The Tiger Woods Foundation on Friday announced that the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge is moving to Orlando's Isleworth Country Club in '14 and will be held Dec. 4-7. Isleworth is the "former home of Woods." Next month will mark the "final edition of the limited-field event at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif." The tournament "has struggled to maintain title sponsorship in recent years," and Woods reportedly helped personally to cover the operating costs in '12 (GOLFCHANNEL.com, 11/22).

Starting next year, the event will benefit the Tiger Woods Foundation and the Tavistock Group. The "18-man field remains popular with the players" (AP, 11/22).

Foot Locker on Friday reported that Q3 profit "slipped 1.9%, as the athletic-apparel retailer's higher expenses masked growth in same-store sales." Same-store sales grew 4.1% from the year-ago period, "keeping up a growth trend that has lasted for several years and helping results beat expectations" (WSJ.com, 11/22). Net income was $104M, down from $106M in Q3 '12. Overall sales grew 6.4% to $1.62B. The company opened 28 new stores and closed 13 stores in the period (Foot Locker).

At presstime, shares of Foot Locker were trading at $38.45 per share, up 4.6% from close of business yesterday (THE DAILY).

The CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday host the 101st Grey Cup against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and fans headed to Regina for the game "can't wait to get their hands on the merchandise." The Roughriders have had more than C$7M in merch sales "in each of the last four years." Team VP/Sales Steve Mazurak said that it is "too early to know if sales this year will pass" the C$10M mark, and that "might depend on the outcome Sunday" (CP, 11/21).

This comes as the Roughriders continue to cement their status as the league's new flagship franchise.

The Vikings and the Wilf family have committed an additional private contribution of up to $41.4M for the team's planned stadium. The announcement came as part of Friday's agreement by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, the Vikings and Mortenson Construction on a construction management plan that includes a guaranteed maximum price of $763M for construction costs of the venue. The $41.4M commitment includes the previous $13.1M line of credit announced on Oct. 3 (Vikings).

Meadowlands Racetrack on Saturday night will open its new season and formally debut a new $88M grandstand. The new building is 18,000 square feet, "about one-third the size of the old grandstand that still stands on the opposite side of the track." It features a VIP lounge "and an ultra VIP space for bettors who reach certain minimums." It also includes "bars, lounges and a food court" (Newark STAR-LEDGER, 11/20).

The LPGA formally unveiled its '14 schedule. The overall number of tournaments grows by four to 32, including three new events in North America. Prize money increases by more than $7M (LPGA).

The WNBA Dream on Friday announced a multiyear lease deal to move its corporate HQs to Centennial Tower in downtown Atlanta, "a short distance from Philips Arena" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 11/22).

USAA and the Army Athletic Association announced the launch of an exclusive credit card for the association's members and supporters (USAA).

"We crushed it. They had nothing'' – Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez, assessing his legal team’s performance during Thursday’s legal grievance with MLB (ESPN.com, 11/22).

"Getting reps is the key. So many kids these days, they all think they can start in L.A., New York or Chicago. It’s like being a minor-league player" – Fox' Curt Menefee, who started his broadcasting career in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 11/22).

"Two of these countries pressured the voting men in FIFA: France and Germany ... I think the heads of state of these two countries should also express what they think of this situation" – FIFA President Sepp Blatter, on the two nations lobbying for the '22 World Cup to be held in Qatar for financial reasons (REUTERS, 11/23).

"Technology has changed the way that that is viewed. Television copy of no-huddle offenses has a lot of information on their video" – Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, on being concerned about field-level microphones tipping off future opponents about signals and plays (USATODAY.com, 11/22).

Sacramento Bee's Dale Kasler: "Update on #NBAKings arena: Nonunion contractors gave $19.5K more in last 2 wks to anti-subsidy movement. They've now given $24.5K total."

Newsday's David Lennon: "Sad to hear about the passing of Michael Weiner. A class act. A huge loss for baseball."

Bleacher Report's Howard Beck: "So many things wrong w/Dolan's rationale for Grunwald firing. But start w/this: Grunwald is not a 'classic' old-school GM, as Dolan asserts."

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FRIDAY

The MISL St. Louis Ambush will make their debut at the Family Arena in St. Charles. The team is the fifth incarnation of indoor soccer in the city.

Trail Blazers broadcaster Brian Wheeler will return to the booth after missing the club’s recent four-game road trip with a non-life-threatening health issue.

SATURDAY

Lakers G Kobe Bryant will serve as honorary chair of the seventh annual United Way HomeWalk, a 5K run-walk in Exposition Park in L.A. to raise awareness of the problem of homelessness.

Time Warner Cable's "flirtation with potential merger suitors may include Comcast, which is seeking advice on possible regulatory hurdles if it should pursue a bid." Sources said that Comcast is "not in active discussions on deal terms" with TWC (CNBC.com, 11/22).

Gatorade this week launched its "Freaks" digital comics series, in conjunction with DC Comics. The first two in the series feature Texans DE J.J. Watt as "Megawatt," and Panthers QB Cam Newton as "The Blender."

FRIDAY

NBA TV will televise “OKC Thunder: Heart of the City,” a special that looks at the bond forged by the team and the residents of Moore, Okla., following the massive May 20 tornado, at 7:00pm ET. Singer Toby Keith narrates the story.

truTV will begin airing a slate of '13 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic basketball games from Barclays Center, starting with the Oklahoma State-Seton Hall contest at 7:00pm ET and followed by Michigan State-Virginia Tech. Brian Anderson will call the games alongside analysts Greg Anthony and Steve Smith with Craig Sager reporting courtside.

SUNDAY

Fox’ Howie Long will be absent from Fox' NFL studio set as he will be in St. Louis to watch his sons, Bears G Kyle Long and Rams DE Chris Long, play each other at Edward Jones Dome.

$101.2M – Economic impact for the New Jersey/New York region this past April's WrestleMania 29 at MetLife Stadium, according to a study conducted by the Enigma Research Corporation. This marks the second consecutive year that WrestleMania generated more than $100M in economic impact for its host city (WWE).