The Bills announced Friday that ticket prices for home games "would fluctuate based on demand" during the '17 season "under a new pricing model." Prices for individual games at New Era Field "will be categorized into five tiers ... based on the Bills' opponent and time of the year" (BUFFALONEWS.com, 4/28).
The Pistons on Friday "submitted bids to bring the NBA All-Star Game to Little Caesars Arena" in '20 and '21. It is "not clear when a successful bid would be announced" (FREEP.com, 4/28).
The ARIZONA REPUBLIC's Paola Boivin wrote her last column for the newspaper. Boivin in January announced she is leaving to "work full time" at Arizona State's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 4/30).
FIFA Council member Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah of Kuwait is "resigning from his soccer roles under pressure from allegations in an American federal court that he bribed Asian officials" (AP, 4/30).
Bleacher Report set a new daily traffic record on Friday for its coverage of the NFL Draft, getting eight million unique visitors. Bleacher Report also saw a 41% increase in unique visitors for the first two days of the NFL Draft over its coverage last year (Turner).
