The Cubs today will formally introduce Joe Maddon as their new manager, the 54th in franchise history. This comes after the team issued a "carefully written news release outlining events" leading up to the hire of Maddon and the dismissal of Rick Renteria. The Cubs "stressed they were committed to Renteria until an opportunity to sign Maddon arose and went as far as to detail the ensuing developments, presumably to defuse any allegations from the Rays of tampering" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 11/1).

Meanwhile, the Twins tomorrow plan to introduce Paul Molitor as their new manager, according to a source, "barring a last-minute change of heart by Twins owner Jim Pohlad and the team's front office, or a snag in negotiations over financial terms and coaching staff" (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 11/2).

A crowd of 107,778 attended yesterday's U.S. Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas, with driver Lewis Hamilton winning his 10th F1 race this season. Hamilton, "wanting to impress the Texas crowd, asked to borrow Mario Andretti's black cowboy hat during his podium party." Hamilton said, "This is an incredible place" (AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN, 11/3).

SBD Global Assistant Managing Editor H.J. Mai was on the ground in Austin and has more coverage from the event in the latest issue of SBD Global.

This morning's edition of ABC's "GMA" teased yesterday's brawl between NASCAR drivers Brad Keselowski and Jeff Gordon after Keselowski wrecked Gordon going for the win during the Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500. "GMA" referred to the incident as a "Wild Brawl." ABC then aired about a three-minute report from Ryan Smith six minutes into the broadcast. NBC's "Today" first reported on the brawl about 17 minutes into their broadcast with a short news brief on the incident. "CBS This Morning" mentioned the incident in their opening segment, which touched on the various news of the day, then aired a quick report about 51 minutes into their broadcast. CNBC’s “Squawk Box” also discussed the fight in the 7:00am hour (THE DAILY).

A group of Native Americans stood outside TCF Bank Stadium during yesterday's Redskins-Vikings game to protest the DC team's name. Univ. of Minnesota police estimated the crowd at 3,500-4,000, while "organizers estimated it at 5,000." More than two dozen speakers "addressed the noisy but peaceful gathering." Interactions between protesters and fans "never turned violent, but they were often tense and sometimes profane" (WASHINGTON POST, 11/3).

Meanwhile, USA TODAY's Nancy Armour writes under the headline, "Name Offends; Enough Said." Armour: "The controversy over the Redskins name is hardly new. ... But the chorus calling for change has grown louder" (USA TODAY, 11/3). 

New subway and Long Island Railroad passes go on sale today in N.Y. featuring images of Nets F Kevin Garnett, G Deron Williams, C Brook Lopez and G Joe Johnson with the slogan, "We Are Brooklyn." The Nets are the "first pro sports team featured on a MetroCard as the team tries to draw more train-riding fans to games" at Barclays Center (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 11/2).

Meanwhile, JetBlue "has signed a 5-year deal to become the 11th founding-partner of Barclays Center." The founding partner sponsorships "run in low seven figures annually" (TWITTER.com, 11/3).

Yesterday's TCS New York City Marathon drew a total of 50,881 runners (ESPNNY.com, 11/2). Two marathon-related print ads appear in this morning's N.Y. Times. Title sponsor Tata Consultancy Services runs a full page ad: "Thank you New York, for making every stride count." Tag Heuer offers an aerial shot: "They Didn't Crack Under Pressure" (THE DAILY).

Did you or someone you know in the sports business industry run in Sunday's TCS New York City Marathon? If so, send your time, a photo and a quick note about the experience to Alex Silverman today at asilverman@sportsbusinessdaily.com.

Van Heusen today is rolling out its charitable #GiveAShirt campaign, with support from Pro Football HOFers Jerry Rice and Steve Young and former NFLer David Wilson. The company will donate a shirt (up to 10,000 shirts) to non-profit Career Gear each time fans use the above hashtag on social media. An ad supporting the campaign will run throughout the holidays in GQ and other print outlets. A spot will run on Taxi TV in major U.S. markets (Van Heusen).

Male execs in the Arkansas Athletics Department and select male head coaches today will shave for the last time this month as they kick off a tribute to outgoing SEC Commissioner Mike Slive to raise awareness and funds to battle prostate cancer. The coaches and staff will grow their best moustaches or beards throughout the month as part of the national Movember movement. The effort includes the hashtag #StachesForSlive (Arkansas Athletics).

The Houston Super Bowl Host Committee unveiled its official logo during yesterday's Eagles-Texans game at NRG Stadium (Houston Super Bowl Host Committee).

The Nov. 16 Eagles-Packers game will be played at 4:25pm ET on Fox and the Vikings-Bears game will be played at 1:00pm as part of the NFL's flex scheduling. Patriots-Colts on "SNF" remains in place (NFL).

During halftime yesterday, the Patriots honored the 22 players who have won three Super Bowls with the franchise. Meanwhile, the 49ers honored former coach George Seifert, who was inducted into the team's HOF (THE DAILY).

Oakley has partnered with Garmin to "upgrade the video capability on its Airwave 1.5 alpine ski and snowboard goggles." The software update became available today (OCREGISTER.com, 10/31).

