The Redskins today announced an "overhaul in season-ticket practices," as the team is ending its "famed season-ticket waitlist, which at one point spanned decades." Redskins President of Business Operations & COO Brian Lafemina said that the "way business is done in 2018 isn't conducive to the wait-list model, with fans able to access tickets on the secondary market in ways they couldn't in past decades" (RICHMOND.com, 6/13). In the past, the Redskins' model "drew criticism from others as more of a marketing gimmick than an actual wait list." Lafemina said that fans on the waiting list will now "receive an offer to purchase season tickets" (WASHINGTONTIMES.com, 6/13).

The Pro Football HOF today named Andrea Kremer the latest recipient of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. She will be honored at the Aug. 3-4 enshrinement weekend in Canton. Kremer currently serves as NFL Network Chief Correspondent, while working on HBO's "Real Sports" and CBS Sports Networks' "We Need To Talk." She also teaches a course on "The Art Of The Interview" at Boston Univ. Kremer began covering the NFL in '84 with NFL Films, before joining ESPN in '89. She left ESPN in '06 to join NBC Sports, where she served as a sideline reporter for "SNF" for five years. She has covered more than 25 Super Bowls (Pro Football HOF). Kremer was featured last year in SBD's "Weekend Plans."

ESPN's Sage Steele tweeted Kremer "has always been the perfect example of professionalism (and bad-assery) for countless women AND men." Bleacher Report's Mike Freeman: "One of the best to ever do it and also one of the kindest and smartest people I’ve ever known." NFL Media's Jim Trotter: "One of the best to ever do it when it comes to reporting and storytelling." NBA.com's David Aldridge: "No one deserves this honor more." Fox Sports' Peter Schrager: "Love that she will be up there on stage with Randy Moss in his HOF year. Andrea was the only one Moss would open up to early on his career." NFL.com's Judy Battista: "What a year for the HOF."

The Lions have landed Quicken Loans' Rocket Mortgage brand as presenting sponsor of their training camp, which begins July 27 at the team's Allen Park facility. Rocket Mortgage branding will be featured throughout training camp, including with a logo patch that will be placed on the front- upper-left side of the practice jersey for the full '18 season. The company also will continue its regular-season sponsorship of the Lions, with the designation of official mortgage lender (Lions).

Indianapolis Motor Speedway has raised ticket prices on 65% of inventory for the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 next May, the track confirmed to THE DAILY. However, IMS said that the average increase was by just 2%, that most increases are by less than $5 and that many decreases that IMS instituted in ’17 following the 100th running in ’16 are still in place during the ongoing renewal period.

Meanwhile, Daytona Int'l Speedway has put tickets on sale for the 61st running of the Daytona 500 next February after its renewal period expired. Tickets start at $99 for the season-opening Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race, which has sold out the last three years after the track completed its $400M renovation in ’16.

Twitter is launching a variety of product updates related to the FIFA World Cup, which kicks off tomorrow in Russia, aiming to help soccer fans find content from the tournament. The social media platform will be launching a dedicated World Cup page, as well as individual pages for every game at the top of timelines, in searches and in its explore function. The official World Cup account, @FIFAWorldCup, will also be creating Twitter Moments for each match. In addition, Twitter is adding country-specific emojis for each team in the tournament, accessible in seven different languages.

NBC Sports today showed off a new custom pitbox that will be at every race for its second half of the NASCAR season. The 14-foot-by-12.5-foot pitbox, which is a couple feet longer and higher than a typical pitbox, will be used for everything from pre/post race coverage to possibly having analysts call races from there. The pitbox cost roughly the same to buy as NBC’s prior pre-post race set did and features a touch screen at the base plus several screens, a desk and nine camera positions, along with prominent “NASCAR on NBC” branding.

NBC Sports VP/NASCAR Production Jeff Behnke said that the pitbox was an idea NBC Sports Exec Producer Sam Flood first brought to life when NBC aired NASCAR back in ’01. NBC, which starts its coverage of the Cup Series July 1 at Chicagoland, borrowed a pitbox from Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series team JTG Daugherty Racing last year to test out having analyst Steve Letarte call two races from pit road during Xfinity Series races.

