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The NHL and NHLPA today announced that the salary cap for the '15-16 season will be $71.4M, with a lower limit of $52.8M and an adjusted midpoint of $62.1M (NHL).

NASCAR today issued a statement supporting the position that South Carolina should have the Confederate flag taken down from the Statehouse grounds. NASCAR will continue to discourage use of the flag at races, but will not ban the flag from being flown by fans (NASCAR).

Curtis Dvorak, the only person to don the Jaguars' mascot costume in team history, “will not return as Jaxson DeVille this year.” Dvorak and the team are “terming his departure as a ‘retirement’” (JACKSONVILLE.com, 6/23).

Unilever’s Axe men’s grooming brand has signed NBA Draft prospects Justise Winslow, Stanley Johnson and Devin Booker to endorsement deals (Unilever).

The Nets today gave a media tour of HSS Training Center, the under-construction, 70,000-square-foot practice facility on the Brooklyn waterfront expected to open next February (THE DAILY).