VCU today is "expected to announce" an extension for AD Ed McLaughlin. A source said that McLaughlin "will receive a contraction extension" through '24 and has "withdrawn from consideration" for the Boston College AD job (RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, 4/10).
Stewart-Haas Racing and Nature's Bakery "will have their complaints heard by a mediator on Wednesday." The company "ended its sponsorship" of Danica Patrick's No. 10 Ford in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series before this season (USATODAY.com, 4/8).
Booking app HotelTonight has launched a partnership with AEG and will be the official hotel booking partner for the Galaxy and L.A. Live (THE DAILY).
The Univ. of Florida drew an "estimated crowd of 48,000 on Friday night" to its spring football game in Gainesville (MIAMIHERALD.com, 4/7).
Attendance for yesterday's final at the WTA Volvo Car Open in Charleston, S.C., was 7,491, "bringing the total for the week to 85,553, including last weekend's PowerShares event and a rainout of Wednesday night's feature match with Caroline Wozniacki" (POSTANDCOURIER.com, 4/9).
The Baltimore Blast defeated the Soles de Sonora yesterday in the Major Arena Soccer League championship "before 8,000-plus fans" at El Centro de Usos Multiples in Hermosillo, Mexico (Baltimore SUN, 4/10).
