NFL Network hired Tiffany Blackmon, a regional reporter based in Atlanta. A former reporter for CSN Houston, she will work on shows like “NFL Total Access,” “Around the NFL,” “Path to the Draft” and “NFL GameDay Morning” (John Ourand, Staff Writer).
About “two in five American households now subscribe to a video streaming service like Netflix, Amazon Prime or Hulu Plus, according to a new report from the media measurement company Nielsen that tracked the penetration of the digital offerings” (NY. TIMES, 3/12).
The Fire have extended their agreement with Time Warner Cable SportsChannel to make the channel the team’s Wisconsin TV home for the '15 season. SportsChannel will air 21 Fire games this year (Fire).
A fan was stabbed during last night’s Grizzlies-Celtics game at TD Garden. The victim was taken to the hospital “with injuries that were not considered life-threatening” (BOSTON GLOBE, 3/12). The incident occurred "in the balcony of the arena" (AP, 3/12).
A bill reinstating the tax break for the Breeders’ Cup to be held in Kentucky this fall is “headed to Gov. Steve Beshear, who will sign it” (Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL, 3/12).
49ers GM Trent Baalke said that the team is “conducting its own investigation” into the arrest of FB Bruce Miller on suspicion of misdemeanor battery of a spouse (S.F. CHRONICLE, 3/12).
The Harvest America Evangelistic Crusade, an event that drew more than 20,000 people to AmericanAirlines Center last year, “will switch to AT&T Stadium” this fall (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 3/12).
