Land O'Lakes and the Vikings today announced a sponsorship deal that makes the food/agribusiness brand the third Founding Partner of U.S. Bank Stadium. Assets will include prominent signage throughout the venue; advertising opportunities with the Vikings Entertainment Network; exclusivity in the dairy products, animal feed and crop input categories; access to team facilities; collaboration on community initiatives; and business entertainment opportunities. The other Founding Partners are MillerCoors and Hy-Vee (Vikings).

The Packers today are scheduled to reveal "details of the first phase" of their planned Titletown District development near Lambeau Field. The project is to include a "high-end Kohler hotel, Hinterland brewery and restaurant, and a Bellin Health sports medicine clinic." The Packers paid $28.6M for property in the development area. They have indicated that a public plaza "will play a significant part in the development" (GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, 8/20).

The U.S. women's national soccer team last night continued its World Cup victory tour with a 7-2 win over Costa Rica in Chattanooga, with many fans enduring an 83-minute delay "through a minor monsoon." Attendance totaled 20,535, and there were "13,000 or so fans who stayed after the wind, rain and lightning ravaged" Finley Stadium. Having the crowd "sing the national anthem on its own was an inspired touch," as was the "moment of silence for the five victims of the July 16 terrorist attack" in Tennessee (CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS, 8/20).

USWNT officials said that the U.S. players "plan to autograph the jerseys" they wore in the game and "put them up for auction, with proceeds benefiting the Chattanooga Heroes Fund" (AP, 8/19).

The PGA Tour Wyndham Championship gets underway today in Greensboro, N.C., and organizers have been "in catch-up mode" since Tiger Woods on Monday confirmed his participation. An additional 49,000 tickets were printed for the first two rounds, and an "expanded media center was needed to meet demand" (GOLFWEEK.com, 8/19). Preparations have included "distributing many of those tickets to local stores," as well as "calling local law enforcement and asking for extra security and traffic control" (SPORTINGNEWS.com, 8/20).

The Greensboro NEWS & RECORD notes, "Here at the last event of the regular season, we'll watch the old guard play one of the last events of its kind here." The NEWS & RECORD also offers "Five Reasons To Care About The Wyndham."

A source said that the PGA Championship is "returning to Oak Hill Country Club" in Rochester in '23, although multiple other sources "would not officially confirm the news." The "final approval" reportedly happened at a BOG meeting at the club Tuesday night. Another source said "there's going to be good news soon." This means club membership "is about to be notified via letter" before the news is made public (ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, 8/20).

Friends of former NBA Commissioner David Stern are "urging him to run" for N.Y. mayor in '17, now that Bill de Blasio is "looking less likely to be re-elected to a second term." A source said of Stern, "He's pretty bored. He's always been interested in politics, and he's always been interested in running for office." But Stern said that he is "not interested in running." Stern: "I remain a happy Westchester resident and am very busy as a senior adviser to a number of enterprises" (N.Y. POST, 8/20).

Michael Jordan yesterday made a "brief surprise return to the stand in federal court" in Chicago to "testify that he would 'absolutely not' have agreed to let Dominick's supermarket use his identity in an ad in return for just $126,900." That is the price an expert hired by the now-defunct supermarket chain told jurors that Dominick's "would have put on the ad in a 2009 special issue of Sports Illustrated, had it asked for Jordan's permission" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 8/20).

A partnership between the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and Eat Fit NOLA will see "healthier options" available in suites this season. Superdome concessionaire Centerplate has "designated certain items on its menus as Eat Fit NOLA items," including "grilled pork tenderloin, shrimp and kale salad and glazed salmon with bok choy" (NOLA.com, 8/19).

Auburn officials said that the football program is "closing in on sellouts for every game this upcoming season" at Jordan-Hare Stadium (AL.com, 8/19).

The Pistons "unveiled three mini-plans for 10-game ticket packages that will go on sale this morning." The packages are "labeled as a weekend plan, a big game plan and a weekday plan." Plans "start at $139 and go up to $1,149 for lower-level sideline seats" (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 8/20).

