In today's Must Read, the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER's Tom Sorensen pens his first column since late September, when he sustained a head injury after a fall in Baltimore while covering the Panthers-Ravens game. Sorensen: "I'm Back, And Thankful" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 12/19).
Last night’s series finale of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” featured a multitude of celebrities and newsmakers singing together to wish host
Stephen Colbert goodbye, including Mavericks Owner
Mark Cuban, Basketball HOFer
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, ESPN's
Keith Olbermann, director
Ken Burns and broadcasters
Alexi Lalas and
Bob Costas (
“The Colbert Report,” Comedy Central, 12/18).
The Raiders announced that Sunday’s game against the Bills has sold out and “will air on CBS affiliates in the Raiders home market,” including KPIX (CSNBAYAREA.com, 12/18).
The Canadiens last night held a ceremony for former NHLer Saku Koivu before their game against the Ducks. Koivu’s appearance was “emotionally packed, his speech set up by video footage of him during his fight against cancer as a player in Montreal” (L.A. TIMES, 12/19).
SAP co-Founder Dietmar Hopp is “expected to become the majority owner” of Bundesliga side TSG Hoffenheim next year (SID, 12/18).
The Earthquakes have signed a long-term ticketing products and services partnership for Avaya Stadium with Ticketmaster (Earthquakes).
Coca-Cola has inked a deal to become Bell Media’s first major partner for its coverage of next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup (Coca-Cola/Bell Media).
MGM Resorts Int’l and AEG hosted a media tour at the site of their $375M, 20,000-seat arena in Las Vegas. The project is “taking shape, with steel work even showing the first signs of the suite level” (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 12/19).
