Speed Reads....

Laureus and Nike today will announce the launch of Sport For Good in N.Y., along with a goal to extend the charitable youth initiative to 20 cities by '20. Legendary Olympic hurdler Edwin Moses will help unveil the N.Y. effort, which includes grants to eight area nonprofits (THE DAILY).

USL club Phoenix Rising FC selected Populous and locally-based Gould Evans to design its new stadium in hopes of landing an MLS franchise (Phoenix Rising).

Chicago-based sports marketing agency rEvolution will move its 23,000-square-foot corporate HQ to the city's Fulton Market neighborhood later this year (rEvolution).

T-Mobile "closed its deal to acquire" cable startup Layer3 TV, "part of its effort to launch its own video service" in '18 (CABLEFAX DAILY, 1/24).

The AFL today will formally announce that its expansion team in Albany, N.Y., will be named the Albany Empire (AFL).