Secondary ticket prices for Saturday's Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight as of last night ranged from $3,584.28 to $351,005.25 on StubHub. Pacquiao "will purchase 900 tickets to the Fight of the Century for his family and friends." The total cost of those tickets will be "somewhere between" $3-4M (CBSSPORTS.com, 4/30).

SI.com goes with the header, "Promoter Bob Arum Turns It Up For Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight Week." YAHOO SPORTS: "Floyd Mayweather Vs. Bob Arum: Not Your Normal Rivalry." Under the header, "Mayweather Vs. Pacquiao: Drama And Big Money," the WALL STREET JOURNAL notes the bout is "rekindling the mainstream cultural buzz that boxing used to get." GLOBE & MAIL: "In The Boxing World, Mayweather's Poor Character Attracts And Repulses."
 
Best Quick Hits around the fight:

"The only place he makes money off this fight is scalping tickets, and I cut his balls off" – Top Rank Chair Bob Arum, on Mayweather's manager, Al Haymon. Ticket policy was reportedly one of the issues that delayed the fight (SI.com, 4/29).

"Everybody pays. There are no comp tickets. If I want members of my staff to go, I've got to purchase them a ticket" – Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 4/30).

"They wanted to freeze us out and make it their event. The problem is, they don't know what they're doing. They couldn't sell sponsorships. We sold all the sponsorships. ... Every single deal for television rights, we did, not them" – Arum, on Mayweather Promotions (SBNATION.com, 4/29).

"It's a cultural event. It might be a little bit like Woodstock, where three times as many people say they were there as really were" – HBO Sports President Ken Hershman (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 4/30).

“I look at things in a business aspect. If we just say each one of my kids from this fight … $50 million apiece – I think I made a smart move” – Mayweather, who expects to earn $200M from the fight, on waiting nearly five years from when the public first wanted the two to square off (WASHINGTON POST, 4/30).

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said that he "would step into negotiations personally with the intent of getting a deal done fairly quickly to finance" a new Bucks arena. He said he would be personally involved this afternoon in Milwaukee "to talk about what the options are." Walker, who first proposed a $220M financing plan, had not previously "participated in face-to-face talks with city, county and legislative leaders" and team reps. He had "top staffers attend previous" arena meetings (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 4/30).

A crowd of 61,004 "disappointed spectators" attended the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League Final last night at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, with Liga MX' Club America defeating the Impact 4-2 (5-3 on aggregate). It was an "electric atmosphere in the sold-out stadium" with an "early-arriving crowd." The Mexico-based team "captured its sixth Champions Cup – its first since 2006" (MONTREAL GAZETTE, 4/30).

Sources said that the Thunder are "nearing an agreement" with Florida coach Billy Donovan on a "multiyear deal" to make him their new head coach, with an announcement expected today or tomorrow. Sources said that "only an unforeseen collapse at this stage would prevent the sides from finalizing a deal after two days of advanced negotiations." Thunder F Kevin Durant reportedly has been "sending optimistic signals about playing" for Donovan, who would replace the ousted Scott Brooks (ESPN.com, 4/29).

The Orioles yesterday defeated the White Sox 8-2 at an empty Camden Yards, with the public barred from the game due to unrest in Baltimore.

Baltimore Sun, back page, “Should’ve Been There” ... Washington Post, A1 above the fold, “Take Them Out Of The Ballgame” … Chicago Tribune, A1 above the fold, “It Was Just Surreal” … Wall Street Journal, A1 above the fold, “In A Tense City, No Cheers For The Home Team” … L.A. Times, A1 bottom, “Attendance: 0” … Hartford Courant, A1 above the fold, “Uneasy Calm” ... Boston Globe, A1 above the fold, “Day Of Precaution And Protest”

CBS’ David Letterman said, “Down in Baltimore today, they played a 2:00 baseball game, the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles (but) nobody was allowed in the ballpark. It was strangely, eerily quiet. The players had to heckle themselves. … Even though no one was allowed inside the ballpark, parking was still a problem” (“Late Show,” CBS, 4/29). NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, “Because of the riots in Baltimore, the Orioles played their game against the Chicago White Sox in a completely empty stadium this afternoon. Yeah, they’re playing baseball and nobody has come to support them, or as I called that growing up, ‘Little League’” (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 4/29).

Today through Saturday marks the "three greatest days of sports this year," and "maybe of the last five years." The NFL Draft begins tonight in Chicago, as does the first regular-season Yankees-Red Sox series of the year at Fenway Park. Saturday brings the Kentucky Derby and the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. This comes amid ongoing playoff series in the NHL and NBA. Fans are "going to need a plan to pull all this off" (USA TODAY, 4/30).

The WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship teed off yesterday at S.F.’s Harding Park, which was “hosting a PGA Tour event for the first time in nearly six years.” Most players in the event “offered glowing reviews about the layout” (S.F. CHRONICLE, 4/30).

Conference USA has communicated to UAB that the league will not “amend its bylaws to keep the Blazers without football,” according to a source. The school “will most likely be a C-USA member for one more academic year” in ’15-16 (CBSSPORTS.com, 4/29).

A Superior Court judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed by N.J. state Sen. Loretta Weinberg against state officials "regarding requests for information related to the decision in January to close the Izod Center” (Bergen RECORD, 4/30).