This morning’s edition of NBC’s “Today” featured co-host Al Roker appearing live at Camden Yards as part of the show’s “Deserving Dads” initiative. Roker said “we wanted to give” Brien Hollowood, a “diehard O’s fan, the time of his life,” giving him the opportunity to assist in announcing Tuesday night's Red Sox-Orioles game. While Hollowood watched batting practice from the field, Orioles players, coaches and broadcaster Jim Palmer came over to talk with him. Palmer said when he was told Hollowood would announce the starting line-ups, his reaction was, “Don’t mess it up.” Hollowood said the whole experience was the “thrill of a lifetime.” Roker: “The lovely folks at the Orioles helped us pull off a great surprise” (“Today,” NBC, 6/13).

Louisville-based Edj Analytics has acquired Football Outsiders, a Boston-based "advanced data analysis publication" for both college football and the NFL. Football Outsiders Founder Aaron Schatz "will remain editor-in-chief" in Boston (BIZJOURNALS.com, 6/13).

FS Wisconsin sideline reporter Sophia Minnaert has joined the Brewers as Content Dir for Broadcast & Digital Features, where she "will continue her work" on Brewers broadcasts (BIZJOURNALS.com, 6/13).

Howard Univ. is the latest school to partner with the NFL on the league's "Campus Connection" program. Beginning this fall, the NFL and school will host an executive lecture series, partner in a student-lab case study class and attend the Howard School of Business Sports & Entertainment Summit (Howard Univ.).

"The time you actually spend with whoever is in office is about two minutes long. There’s not much interaction with the president, at least from past experience" -- Capitals D Brooks Orpik, on drama surrounding the team's expected visit to President Trump and the White House (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 6/13).

"We're not competing this year in Russia, that's a big negative. What we can do in eight years is capitalize on the plans that we have in place. Developing a player isn't something that you go in and out of, it's a long-term project" -- USSF CEO & Secretary General Dan Flynn, on the challenges ahead of hosting the '26 FIFA World Cup (“Squawk Alley,” CNBC, 6/13). 

The Dolphins say they are planning to either stay in Davie and put a bunch more $ into this facility - or build a new one elsewhere. World Cup teams could potentially train there.

— Joe Schad (@schadjoe) June 13, 2018

If @BeefGolf wins the U.S. Open, @Arbys will give away free Bacon Beef & Cheddar sandwiches on the 4th of July, so, Americans, cheer on that Englishman.

— Sean Zak (@Sean_Zak) June 13, 2018

The "news" at Shinnecock is soul-crushing traffic, which delayed some golfers getting to the course. Long Islanders seem to go through four daily stages: battling traffic, complaining about battling traffic, planning how to outsmart the traffic, having nightmares about traffic.

— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) June 13, 2018

Status update: I have written my last story for The Buffalo News. I am grateful to my bosses for giving me the time and space to produce work we’re super proud of and for believing in me with three Pulitzer Prize nominations. Much love. I’ll let everybody know where I land soon.

— Tim Graham (@ByTimGraham) June 13, 2018

If you have to pinch yourself to ensure this isn't a dream, go ahead.
The Media Center. The Garages. The Pedestrian Tunnel. The changes! 🙌
Happy Hard Hat Wednesday, Presented by @DCSolar! pic.twitter.com/rf28wA2jbe

— ISM Raceway (@ISMRaceway) June 13, 2018

2026, the beautiful game comes here. pic.twitter.com/7oeUg9wJBg

— Andy Dolich (@Koufish) June 13, 2018

The Golden Knights hold their "Stick Salute To Vegas And Fans" from 5:30-7:00pm PT in downtown. The event is free and open to the public.

The San Jose Mercury News put together this video of highlights from yesterday's Warriors NBA Championship parade in Oakland.

The Washington Post offers sights and sounds from the Capitals' parade on the same day.

$5.2B -- Combined advertising spend for AT&T and Time Warner in '17, meaning the planned merger would make AT&T the "nation's second-largest advertiser," behind only Comcast. AT&T in '17 was already the third-biggest ad spender at $3.5B (ADAGE.com, 6/12).