Arkansas State AD Terry Mohajir, former U.S. Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno and former Texas A&M coach R.C. Slocum "will join the 13-member" CFP selection committee this spring. Each will "serve a three-year term and will replace outgoing committee members Jeff Bower, Herb Deromedi and Bobby Johnson, whose terms expire in February." Oregon AD Rob Mullens will "remain the committee's chair for a second season." Mohajir becomes the "first Group of 5 athletic director to join the committee" (ESPN.com, 1/16).

Reds radio play-by-play broadcaster Marty Brennaman today announced that '19 "would be his final season" in the booth after having been the team's "lead broadcaster" since '74. Brennaman received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball HOF in '00, and he was inducted in the National Sportscasters & Sportswriters HOF in '05 (CINCINNATI.com, 1/16). The '19 season will be Brennaman's 55th as a broadcaster and his 46th in Cincinnati (Reds).

NBA Deputy Commissioner & COO Mark Tatum said that the league is "preparing to double down on policing its players, teams and staff amid the expansion of legalized sports gambling." Tatum revealed that "moves have been made to get up to speed on the opportunities and threats surrounding the issue" since May's landmark Supreme Court ruling. That will mean "extra resources to prevent the kind of in-house infractions that have plagued a number of sports." Tatum: "A lot of it has to do with education with respect to our players, with respect to our teams" (ESPN.com, 1/16).

Celtics F Jayson Tatum for tonight's home game against the Raptors will become the "first NBA player to play a game in the new HyperAdapt BB, Nike's first auto-lacing performance basketball sneaker." The shoe "replaces traditional laces with an intricate series of cables, controlled by slide-touch bars on a syncing phone app or two toggle buttons on the side of the shoe." The idea is to provide an "exact, on-demand fit every time." The settings can be stored, "returning to the same locked-in preference in an instant." The shoe will launch at retail next month around the NBA All-Star Game (ESPN.com, 1/16).

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— Jacques Slade (@kustoo) January 15, 2019

Golf magazine today unveiled a redesign of its monthly print publication as it approaches its 60th anniversary later this year. The new magazine premiered with the publication’s February issue, which hit newsstands yesterday. The new dimensions make the magazine more than 16% larger than the former version, with the magazine also featuring 21% more pages of content compared to last year. Ahead of the anniversary, Golf hired a number of new editorial voices, including Will Leitch and Paige Spiranac. Golf magazine and Golf.com CEO Jason Adel said under new ownership from Howard Milstein, the brand has been able to take "calculated risks and make strategic investments that will pay off in a big way." He added this is "only the beginning," referencing a Golf.com redesign scheduled for February.

The Orioles "will not be playing an exhibition game in Annapolis this spring" and are instead "eyeing a game against an MLB team at Navy's Max Bishop Stadium" in March '20. Also, the Army-Navy baseball game will not be played at Camden Yards in '19 "due to scheduling conflicts." The Orioles "still plan to host a 'Celebrate Navy Day' at Camden Yards late" in the '19 season, and they will still visit the academy in March. The Orioles last February announced a partnership with Navy, which also included a "spring training visit from the Navy baseball team at their Sarasota complex," the latter of which is now "very unlikely" (TWITTER.com, 1/16).

The PGA Tour Houston Open event today unveiled a new logo for the '20 iteration, which will be run by the Astros Golf Foundation (Mult.)

First Financial Bank will become FC Cincinnati's exclusive banking and financial service partner as part of a new multiyear agreement (FC Cincinnati).

Barclays Center has renewed its sponsorship deals with Honda, Geico, JetBlue Airways, Lyft, Steve Madden, New York Lottery, Resorts World Casino and TGI (BSE Global).

Univision Deportes will air a featured Liga MX Femenil (top women's Mexican league) match each Monday night for the '19 season (Univision).

Mobile-ticketing platform SeatGeek has partnered with Cargo, which provides in-car commerce for ridesharing. Cargo-equipped vehicles can now offer rideshare passengers exclusive pricing on tickets for concerts, sporting events, shows and other live events (SeatGeek).

“The fans haven’t been all up in arms. In fact, they often tell me quite frankly to stop talking about his past because they don’t know who Greg Hardy is. MMA fans live in a bubble” -- ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, on the UFC signing the former NFLer and putting him on the first ESPN+ card this Saturday (“OTL,” ESPN, 1/16).

"There's a lot of intention around making sure this is accessible, inclusive and available for families and kids" -- NCAA Final Four Minneapolis Local Organizing Committee President & CEO Kate Mortenson, on the newly announced lineup of ancillary events around the '19 Final Four (BIZJOURNALS.com, 1/16).

“I don’t pretend to understand the situation” – Steelers President Art Rooney II, on WR Antonio Brown’s feelings toward the organization (TRIBLIVE.com, 1/16). 

The business subtext of Machado apparently only having a 7/$175M as his best offer is his agent, Dan Lozano, and Bryce Harper's agent, Scott Boras are top rivals and there is no way Lozano wants to strike that deal and then have Boras land a $325-$400M contract for Bryce Harper.

— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) January 16, 2019

In an effort to insert themselves into the bidding for Manny Machado, the Orioles would like to remind him that they'll soon be adding free Wi-Fi. Don't take that for granted, Manny.

— Matt Kremnitzer (@mattkremnitzer) January 16, 2019

.@TigerWoods commits to @FarmersInsOpen All he's done at Torrey Pines is win 1999, '03, '05, '06, '07, '08 and '13 as well as picked up last of his 14 majors there at 2008 @usopengolf Somewhere some TV execs are having a three-martini lunch right about now...

— Ron Sirak (@ronsirak) January 16, 2019

Alsco remains an associate sponsor at RCR. Will be associate on Hemric and Reddick cars for the season, co-primary for Atlanta for Hemric and primary for Xfinity race at Kentucky for Reddick. #nascar

— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) January 16, 2019

In support of the World Jewish Congress’ #WeRemember campaign, EPL club Chelsea released this video featuring Owner Roman Abramovich and top players.

Charles Barkley will make a guest appearance on ABC's "The Goldbergs" at 8:00pm ET, playing the part of Coach Neelo Green.

$10.8M -- Amount raised in a recent Series A funding round by esports company ReKT Global, whose CEO Dave Bialek is a past SBJ "Forty Under 40" honoree (THE DAILY).