LA 2024 officials "could formally announce" as early as this week their "opening and closing ceremonies plans" for the $2.66B stadium being built in Inglewood by Rams Owner Stan Kroenke (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 1/14).
Search firm DHR Int'l has "begun assessing the interest of 'highly desirable' candidates" for the vacant Pitt AD role (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 1/16).
UFC 210 will "be staged in the KeyBank Center in Buffalo" on April 8. Details about the fight card are not yet available (BUFFALO NEWS, 1/16).
The Univ. of Wisconsin "set a new NCAA record for attendance at a women’s hockey game" with 15,359 fans at Kohl Center on Saturday for the biennial “Fill the Bowl” game against Minnesota. Wisconsin topped its own record of 13,573 (SI.com, 1/15).
An announced crowd of 6,500 attended yesterday's FloridaCup soccer doubleheader at UCF's Bright House Networks Stadium, which included a match between Argentinian side River Plate and Colombian side Millonarios, as well as a game between Brazilian club Bahia and Argentinian club Estudiantes (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 1/16).