Prospective Hawks co-Owners Tony Ressler, Jesse Itzler and Sara Blakely last night attended Game 5 of the Nets-Hawks playoff series at Philips Arena. The three “politely declined comment per NBA rules as the sales process has not been completed” (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 4/30).

“It was just unfortunate. It was a good playoff series that didn’t need to end like that” – Mavericks F Dirk Nowitzki, on the Rockets Twitter feed sending an insensitive tweet showing a emoji horse with a gun to its head. The Rockets Twitter account manager has since been relieved of his duties (DALLASNEWS.com, 4/29).

“We have meeting after meeting after meeting. You cannot bet on baseball. His accomplishments speak for themselves, I understand that, but you know what you’re doing” – Braves C A.J. Pierzynski, who believes Pete Rose should not be allowed into the Baseball HOF (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 4/30).

“The people of Baltimore are resilient, and we are going to be better because of it. This is not a rebuilding of our city. This is a continuation of building our city” – Under Armour Chair & CEO Kevin Plank, during a shareholders meeting, on the recent civil unrest in Baltimore (Baltimore SUN, 4/30).

“Based on the information I heard today, I think we are at a disadvantage not playing a (conference) championship game” – Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, whose conference is the only Power 5 league without a football championship game (USATODAY.com, 4/29).

Last night’s 2:00am ET edition of ESPN’s “SportsCenter” led with Red Wings-Lightning Game 7, followed by Nets-Hawks and Giants-Dodgers. The first report on the White Sox-Orioles game was nine minutes into the broadcast. Last night’s 2:00am edition of FS1’s “Fox Sports Live” led with White Sox-Orioles, followed by Lightning-Red Wings and Grizzlies-Trail Blazers.

ESPN’s Adnan Virk filled in for ESPN’s Keith Olbermann last night and did not air a "world’s worst persons in sports" segment.

In a special to the BOSTON HERALD, lawyer and radio personality Rick Shaffer writes under the header, "Sudden Death Of The NFL Likely As CTE Suits Mount." Meanwhile, in the CHICAGO TRIBUNE: New research into heading soccer balls shows that "while a single impact is rarely enough to cause a concussion, scientists are focusing on the cumulative effects of all those blows."

Also: 

• Roger Goodell reiterates his commitment to improving player conduct.
• Verizon Center execs on flipping arena with Wizards, Capitals in playoffs.
• Nostalgia for Nassau Coliseum as rebuild awaits a lengthy to-do list.
• NFL Draft class of '90: some thrive as others struggle post-career. 

My man, @omarkelly, just called draft day, "my favorite day of the year" on Joe Rose's show. I feel for him.

— Dave Hyde (@davehydesports) April 30, 2015

#Pacquiao has far more endorsements than #Mayweather none. 'Would U buy anything from Mayweather?’ asks Freddie Roach.http://t.co/HxYVDOov2J

— Michael McCarthy (@MMcCarthyREV) April 30, 2015

I'm not paying $100 to watch a woman-beater try a guy for a change. But then again, I probably wouldn't watch two man-beaters fight either.

— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) April 29, 2015

Phrase du jour: "linear network." How @NBC describes itself for broadcast release of @nbcaquarius. vs. online drop of all 13 episodes.

— Rich Heldenfels (@RHeldenfelsABJ) April 30, 2015

The Univ. of Houston will introduce Hunter Yurachek as its new AD in an 11:00am CT news conference at TDECU Stadium. Broadcaster Jim Nantz, a Houston alum, will introduce Yurachek.

Last night’s “Final Jeopardy!” category was “Chain Store Names in the News.”

“The 1917 first use of what became its name said this two-word small room ‘called up the tube that the steamer…was torpedoed.”

Last night’s edition of “Jeopardy!” featured the category “The Athlete Who...”

For $200: “Announced he was taking his talents back to Cleveland in 2014.”

For $400: “Won the Heisman in 2005 and forfeited it in 2010.”

For $600: “Scored the ‘hand of god’ goal for Argentina.”

For $800: “At age 22, entered the record books with his 16-under-par winning score at the 2011 U.S. Open.”

For $1000: “In 1996 helped the American female gymnasts win Gold by sticking her second vault while injured.”

Last night’s edition of NBC’s “The Tonight Show” featured a segment called “Puppy Predictors” in which puppies predicted who would win the Kentucky Derby. Fallon said, “When it comes to predicting things, we have a secret weapon, and it’s puppies” (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 4/29).

Last night’s Top Ten list was “Top Ten Future Nik Wallenda Stunts” (“Late Show,” CBS, 4/29).

10) “Jumping the buffet line.”
9) “Locating the source of a copy machine paper jam.”
8) “Sitting through a double-feature of both 'Paul Blart’ movies.”
7) “Explaining to someone how he makes a living.”
6) “Getting between Hillary Clinton and a campaign donor.”
5) “Cancelling a gym membership in person.”
4) “Standing on that part of a step ladder that has a warning sign that reads ‘Caution: Not a step.’”
3) “Eating soup in a hammock.”
2) “Attempting to sleep on a futon.”
1) “Getting kicked right in the Wallendas.”

“What is Radio Shack?”

Correct responses to the “The Athlete Who…” category:

For $200: “Who is LeBron James?”

For $400: “Who is Reggie Bush?”

For $600: “Who is Diego Maradona?”

For $800: “Who is Rory McIlroy?”

For $1000: “Who is Kerri Strug?”