The latest spot promoting the NFL Play 60 program will debut on TV Thanksgiving Day and run for the rest of the season. The ad, titled "Come Out To Play," focuses on "where the likes of the Manning brothers, Victor Cruz, J.J. Watt and Calvin Johnson embraced football as youngsters." Other highlighted locations include "the playground where Cam Newton played in College Park, Georgia" and the "South Oakland neighborhood and home in Pittsburgh where Dan Marino began to develop." The spot can be viewed at NFLRush.com/Play60 (AP, 11/26).

Dish Network and CBS late yesterday agreed to "once again extend the deadline" for their carriage negotiations, "guaranteeing that football fans will be able to watch" CBS' coverage of the Bears-Lions game tomorrow via Dish. This marks the "second contract extension granted by CBS during the last six days." One "issue is how Dish plans to include the broadcast network in a new low-cost Internet subscription service that Dish plans to launch in the coming months" (L.A. TIMES, 11/26).

Meanwhile, the new owner of Boston's WFXT-Fox is in a "heated showdown with Verizon over a proposed rate increase to carry Fox programming." If a deal cannot be reached by tomorrow morning, the station "will go dark on Thanksgiving" for about 400,000 Verizon FiOS subscribers. Fox will air tomorrow's Eagles-Cowboys game (BOSTON GLOBE, 11/26).

"Letters of Boom," a new word game app to which Seahawks CB Richard Sherman "has lent his brash persona," goes on sale today at the iTunes store. Sherman created the game with app makers Digital Kitchen. The app's premise is "addictively simple," like "'Scrabble' without the annoying wait for others to take their turn" (USA TODAY, 11/26).

Meanwhile, Sherman yesterday at his weekly media availability performed a skit "mocking the NFL for being 'hypocritical' in fining teammate Marshawn Lynch." The skit involved a cardboard cutout of Seahawks WR Doug Baldwin. Sherman used products he and Baldwin endorse to make the point the league last week fined Lynch $100,000 for "not talking to the media in the locker room" following a loss to the Chiefs while also "wanting them to talk as pitchmen for the league’s sponsors" (Tacoma NEWS TRIBUNE, 11/26).

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Austin-based TicketCity has agreed to be the new title sponsor of the bowl game at Sun Devil Stadium, which now will be called the TicketCity Cactus Bowl. The event was previously known as the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl and before that, the Insight Bowl. Buffalo Wild Wings "pulled out of its sponsorship deal" earlier this year and now "sponsors the former Capital One Bowl and Citrus Bowl in Orlando." TicketCity previously sponsored what is now the Heart of Dallas Bowl (BIZJOURNALS.com, 11/25).

The Vikings next Tuesday will unveil "renderings for how pro soccer would look in a reduced-capacity version" of their new $1B stadium, which they hope will double as a venue for an MLS expansion team. The event at their stadium preview center is "not open to the public" (STARTRIBUNE.com, 11/26). ESPN's Taylor Twellman, who is from Minneapolis, will share at the event "why Minnesota should should be excited about a potential MLS franchise" (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 11/26).

USL Pro expansion club Austin Aztex last night unveiled their uniforms and an MLS affiliation with the Crew ahead of their inaugural season in '15. The Crew "will loan Austin up to four players next year, and the staffs will share technical and support information." Aztex Owner Rene Van De Zande said that "six or seven MLS franchises approached the club about an affiliation." USL-MLS affiliations are "one-year deals, but Aztex officials envision this marriage lasting awhile" (AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN, 11/26).

The Maple Leafs will honor late former NHL player and coach Pat Quinn, who died Sunday, with "special patches on the front of their jerseys" for tonight's home game against the Penguins (CBSSPORTS.com, 11/25). The Canucks honored Quinn last night with a tribute prior to their home game against the Devils (CP, 11/25).

Boxer Vladimir Klitschko's promotion agency K2 has filed a lawsuit against boxer Kubrat Pulev over the "Bulgarian challenger's doping allegations" ahead of their Nov. 15 bout in Hamburg (REUTERS, 11/25).

"The design is very nice: the color. We'll see. We've got to play with it first, but I think it'll be fine. It looks good, so I think it's a good idea by the NBA" – Magic C Nik Vucevic, on the sleeved jerseys his team will debut tonight at home against the Warriors (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 11/26).

"In contrast to others who just do it via the media, I rang up Mr. Blatter personally recently and asked him to resign. I can't be accused of holding myself back on this issue" – German Football League President Reinhard Rauball, on advocating for the resignation of FIFA President Sepp Blatter (GUARDIAN.co.uk, 11/25).

