The Raptors this week are expected to name Assistant GM & VP/Basketball Strategy Bobby Webster the team's new GM, replacing Jeff Weltman after he left for the Magic last month. Webster, 32, "will become the youngest current general manager in the NBA" (TSN.ca, 6/26).
Eastern Michigan today will name Mississippi State Senior Associate AD/External Affairs Scott Wetherbee the school's new AD "during an on-campus ceremony" in Ypsilanti. He replaces Heather Lyke, who "left to take the same position at Pittsburgh" (DETROIT NEWS, 6/27).
A spokesperson for NESN's Jerry Remy said that the Red Sox broadcaster's "latest surgery for lung cancer went well and he was resting." Remy "hopes to return after the All-Star break" (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/27).
Strategic Property Partners, the real estate firm backed by Lightning Owner Jeff Vinik and Cascade Entertainment, today will announce Water Street Tampa as the "official name for the highly anticipated" $3B revitalization project in downtown Tampa (TAMPA BAY TIMES, 6/27).
Qualcomm Technologies has agreed to be the race title sponsor for rounds 9 and 10 of the '16-17 Formula E season, acquiring naming rights to the '17 Qualcomm New York City ePrix (FIA).
A "pro-LSU crowd" of 25,679 last night attended the opening game of the College World Series final at TD Ameritrade Park, where Florida notched a 4-3 win to begin the best-of-three championship series (OMAHA WORLD-HERALD, 6/27).
