameDay Morning,” NFL Network, 12/15).

“We’ve expressed our desire to go, and we’ll just have to wait and see the teams they want to send and where” – Magic CEO Alex Martins, on wanting to play one game overseas next season (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 12/15).

“I thought it was pretty neat. Pretty cool. It’s weird seeing yourself sometimes on camera. But they do a great job, HBO” – Red Wings RW Daniel Cleary, on the first episode of HBO’s “24/7: Road to the Winter Classic” (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 12/16).

NFL.com’s Gregg Rosenthal: “Based on my writing performance tonight, the NFL has informed me I no longer control my own destiny.”

ESPN’s Jemele Hill: “If you read ‘Undisputed Truth,’ it's easy to consider Tyson as one of the 10-to-15 most compelling sports figures of all time.”

MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez: “Miguel Tejada suspended for rest of season in DR for purchasing shares of Gigantes del Cibao franchise while active with Aguilas Cibaenas.”

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Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully will take over the Dodgers Twitter account starting at 9:00am PT. Fans can submit questions by using the #AskVin hashtag.

Warriors President & COO Rick Welts and G Klay Thompson will join Esurance CEO Gary Tolman on a visit to the S.F. and Marin Food Banks as part of the WE G.I.V.E platform.

Prudential Center will begin selling tickets to the Super Bowl XLVIII Media Day to the general public at 10:00am ET.

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

Friday’s “Final Jeopardy!” category was “Health and Medicine 2013.”

“There’s news of the first lab test for this ten-letter condition the NIH calls the leading cause of disability for Americans 15-44.”

NBC’s Jay Leno: “The Washington Redskins have benched RGIII, quarterback Robert Griffin III. Well, he had a great first year in Washington, he showed incredible promise, and then the whole thing fell apart. To which President Obama said, ‘Tell me about it’” (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 12/13).

“What is depression?”