The ACC yesterday voted 8-6 in favor of "staying at eight leagues games" for football plus one nonconference game against an opponent from a power conference (ESPN.com, 5/12).
The USGA announced that the third round of the June 12-15 U.S. Open is sold out. Gallery tickets at Pinehurst No. 2 are "available and selling quickly for Thursday's first round, Friday's second round and Sunday's final round" (Greensboro NEWS & RECORD, 5/13).
Colorado AD Rick George and other school leaders yesterday "hosted a groundbreaking ceremony" at the Dal Ward Center at the north end of Folsom Field (Boulder DAILY CAMERA, 5/13). Construction in and around Folsom Field is part of a $142M project to upgrade the school’s athletic facilities (THE DAILY).
Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones and the City Council last night announced a budget deal that "restores most of the funding for the mayor's plan for a Shockoe Bottom baseball stadium" for the Double-A Eastern League Flying Squirrels (RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, 5/13).
Negotiation are expected to continue today as the Knicks and Steve Kerr "try to finalize a contract that will make the TNT broadcaster the next coach" of the franchise (ESPNNY.com, 5/13).
Xavier AD Greg Christopher and Cincinnati AD Mike Bohn announced that next season’s Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout between the schools “will return to the campuses where it had been played for 25 straight years” before a brawl during the event in ’11 (CINCINNATI.com, 5/12).
Breitling is running a two-page ribbon ad in today’s N.Y. Times featuring an image of David Beckham with the header, “The Essence Of Britain” (THE DAILY).
