The Nevada Assembly reconvenes today at 9:00am PT after a long-awaited vote on a bill to fund a domed NFL stadium "failed to materialize" early this morning after a 17-hour session that "saw plenty of controversy." Assembly Majority Leader Paul Anderson expects a vote today and "said 'yes' when he was asked if he expected Senate Bill 1 to pass" with the required 28 votes. This after "new drama ensued" from a REVIEWJOURNAL.com report on a Nevada Department of Transportation study that found nearly $900M in road projects "eventually would be needed for the stadium" (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 10/14).

Greg D’Alba’s run as WME-IMG President of Global Sales & Marketing will come to an end at the close of the year. WME-IMG Chief Content Officer Mark Shapiro informed the staff yesterday that D’Alba will leave to pursue personal and philanthropic opportunities. D’Alba joined WME-IMG in June '14 to build a global partnerships division, the first global integrated sales and marketing team at the agency.

“I am extremely proud of the team we’ve assembled and all we’ve accomplished here,” D’Alba said. “WME-IMG is blazing a new trail for the industry and I could not be more excited to watch the trajectory of this amazing company moving forward. I look forward to staying connected as an advisor and playing a part in that evolution.”

See today's issue of THE DAILY for more on IU's arena project.

The Univ. of Tennessee's BOT today is expected to consider a potential $106M renovation to Neyland Stadium. The project includes a back wall to "meet NCAA standards on the minimum distance required between the playing surface and any physical boundaries." Other renovations include "expanding the main thoroughfare of the south concourse, improving concessions and adding rest rooms." An August '19 target date has been set for project completion (AP, 10/13).

Lightning Owner Jeff Vinik said the team finished its fiscal year at a "roughly break even point." Speaking yesterday, Vinik said that "beyond profitability," his "other major goals are to be competitive on the ice and continue the club's community outreach efforts." Breaking even is a "watershed moment for the Lightning, validating Tampa Bay as a viable hockey market." The team currently has 14,600 season-ticket holders (BIZJOURNALS.com, 10/14).

Vin Scully appeared on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” last night, his first media appearance since retiring as Dodgers broadcaster. Host Jimmy Kimmel said Scully is the “announcer against which all others are measured.” Scully said if he “had any kind of a trademark whatsoever” as a broadcaster, “it would be I would try to call the play as quickly and as accurately as possible and (then) shut up.” 

On his post-retirement schedule, Scully said, “I have a very important engagement on Monday the 17th. I am lecturing at the 6th grade school of St. Mills. I have a granddaughter and a grandson there. We have 16 grandchildren. If I can’t think of something to do, someone out there will.” As the interview ended, Scully agreed to call Kimmel's home run from the '04 MLB All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game (ABC, 10/13).

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NBCSN has added Saturday's Bruins-Maples Leafs game to its schedule in the wake of Maple Leafs C Auston Matthews scoring four goals in his NHL debut on Wednesday (SPORTSNET.ca, 10/13).

The CIAA announced that the games the conference "relocated from North Carolina because of House Bill 2 will be played at other schools in Virginia and Maryland" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 10/14).

WADA and Astellas Pharma today announced a partnership aimed at preventing the misuse and abuse of medicines for doping in sports (Astellas).

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"We have a double standard as a league. We say we want to be PG ... but at the same time, we're selling beer on TV shows when kids are watching. ... Why can't we have fun within the game?" – Redskins CB Josh Norman, who was recently fined by the NFL for making a bow-and-arrow motion on the field, in an interview with WJFK-FM (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 10/13).

"LSU was never a true partner in our discussions. The Southeastern Conference offered some other solutions and the LSU administration made it clear that they were unwilling to consider other reasonable options" – Florida AD Jeremy Foley, on rescheduling the postponed LSU-Florida game, which will now be played in Baton Rouge (GAINESVILLE SUN, 10/14).

The AP notes the UAB football program, which in '14 was "shut down for lack of financial support," is coming back "bigger and better, only the wins are coming on the balance sheet instead of the field." A new football facility and covered field are beginning to "take shape," and a new stadium in the next few years "seems like a distinct possibility." 

The DALLAS MORNING NEWS reports Baltimore-based developer Cordish Cos. has "staked its reputation on glitzy, LED-infused entertainment districts that breathe new life into formerly desolate downtown areas," including Louisville and K.C. But Arlington, where there is "no dilapidated downtown ripe for a comeback," is a different ballgame.

Also:

• As the 49ers' starter on Sunday, Colin Kaepernick "will get booed - and likely worse."
• Has the time come for the 49ers to cut ties with GM Trent Baalke?
• Lambeau's exec chef coordinates 2,000 staffers and covers 13 miles on gameday.
• Why the Toronto Star "won't say the name of Cleveland's baseball team."
• English-speaking Texas A&M fans have are enjoying the school's Spanish broadcasts.
• Curt Cavin's longtime gig at the Indy Star was the only job he "ever wanted to have."

Fifa president Gianni Infantino says his preference is for World Cup expansion to either 40 or 48 teams for 2026. Decision in January.

— Richard Conway (@richard_conway) October 14, 2016

Thursday Night Football looks like a Boise State intrasquad.

— Jason Gay (@jasongay) October 14, 2016

If you are a DC sports fan, how do you deal? My goodness, the suffering.

— Tim Lemke (@TimLemkeTweets) October 14, 2016

Ah yes, the NHL is back and my timeline is alive with breathless reports of the Sabres-Habs shot totals through the first three minutes

— katiebakes (@katiebakes) October 13, 2016

🔥🐍@Millerlite40 got his custom "Bush Viper" Freak x Kevlar ready for Thursday Night. QBs beware.#Cleathead pic.twitter.com/G5MKB1E4tR

— adidas Football US (@adidasFballUS) October 13, 2016

Last night’s “Final Jeopardy!” category was “The Oscars.”

“In 2005 he lost for Best Actor but won for directing, at 74 becoming the oldest winner ever in that category.”

Actor Colin Farrell appeared on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” last night and talked about being a fan of American sports growing up in Ireland. Farrell said he “loves American football,” and the first Super Bowl he ever watched was the '86 Bears-Patriots contest. Farrell: “They had the ‘Super Bowl Shuffle,’ the music video, which I was young enough to think was cool.” Host Jimmy Kimmel: “We all, for some reason, thought that was cool when it happened. It took me a few years to look back and go, ‘Oh, this is the worst thing that’s ever been put on videotape.’” Farrell: “I prefer my sex tape to be on national television than see that thing ever again” (“Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC, 10/13).

“Who is Clint Eastwood?” Eastwood won for directing “Million Dollar Baby.”