Falcons Owner Arthur Blank today will “hold his end-of-season press conference” in Atlanta (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 1/6).
Arizona State President Michael Crow in an e-mail said the school “should have some candidates that we are focused on shortly” in its search for a new AD to replace Steve Patterson, who took the job at Texas in November (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 1/6).
Hockey Canada today will “have a final meeting” in Toronto before it reveals the country’s Olympic team tomorrow (BOSTON GLOBE, 1/5).
Two workshops are scheduled for this month to “publicly explain ongoing stadium-lease negotiations with the Angels.” The meetings are set for Jan. 14 and 30 at the Anaheim Convention Center (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 1/4).
An estimated crowd of 17,000 attended the Canadiens' Provigo Fan Practice yesterday at Bell Centre. The event is a “spectator-tailored 100-minute” open-door practice that included a youth game and celebrity skills competition (Montreal GAZETTE, 1/5).
With a cold-weather outdoor Super Bowl now less than a month away, Morning Buzz is monitoring long-term weather forecasts for Feb. 2 in the N.Y. area. On AccuWeather.com, three of four experts predict no snow that day. Almanac.com's "Atlantic Corridor" forecast for Feb. 1-3 reads: "Stormy, heavy rain and snow" (THE DAILY).
