The NFL today announced that it has signed a 10-year agreement with Tottenham Hotspur to play two regular-season games annually at the EPL club’s new London stadium starting in '18, when the venue opens. The agreement does not mean the NFL is moving away from Wembley Stadium, where it has staged regular-season games annually since '07, including three last year. The league fully expects to renew its deal with Wembley, whose contract with the NFL ends after the '16 season. A deal there would mean the NFL would play games beginning in '18 at both venues. Tottenham's stadium will have two fields: a permanent field for the NFL and, on top of that, a soccer field that can slide out of the venue.

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Coyotes fans last night "got the chance to grill" management in a town hall event "hours after legal depositions" in the club's lawsuit against Glendale. Many fans urged the owners to "move the team back to downtown Phoenix." President & CEO Anthony LeBlanc said that "buying an arena ... isn't on the table right now," adding that changing cities "isn't easy." LeBlanc: "Talking Stick Arena in Phoenix has an anchor with a full schedule." He "remains adamant the team will not move out of state." The team also revealed "new Coyotes license plates will still be released this year" (ABC15.com, 7/7).

Stanford Univ. and Collegiate Licensing Co. have agreed to a 10-year extension of their partnership, which began in '99. The news comes as part of a very productive few weeks for the IMG College company, which recently extended its deal with Alabama for 10 years and approximately $100M. CLC also signed Michigan State, which had long handled licensing in-house. Financial terms of the Stanford deal were not disclosed (THE DAILY).

Oregon State has signed Levy Restaurants to a multiyear deal to operate all food service on campus, including the Pac-12 school’s 18 sports programs. The agreement covers Reser Stadium and Gill Coliseum, OSU’s football and basketball venues. It starts with a refresh of the athlete dining hall that has not been renovated for the past 15 years. The upgraded Performance Table will focus on personal nutrition, showcasing menus updated weekly with input from OSU sports dietician Stacey Kasianchuk. This marks Chicago-based Levy's seventh college concessions account, following Colorado, Iowa State, Missouri, Ohio State, Purdue, Texas A&M and Wisconsin.

N.Y. Mayor Bill de Blasio yesterday announced that the U.S. women's national soccer team "will have their own ticker tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes" on Friday to celebrate their FIFA Women's World Cup title. The team "will be joined by the mayor and 'special guests'" beginning at 11:00am ET. The city set up a website where "those interested in attending can sign up" today between 2:00-4:00pm (NEWSDAY, 7/8).

The Dolphins today are selling “a limited number of seats and seatbacks that were removed during this offseason’s renovations” to Sun Life Stadium. The seats with seatbacks will be available for purchase on the team’s website and “will be sold to season-ticket members first.” Proceeds will benefit the Miami Dolphins Foundation (SUN-SENTINEL.com, 7/6). 

Jacksonville Sports Council President & CEO Rick Catlett this afternoon is expected to announce that Notre Dame and Navy will play their ’16 football game at EverBank Field. The news was first reported by ND Insider (THE DAILY).

Two fans injured by flying debris from Austin Dillon’s wreck at Daytona Int’l Speedway this past weekend have retained Orlando-based attorney Matt Morgan. The fans were “sitting three rows up from the point of impact when they were struck by debris that went through a catch-fence” (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 7/8).

Attorneys in the lawsuit challenging the arena deal between the city of Sacramento and the NBA Kings “will present their closing arguments” this morning in Sacramento Superior Court (SACRAMENTO BEE, 7/8).

EAG Sports Management announced that it has an agreement to oversee all of Bills RB LeSean McCoy’s publicity initiatives (EAG Sports).

An estimated crowd of 21,000 people last night attended the Panama-Haiti and U.S.-Honduras CONCACAF Gold Cup doubleheader at Toyota Stadium near Dallas (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 7/8).

About 40 people last night attended the first meeting of the Triple-A Int’l League Pawtucket Red Sox’ “listening tour” at the Smithfield Senior Center in Greenville, R.I. (PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, 7/8).

“This is about creating an opportunity in youth sports. If you’re a parent you can understand how strong the passion is for youth sports” – Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp, on his company acquiring three youth-focused digital sports companies (WSJ.com, 7/7).

