Speed Reads....

The heads of Europe’s leading soccer clubs and leagues, including EPL CEO Richard Scudamore, “will make a last-ditch stand this week to prevent” the ’22 FIFA World Cup from moving to November and December, “causing untold damage to the global calendar and potentially throwing television scheduling into chaos” (INDEPENDENT.co.uk, 2/21).

The AHL team relocating to San Diego from Norfolk, Va., will take on the Gulls name, “paying tribute to the longstanding tradition of area hockey teams being given that moniker” (THEHOCKEYNEWS.com, 2/22).

SNY today plans to name Steve Gelbs the successor to Kevin Burkhardt, who “left for a full-time job at Fox after eight seasons as the Mets reporter” (NEWSDAY, 2/22).