Attendance was "strong" for the Senators' Stanley Cup Playoffs opener last night at Canadian Tire Centre, with a sellout crowd of 18,702 on hand for the Game 1 loss to the Bruins. But "scalpers were heard lamenting the lack of a spillover crowd," and a "few seats were left unsold" (OTTAWA CITIZEN, 4/13).
The Golden Knights today will formally name Gerard Gallant as the team's head coach. The former Panthers coach will "lead the city's first major league sports franchise next fall in its debut season" (LAS VEGAS SUN, 4/13).
The NCAA Council either today or tomorrow in Indianapolis will take up a "bundled package of wide-ranging changes" to football, including the "contentious early signing period" (CBSSPORTS.com, 4/11).
Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain "will take on" Serie A's AS Roma as part of the Int'l Champions Cup on July 19 in Detroit, but "no venue has been announced" (DETROIT NEWS, 4/13).
Savannah State announced its "intentions to move Tiger athletics" from D-I to D-II in fall '19 "due to a financial strain on the University" (WJCL.com, 4/13).
