Morning Hot Reads: Player Safety And Dangerous Roads

Following the death of Royals P Yordano Ventura, the WASHINGTON POST goes with the header, "MLB Tries To Keep Young Dominicans From Dying Behind The Wheel. It's Not Working." The Dominican Republic is "known to be one of the most dangerous countries in the world in which to drive." ESPN.com goes with ,"MLB Mourns, Feels 'Powerless' In Face Of Continuing Tragedy."

Basketball HOFer Lenny Wilkens pens a special to the SEATTLE TIMES under the header, "Whether At Key Or SoDo, Together, Let's Bring Back Our Sonics." Wilkens: "It is time we collaborate to focus on bringing our team back home. Let’s get behind those working hard to make this a reality."

In a special to new golf outlet MORNINGREAD.com, former PGA of America President Ted Bishop writes moving the PGA Championship to May "would be a great move" for new PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, but a "bad one" for PGA of America CEO Pete Bevacqua.

Also: 

• Providing "smooth mobility" for Winter X Games fans is no small task.
• Triplets, once child actors, now play hockey at Bemidji State.
• Why Tom Brady's friendship with Donald Trump is of public interest.
• Crews hard at work getting NRG Stadium ready for Super Bowl LI.
• Patriots have never ranked as NFL's most highly valued franchise.
• How Bernie Ecclestone built F1 into a "global sporting business."
• Magic's rebuilding plan has not worked, but fans should "hang in there."
• Lions RB Zach Zenner works on medical research in offseason.