“With conference realignment there's been all sorts of movement with regard to traditional rivalries. They've been dropped, they've been moved, they've been twisted and turned. This one just seems to be on sacred ground, and for a lot of good reasons” – Navy AD Chet Gladchuk, on both the Naval Academy and Notre Dame wanting to keep their annual football game on the schedule (CAPITALGAZETTE.com, 11/1).

"I think the NFL has been given this tremendous mantle of leadership in America. As an institution, you can't look to the military. They're a mess when it comes to sexual assault. You can't look to colleges and universities. So I think the NFL has been given an incredible opportunity to be a leading voice on erradicating this particular issue" – Former NFLer Joe Ehrmann, on the league's role in preventing domestic violence (BALTIMORESUN.com, 11/1).

"We had a running game and a quarterback that managed us. When we broke away from that formula, well, I’m sitting here" – Former Jets special teams coach Mike Westhoff, explaining why he was on set at the Jets' postgame show ("Jets Post Game Live," SNY, 11/2).

"It was an amateurish report. Totally not true. For anybody who reads that, to believe that, they're an amateur. Anybody who reports that is an amateur. It's totally false" – Redskins coach Jay Gruden, responding to a report from ESPN's Britt McHenry that QB Robert Griffin III has "alienated himself" from the locker room (ESPN.com, 11/2).

More fan-anger about the 49ers' slide than anything I can remember in the last few years. NFL fandom is 90% about rage these days.

— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) November 3, 2014

This should happen in reverse. You never see two UFC fighters who are pissed at each other and an extracurricular football game breaks out.

— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) November 3, 2014

Headline News playing at my airport gate. They're showing the fight and post-race interviews from Gordon and Keselowski.

— Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) November 3, 2014

If you're not already heave crying halfway through this Rinaldi piece on Lauren Hill, we can't be friends

— Ryan Stanzel (@rstanzel) November 3, 2014

"The Leadoff Spot," a new daily morning show on SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio channel debuts. The show airs from 7:00-10:00am ET and is hosted by former Mets GM Steve Phillips and former MLBer Todd Hollandsworth.

Paris-based conglomerate Publicis Groupe this morning said that it had "agreed to pay" $3.7B in cash for Boston-based marketing and consulting agency Sapient, as it "seeks to become a stronger digital competitor against Internet powerhouses like Google and Facebook." In a joint statement, the companies said that Publicis will "pay $25 a share" for Sapient, 44% above its closing price on Friday. They said that they "agreed to build a joint platform called Publicis.Sapient" (NYTIMES.com, 11/3).

Friday night's "Final Jeopardy!" category was “Inventions.”

“This machine was invented in 1929; the government began buying them to help prevent any more in a series of Army Air Corps fatalities.”

ESPN’s Keith Olbermann appeared on CBS’ “Late Show” Friday night. Host David Letterman noted Olbermann hosts his own show on ESPN and is a "man with a tremendously large head." Letterman told Olbermann, "When I see your show, I'm always impressed. You do such a wonderful job, and every outlet now in the world has sports highlights. Nobody does sports highlights the way you do them and not only that, but insightful commentary. You apply some brainpower to the world of sports." Olbermann said, "Thank you. I have to do something with the very large head." Letterman later said, "I appreciate the thoughtful commentary because being smarter than I am, I look to you for what I'm supposed to think, how I'm supposed to feel." Olbermann: "That's a horrible, horrible mistake."

Letterman said, “They play games in London and they play at Wembley Stadium and they get 90,000 fans and I'm thinking they can't be English people. They have to be Americans visiting London. English people are accustomed to seeing soccer, their football, which is pretty much nonstop. Football, if you're at a live football game, it's maybe the slowest sport on wheels.” Olbermann: “If they didn't sell a lot of alcohol at football games, attendance would be 25 people" (“Late Show,” CBS, 11/1).

NBC’s Jimmy Fallon: “Happy Halloween, everybody. It seems like people are going all out with their costumes this year. In fact, last night the Cleveland Cavaliers went as the Knicks and it was just amazing to see that. That’s right, the Cavaliers lost their season opener against the Knicks last night in LeBron James' first game back in Cleveland. LeBron actually felt a little slow and awkward out there and he looked down and realized Dwyane Wade was still hanging on to him." Following his monologue, Fallon aired his weekly “Thank You Notes” segment. Fallon: “Thank you, the logo for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, for looking like if Pablo Picasso painted a Norelco electric shaver” (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 10/31).

Friday's edition of NBC's "The Tonight Show" also featured Fallon airing his regular segment "Tonight Show Superlatives" with players from the Ravens and Steelers receiving awards (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 10/31).

The opening skit on this weekend's edition of NBC's "SNL" featured cast member Bobby Moynihan portraying New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie being interviewed on Fox News' “The Kelly File” about how to handle people infected with ebola and how to guard against the spread of the disease. Christie said, “My only job is to protect the the people of New Jersey and believe me, they need protection. Their immune systems are already under attack from tattoo infections, and tainted well vodkas, and jet fumes. By which I mean the stench of the New York Jets” (“SNL,” NBC, 11/1).

“What is a flight simulator?”