Reds 3B Todd Frazier won last night's Home Run Derby at Great American Ball Park, with the "hometown All-Star" outslugging Dodgers CF Joc Pederson 15-14 in the "final round in the first year of a bracket format." Fans dressed in red "chanted Frazier's name and cheered his every homer throughout the night" (AP, 7/13). When Frazier won the event, the ballpark "got louder than it has since 2010" (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 7/14).

MLB was able to stage the Derby after weather forecasts initially calling for thunderstorms last night in Cincinnati did not materialize during the competition. The league did make a late switch to the Derby format, tweaking the rules about an hour prior to the start by shaving a minute off each player’s timed round and eliminating some opportunities for bonus time, helping complete the event in slightly more than two hours and just before another storm descended on the city overnight. Heavy rain and a tornado warning hit Cincinnati early yesterday afternoon. “Given what had been forecast (for Monday night), this is a huge win,” said Reds COO Phil Castellini (Eric Fisher, Staff Writer).

StubHub yesterday said that its sales for today's All-Star Game in Cincinnati are up 31% from a year ago in Minneapolis and are its second-best ever for the event, trailing only the event two years ago at N.Y.’s Citi Field. The average ticket price for purchased All-Star Game tickets on StubHub is $733, down 10% from $813 a week ago.

Federal magistrate judge Nathanael Cousins last night ordered the NCAA to pay nearly $44.4M in attorneys' fees and $1.5M in costs to lawyers for the plaintiffs in the Ed O'Bannon class-action lawsuit. The decision comes "nearly a year after U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled that the NCAA's limits on what major college football and men's basketball players can receive for playing sports 'unreasonably restrain trade' in violation of antitrust laws." The plaintiffs' lawyers had asked for nearly $45.6M in fees and nearly $5.3M in costs and expenses (USA TODAY, 7/14).

DraftKings as early as today "expects to add Fox Sports and other investors to its portfolio, largely replacing" Disney's $200M investment in the brand. Fox Sports would be "another elite sports investor in daily fantasy." The NBA and NBC Sports both own part of FanDuel, while MLB has a stake in DraftKings (N.Y. TIMES, 7/14).

Meanwhile, FanDuel has closed on a mammoth $275M Series E round of venture capital financing, giving the company a valuation in excess of $1B. Existing FanDuel investor KKR led the funding round, joined by Google Capital, Time Warner Investments, Turner Sports and several individual NFL and NBA team owners (Eric Fisher, Staff Writer).

NBA owners will meet today at Wynn Las Vegas for the league's annual summer BOG meeting. Owners will hear a report of team and league business operations and an update on CBA matters. The league’s competition committee also will consider modifications regarding time-outs during games. The BOG meeting is part of the NBA’s league meetings this week in Las Vegas. The league last night held a reception for longtime team and league exec Rod Thorn. Political strategist and former Obama senior advisor David Axelrod tomorrow will address NBA execs as part of a general session of the league meetings.

Under Armour today will unveil the Armour Bra Collection, “a new line of high-, mid- and low-support sports bras.” The launch is part of the company’s “I Will What I Want” campaign that was introduced last year. A digital marketing effort will begin Aug. 4 and feature U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn, ballerina Misty Copeland, USWNT D Kelley O’Hara, surfer Brianna Cope and model Gisele Bundchen (WWD.com, 7/13).

The Rio 2016 organizing committee today will conduct the first of 44 test events, designed to evaluate the readiness of venues across the city for next year’s Summer Olympics. Up first is the Maracanazinho arena, which hosts the FIVB Volleyball World League finals that run through Sunday. Six more test events follow in August. The world’s Olympic movement will be paying close attention to these dry runs after Reuters reported in May that only 10% of 56 major Olympic-related construction projects had been finished.

MLS has signed a partnership with beIN Sports to televise live league matches across Southeast Asia and Australia. The deal, which runs through the '18 season, will see at least two matches a week being broadcast in Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines and Thailand. The MLS All-Star Game and all MLS Cup playoff matches will be broadcast by beIN Sports, which will also feature MLS content on its digital platforms.

Prince Harry today announced that the second Invictus Games will be held May 8-12, 2016, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World. The Games are an int'l sporting event for injured active duty and veteran service members (Invictus Games).

A total of 1,168,509 people attended this year’s Calgary Stampede, “a 94,919 drop from the 1.2 million seen last year.” Event officials said that this year’s attendance “more than exceeded their expectations” given the current economic climate (CALGARY SUN, 7/14).

A sellout crowd of 18,467 fans attended last night’s U.S.-Panama CONCACAF Gold Cup match at Sporting Park (KANSASCITY.com, 7/14).

Rolex runs a full-page ad in the N.Y. Times featuring Roger Federer at Wimbledon: “Perpetual Grace” (THE DAILY).

“Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen and keep your eyes wide open, the chance won’t come again” – SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, quoting Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin’” in his opening speech on the state of the SEC (Mult., 7/14).

“It seems so obvious. How did we miss this? It’s one of those ‘aha’ moments” – MLB President of Business & Media Bob Bowman, on the explosion of daily fantasy (N.Y. TIMES, 7/14).

“I would think the only person that would call me the best owner in baseball would be our PR people” – Reds President & CEO Bob Castellini, on CNBC’s Eric Chemi calling him “maybe the best owner in baseball” (“Fast Money Halftime Report,” CNBC, 7/13).

“The one major drawback, which I’m sure could be fixed with the technology we have out there, is it’s kind of having swimmer’s ear” – NBA referee Brent Barnaky, on the league testing referee headsets during Summer League games (ESPN.com, 7/13).

“I view this as a long-term relationship. We’re going to be here until 2023. We’ll take it a year at a time, but Jordan thinks a lot of this area and we think a lot of him” – John Deere Classic Tournament Dir Clair Peterson, on the ’16 Rio Games possibly keeping Jordan Spieth from returning next year to defend his title (QUAD-CITY TIMES, 7/14).

The TAMPA BAY TIMES' writes, "Consider 2015 to be the 'Year of the Woman' in sports." There are "four female nominees" for SI's "Sportsman of the Year" who "have accomplished more than any guy out there." The FT. WORTH STAR TELEGRAM: "Girls, if you can stomach the fight, choose good over hot. Good lasts while hot cools."

The COLUMBUS DISPATCH goes with the header, "All-Star Game: Cincinnati Loves Baseball, But Game Must Connect With Younger Fans, Too." Baseball is "stalked by the shadows of its own past and those cast by other hipper, burgeoning sports." CINCINNATI ENQUIRER goes with, "Todd Frazier Perfect Fit For All-Star Spotlight."

Also:

• Why the NBA beats the NFL when it comes to guaranteed contracts.
• Pac-12 is trying to rearrange the business of collegiate athletics.
• Shoe company Brandblack merging fashion and performance on court.
• Q&A with “The Best Team Money Can Buy” author Molly Knight.

With Kromer and Ryan O'Reilly things, I guess we'll find out if Buffalo sports has owners who will be proactive on off-field/ice issues

— Matthew Coller (@MatthewWGR) July 14, 2015

Mark Cuban stand-up by an athlete unique? Oh, hell no! Athlete mentality. Much worse in basketball. Some agents get stood up all the time.

— Ralph Cindrich (@RalphCindrich) July 14, 2015

You walk near 18th green at St Andrews and you get goose bumps. It's unavoidable. We know cell towers. Here, they have goose-bump towers.

— Bill Dwyre (@DwyreLATimes) July 14, 2015

Just woke up at 4 am for nothing. Thanks @USAirways for not only canceling our flight and not telling us, but rebooking us too w/ no notice!

— Graham Rahal (@GrahamRahal) July 14, 2015

HR Derby was a Home Run as far as I'm concerned. Lots of fun

— mark schlereth (@markschlereth) July 14, 2015

How to fix the Pro Bowl: make it the Home Run Derby.

— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) July 14, 2015

Last night’s 1:00am ET edition of ESPN’s “SportsCenter” and the 1:30am ET edition of FS1’s “Fox Sports Live” both led with the MLB Home Run Derby. ESPN followed with the U.S.-Panama match, followed by highlights from the NBA Summer League and Cowboys WR Dez Bryant holding out. FS1 followed with a preview of the MLB All-Star Game, followed by U.S.-Panama and Bryant holding out.

Former boxer Laila Ali and Steelers WR Antonio Brown will be honored with Variety’s Sports Personalities of the Year during the inaugural Sports Entertainment Breakfast at Vibiana in L.A.

Last night’s “Final Jeopardy!” category was “American Products.”

 “In 1913, this cleaning item was born when its creators named it from a word meaning “bright” or “shining.”

USWNT MF Carli Lloyd appeared on CBS’ “The Late Late Show” last night, with host James Corden calling her an “American hero.” Lloyd said since winning the World Cup, “It’s been whirlwind. Not a lot of sleep but taking it all in and enjoying every moment of it.” Corden said of Lloyd doing interviews at 3:00am after winning the World Cup, “Why don’t you just go, ‘You know what, I’m not going to do that.’” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was on Lloyd's bus during the victory parade and Corden said, “Are you looking at him like, ‘What are you doing on the bus?’ I’d be like, ‘If you’re going to be on the bus, get me a drink.’” Lloyd: “Just to see the amount of people that were there for us was great” (“The Late Late Show,” CBS, 7/14).

“What is a Brillo pad?”

Brillo is a derivative of “brilliant.”