The Dolphins and Fox NFL analyst Jay Cutler are "finalizing a one-year deal," worth $10M, "plus incentives," according to sources (ESPN.com, 8/6).
A's RF Matt Joyce was "suspended for two games Saturday for his use of a homophobic slur during Friday night’s game" at Angel Stadium, and the A’s "will donate the more than $54,000 that Joyce will forfeit in salary to PFLAG." Joyce was "overheard" by an AP photographer while "directing an anti-gay insult at a fan" (SFGATE.com, 8/5).
UFC Fight Night 114 "drew an announced attendance of 10,172" to Mexico City Arena (MMAJUNKIE.com, 8/6).
Boxer Vasyl Lomachenko's seventh-round knockout of Miguel Marriaga drew a crowd of 4,102 last night in the "main event of the Top Rank ESPN card at the Microsoft Theater at LA Live" (ESPN.com, 8/5).
Colorado State's on-campus stadium open house drew 21,447 fans. The free event "unveiled the complex in its final stages of construction" and "provided a multipronged test run for several internal systems" (DENVERPOST.com, 8/5). There were a "few kinks, but all told the day seemed to be a big success" for the school's $220M, 41,000-capacity stadium (COLORADOAN.com, 8/5).
The Indians yesterday "unveiled a bronze statue" of Lou Boudreau, the last player or manager to "direct the franchise to a championship." The team also "relocated Jim Thome's statue to inside the center-field gates" (CLEVELAND.com, 8/5).
