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The Navy football team will be "featured on a weekly behind-the-scenes series on Showtime." The series, "A Season with Navy Football," follows "players and coaches for 30-minute episodes" starting at 10:00pm ET on Sept. 5 (USATODAY.com, 8/15).

Virginia Beach City Manager Dave Hansen yesterday gave the developer of a proposed sports arena "more time to close on a loan after it asked for an extension." The new date to secure financing "would be Nov. 6." (Norfolk VIRGINIAN-PILOT, 8/16).

The Sharks named California-based Pizza Factory as their official pizza partner for the upcoming season (Sharks).

The A's announced that Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum's Gate D will be named after HOFer Dennis Eckersley on Aug. 25 (BOSTON GLOBE, 8/16).

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