Golf's ruling bodies "issued a new decision on the Rules of Golf that limits the use of video evidence and could spare players from being penalized even if they violated a rule." This comes as a "swift response to increasing debates" over TV reviews (AP, 4/25).
Pegula Sports & Entertainment today will announce plans to renovate the Hi-Temp Fabrication building in Buffalo into a "mixed-use facility that will include office space for Labatt USA." The project "may include a ground-floor restaurant and small brewery, additional retail or commercial space, or even apartments" (BUFFALO NEWS, 4/26).
The Missouri Valley Conference today will visit the Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha to "explore the university as a potential expansion candidate." MVC expansion "wouldn't be shocking," and UNO "would seem to fit the profile of the league's current schools" (OMAHA.com, 4/26).
U.S. Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Cortez Mastro (D-Nev.) have sent a letter to the NCAA "asking them to no longer refuse to allow New Jersey to play host" to D-I NCAA championships. Both states have laws permitting betting on NCAA games (NORTHJERSEY.com, 4/25).
The Hawks named Verizon the team's official wireless provider (Hawks).
The USGA yesterday named Newport Country Club in Rhode Island host of the '20 U.S. Senior Open (Mult., 4/25).
Commercial real estate services firm CBRE runs a full-page ad in the N.Y. Times touting its relationship with the NHL. CBRE helped the league relocate its N.Y. HQ to One Manhattan West: "League Of Its Own" (THE DAILY).