"I love ESPN but when they told me that game was being moved back 15 minutes, something's wrong. We have a whole bunch of guys with 8:00 and 9:00 classes tomorrow morning and we moved that game to 10:15 so that a football game could be finished" – Michigan men's basketball coach John Beilein, on last night's game against Villanova being moved back to accommodate the end of the Ohio-Miami (OH) game on ESPN2 (DETROIT NEWS, 11/26).

"It will be bittersweet. ... There'll probably be a little sadness and some emotion tied into it; a sense of accomplishment and pride that I've been part [of] turning around this league along with the board of governors" – CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon, on his impending retirement (Vancouver PROVINCE, 11/26).

Man Flo from Progressive has become a star with a single campaign…..

— Mike Hill (@ItsMikeHill) November 26, 2014

So many Villanova and Michigan fans in Brooklyn. Who knew the schools produced so many lovers of craft beer at Kurt Vile.

— Brian Hamilton (@BrianHamiltonSI) November 26, 2014

FIBA suspends Japanese Basketball Association, bars it from competitions and wants reforms in place before 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

— Brian Mahoney (@briancmahoney) November 26, 2014

The RG3 fall from grace "30 for 30" is going to be epic

— Ross Tucker (@RossTuckerNFL) November 26, 2014

FRIDAY

The Blue Jackets will host an alumni game at 3:00pm ET at the Ice Haus in Columbus. The event will raise money for "Do it for Daron," a local program to raise awareness for teen suicide in honor of Daron Richardson, the late daughter of former NHLer Luke Richardson.

WEDNESDAY

Nickelodeon will air "Little Ballers" at 9:30pm ET. Knicks F Amar'e Stoudemire is Executive Producer of the documentary, which features appearances from Knicks F Carmelo Anthony, Bulls C Joakim Noah, Thunder G Russell Westbrook and other NBAers.

THURSDAY

Fox will air "1962 U.S. Open" at 3:00pm ET. The film chronicles the first major championship of Golf HOFer Jack Nicklaus.

SATURDAY

CBS debuts "In Your Life," a documentary celebrating Verne Lundquist's 50 years in broadcasting, at 12:30pm ET.

Last night’s 1:00am ET edition of “Fox Sports Live” led with NBA highlights of Bulls-Nuggets, Warriors-Heat, Hawks-Wizards, followed by the updated CFP rankings and highlights of Ohio-Miami (OH). Last night’s 1:00am edition of ESPN’s “SportsCenter” led with the Redskins benching QB Robert Griffin III, followed by Bulls-Nuggets, Warriors-Heat and the CFP rankings.

ESPN’s “Olbermann” did not air yesterday.

Last night’s “Final Jeopardy!” category was “People in the Arts.”

“He once said, ‘It is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things.”

Last night’s edition of “Jeopardy!” featured the category “Expressions From Baseball.”

For $200: “Your figures are pretty close, definitely in this place.”

For $400: “Things aren’t looking good; it’s like we’ve already got this pair against us.”

For $600: “Dinner with your aunt? I can’t do it until her next visit, so I’ve got to take this.”

For $800: “Don’t worry, I’ll keep you informed; I’ll do this briefly with you after I get back.”

For $1000: “Most of the world doesn’t care how we pick Daily Doubles; that’s real this two-word phrase.”

NBC’s Jimmy Fallon: “Last night, CBS was talking about Odell Beckham Jr.'s crazy catch, the one the handed catch. It's unbelievable. They wanted to make sure that everyone knew his name, although I'm not really sure that they knew his name.” Fallon then aired a clip of CBS game analyst Solomon Wilcots botching Beckham’s name during Monday night’s broadcast, “We now know your name, Ladell Beckham Jr.” (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 11/25).

Last night’s “Top Ten List” was “Top Ten Things Overheard In Line Three Days Before Black Friday.” CBS’ David Letterman said, “I don't know if it's in evolution, (but) things have emerged so that Black Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving, the big shopping day, has taken on characteristics of a national holiday and people right this minute are camping out at various stores to get in there to pick up some of those black market bargains” ("Late Show,” CBS, 11/25).

10) “Just three more days and boom -- $10 off a microwave.”
9) “Yeah, I’m single too.”
8) “Someday, there’ll be a way to shop from home.”
7) “This isn’t the line to vote?”
6) “Where did your life go wrong?”
5) “I do hate missing my kid’s birthday.”
4) “Black Friday has become so commercialized.”
3) “I never want to regret spending too little time in line.”
2) “I’m waiting to return something.”
1) “Sale? I’m avoiding my family.”

“Who is Maurice Sendak?”

Correct responses to the “Expressions From Baseball” category:

For $200: “What is the ballpark?”

For $400: “What are two strikes?”

For $600: “What is a rain check?”

For $800: “What is touch base?”

For $1000: “What is inside baseball?”