“It’s a tough environment to put guys in. … To put them out on the field with no referees, really … guys kind of almost feel like, in that scenario, that’s when they can get their cheap shots in” – Bengals OT Andrew Whitworth, on the number of fights taking place during joint practices (USA TODAY, 8/20).

“All I’ve been hearing is doping, doping, doping, all the questions have been about doping. It’s sad that it’s been at the forefront for the world championships and not the competition” – Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt (REUTERS, 8/20).

“One of the things that was very impressive about Seb’s vision to elevate the sport was how progressive it was. He wants to think differently than anyone has done traditionally, and he does think differently” – USA Track & Field CEO Max Siegel, on Sebastian Coe taking over as IAAF president (N.Y. TIMES, 8/20).

Last night’s 1:00am ET edition of ESPN’s “SportsCenter” led with Mets-Orioles, followed by Nationals-Rockies, Rays-Astros and Twins-Yankees. Last night’s 1:00am ET edition of FS1’s “Fox Sports Live” led with Twins-Yankees, followed by Blue Jays-Phillies, the Dodgers acquiring 2B Chase Utley and Dodgers-A’s. The first non-MLB report for ESPN, which aired nine minutes into the broadcast and for FS1 10 minutes into its telecast, was the latest court hearing in the Deflategate saga.

In a WALL STREET JOURNAL op-ed, Coca-Cola Chair & CEO Muhtar Kent writes, "The way we have engaged the public health and scientific communities to tackle the global obesity epidemic ... is not working. ... I know our company can do a better job engaging both the public-health and scientific communities – and we will."

Also:

• MLB's Rob Manfred stays on task with push for youth participation.
• Bucks' arena deal shines harsh light on issues of stadium financing.
• For Chicago fans, watching Michael Jordan age can be difficult.
• NFL fans deserve better than full-priced tickets for preseason games.
• College basketball coaches assess effect of shoe deals on recruiting.
• LeBron James in a class of his own with off-the-court philanthropy.
• A quick rundown of some of the most useful apps for golfers.
• District Attorney in Patrick Kane investigation known as deliberate.

As much as Herm or Rex, Bill O'Brien is made for Hard Knocks. "I wanna see what these f**** know."

— Seth Wickersham (@SethWickersham) August 20, 2015

Big Ten Network says Harabugh is the first coach in 112 campus visits by BTN to decline an interview with the network.

— Brendan F. Quinn (@BFQuinn) August 19, 2015

The attendance rolls on @CincyTennis - have now set new all-time attendance records for 8 of 9 sessions & Thur = Novak, Serena, Rafa & Roger

— Vince Cicero (@VCicero) August 20, 2015

My three-year-old cackles like a loon every time Bad Comedian Eli Manning says "Whaaaaaa???" Every time.

— Will Leitch (@williamfleitch) August 20, 2015

FIFA will meet some of its leading sponsors in Zurich to discuss reforms.

adidas and Arizona State football will unveil the school's "Desert Ice" uniforms for the neutral-site season opener against Texas A&M.

The Jacksonville Sports Council will host a sold-out speaker series luncheon featuring SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey at 12:00pm ET at the Omni Jacksonville Hotel.

The Packers, Safe Kids Connection and Bellin Health – as part of the team's Titletown Wellness Initiative – will host a bike safety rodeo from 10:00am-1:00pm CT outside the Oneida Nation Gate at Lambeau Field.

The “Final Jeopardy!” category was “Bodies of Water.”

“First encountered in 1648 by a man born in Russia, it was eventually named after a man born in Denmark.”

Tennis player John McEnroe appeared on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” last night, and host Jimmy Kimmel said, “You were one of the first athletes to sign with Nike to have an endorsement deal with Nike in the 70’s way before Michael Jordan.” McEnroe said, “I wanted to be a little bit like a rock star type of tennis player. Like, could you possibly be No. 1 and to some degree burn the candle on both ends?” Kimmel added, “And the answer was yes.” McEnroe: “The answer was yes for a while, but it caught up to me eventually.” Kimmel: “I would have liked to have seen you smoking while you played” (“Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC, 8/19).

“What is the Bering Strait?”