Angels Owner Arte Moreno, an Arizona alum, attended Saturday's home men's hoops game against Arizona State, and his "return is telling." Moreno "kept his distance from UA, at least publicly," while Greg Byrne was AD. The school earlier this week named Dave Heeke its new AD (ARIZONA DAILY STAR, 3/5).
Landon Donovan has "joined the ownership group that is trying to land an MLS expansion team in San Diego" (FOXSPORTS.com, 3/3).
NBA Kings radio broadcaster Gary Gerould, who is in his 32nd season with the team, today will "call his 2,500th game" (SACRAMENTO BEE, 3/4).
The Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic will have its "earliest date ever with adjustments" to the CFP bowl schedule. The game will now be "played on Dec. 29 in a prime-time window for ESPN." The game "had been originally scheduled for Dec. 30" (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 3/4).
Indiana Univ. has "pulled out" of next season’s 2K Sports Classic at MSG, and it "will cost the school $250,000 to do so." Saint Louis Univ. "will replace the Hoosiers in the four-team field" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 3/5).