“Every year there are two men’s matches and one women’s match on the main courts. We’re still fighting on that. I don’t think it’s limited to Wimbledon. We have this problem at a lot of tournaments” – Serena Williams, backing up Caroline Wozniacki’s claim that Wimbledon shows favoritism to the men’s game (LONDON TIMES, 7/8).

“I want to remove any of the speculation in all that. But right now I’ve got more issues I’ve got to tackle” – Michigan interim AD Jim Hackett, on not being sure if he wants to take on the position on a permanent basis (DETROIT NEWS, 7/8).

“We’ll never knock out Orlando because there’s a certain number of teams that prefer that atmosphere. And as long as certain coaches and management have houses there, Orlando will continue” – Summer League Founder Warren LeGarie, who runs NBA leagues in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City (NBA.com, 7/7).

“What we’re trying to show the world and the (IOC) is that this is a really popular sport with good people” – U.S. Softball coach Ken Eriksen, on one of his team’s goals at the upcoming Pan Am Games in Toronto (USATODAY.com, 7/7).

Last night’s late night edition of ESPN’s “SportsCenter” led with Rays-Royals, followed by Reds-Nationals and Angels-Rockies. The first non-MLB report was Panama-Haiti CONCACAF Gold Cup 10 minutes into the broadcast. Last night’s late night edition of FS1’s “Fox Sports Live” led with Reds-Nationals, followed by Astros-Indians, A’s-Yankees and USWNT victory rally.

ESPN’s Keith Olbermann called out his “world’s worst” persons in sports: English Football Association Content Editor James Callow, “who issued a non-apology apology after his organization” tweeted a sexist tweet about the English Women’s World Cup team. Olbermann also criticized the WTA after they announced the first stage to “eliminate the greatest threat menacing its sport,” which is “grunting” by the players, and the Bucks co-owners threatening to sell the team back to the NBA -- who will then relocate the franchise -- if they don’t receive public money for an arena.

SPORTSONEARTH.com goes with the header, "Time To Start Trusting Phil Jackson." His "willingness to hit singles and doubles, play the long game and finally give New York reason to hope for the bright future it deserves is slowly turning him into one of the most underestimated executives in the league."

GRANTLAND summarizes the CONCACAF Gold Cup as such: "Every two years a bunch of teams play a bunch of games on American soil, and the U.S. and Mexico eventually meet in the final."

Also:

• MLB All-Star Game triggers spike in Cincinnati hotel room prices.
• Language, culture still a barrier for many int'l players in MLB.
• How an int'l soccer match ended with an absurd score of 46-0.

Now I have to figure out what a Hotspur is.

— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) July 8, 2015

Royal Box particularly Royal today HRH The Duke & HRH The Duchess of Cambridge HRH The Duke of Kent King Mrs Billie Jean #Wimbledon

— Christopher Clarey (@christophclarey) July 8, 2015

If Miami doesn't have a parade for Jill Ellis, then we don't care about soccer. #makeithappen

— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) July 8, 2015

@TheNBPA thank you, very educational and I encourage others to take part of it next year.

— Charlie Villanueva (@CVBelieve) July 8, 2015

Baseball HOFer Cal Ripken Jr. will visit Hartford to meet with city officials and hold youth baseball clinics.

The Broncos are putting a limited number of single-game tickets on sale using a variable pricing format. The three price levels are Preseason (49ers and Cardinals), Premium (Vikings, Chiefs, Raiders and Chargers) and Marquee (Ravens, Packers, Patriots and Bengals). The team has sold out 349 consecutive regular-season games since ’70.

Subway and spokesman Jared Fogle have “agreed to suspend their relationship following a raid on Fogle’s home months after the arrest” of Jared Foundation Exec Dir Russell Taylor on child pornography charges. The “Jared’s Journey” page on Subway’s website has been taken down (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 7/8).

Last night’s “Final Jeopardy!” category was “International Contests.”

“Due to developments in 2012, this annual summer contest now lists no winner from 1999-2005.”

“What is the Tour de France?”