Kentucky Derby winner Country House "will not run in the May 18 Preakness Stakes because of a developing illness," making him the first Derby victor to skip the Preakness since Grindstone in '96. The disqualified Maximum Security also will skip the Maryland race, leaving the event "without an obvious lead story line." This marks a "blow to a field that will be dominated by horses that did not run in the Derby" (BALTIMORESUN.com, 5/7).

As of today, the prospective Preakness field "stood at 10, with just three horses from the Derby" (DRF.com, 5/7). This will be the "first time since 1951 that the Top 3 finishers" in the Derby "will not run" in the Preakness (TWITTER.com, 5/7).

The claims administrator for the NFL concussion fund said that it has paid out $485M since its start in '17. However, some retired players' lawyers at a court hearing today in Philadelphia said that there "aren't enough doctors in the approved network to diagnose dementia cases." The lawyers "oppose a rule to require players to be evaluated by doctors within 150 miles of home." The fund is expected to pay out more than $1B over 65 years (AP, 5/7).

Univision Deportes will be rebranded as TUDN, its parent company Univision Communications announced at a pre-upfront press event today. The rebrand, which effectively translates to “your sports network” in English and is pronounced TU-DE-ENE, will take place this summer in both Mexico and the U.S. The net later this year will launch a new streaming service called TUDNxtra, providing subscribers to participating pay-TV packages in the U.S. with live access to all of the soccer matches TUDN holds the rights to. This includes Liga MX and UEFA's Champions and Europa leagues. It will also add a whiparound show on the service for its UEFA matchday coverage.

Univision Communications said that one major pay-TV provider has already signed on to carry TUDNxtra, with more agreements expected. The service will launch ahead of the '19-20 UEFA Champions League season in September. Also, Univision has signed an extension of its U.S. media-rights deal with the Mexican National Team through '22.

Univ. of Oklahoma President James Gallogly "will propose to sell alcoholic beverages at OU sporting events, including Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium," to the Board of Regents during a Friday meeting. This is the "first step of a year-long process to have alcohol sold at home football games." The school in a "pilot program" sold beer at home basketball games during the '18-19 season and at last month's spring football game (OUDAILY.com, 5/7).

Oklahoma State and Tulsa in recent years "added alcohol sales during home football games," Tulsa starting in '16 and OSU in '18 (TULSAWORLD.com, 5/7).

The Oilers today formally introduced Ken Holland as their new GM, eliminating him as a possible hire for the Seattle NHL expansion team's GM role. Sources said that the Seattle franchise is in "no rush to make this hire." There "isn’t an urgency to get a GM in place" before this year's Draft, "one in which Seattle has no picks." The organization "could wait all next season and still have plenty of time to put a staff in place" for its inaugural '21-22 season (THEATHLETIC.com, 5/7).

Loyola Chicago has signed a deal with Learfield IMG College as its exclusive multimedia rights holder (Loyola Chicago).

Topps and Blue Jays 3B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. agreed to an exclusive multiyear deal for autographed memorabilia (Topps). 

International rugby channel RugbyPass announced a pilot program with Major League Rugby to provide coverage of select MLR games, highlights and other clips via RugbyPass TV and the RugbyPass Network (RugbyPass).

Progressive Field has integrated secure identity company CLEAR, giving CLEAR members expedited entry to the ballpark (CLEAR).

"He’s one person we don’t want to send something directly to. We’ve sent the shirt to a lot of influencers and I think Don knows that we thank him for this every single day" -- Hurricanes VP/Marketing & Brand Strategy Mike Forman, on embracing the “Bunch of Jerks” theme started by Sportnet’s Don Cherry (“OTL,” ESPN, 5/7).

"Frankly, the league can’t get where it wants to get without making changes here and I think they know that. The travel is too significant in our league" -- MLSPA Exec Dir Bob Foose, on most MLS teams flying commercial to their away games (THEATHLETIC.com, 5/7).

UGA Athletic Association finances continue to be in robust shape. At meeting today of athletic board’s finance committee, AD Greg McGarity did not reveal any specifics but did say: “It’s good to be a member of the Southeastern Conference.”

— Seth Emerson (@SethWEmerson) May 7, 2019

This is a big shot at Gov. @henrymcmaster. Now, if the House and governor approve the Panthers bill in its current form, they will also be curbing the governor's appointment authority. https://t.co/LWYoBubj6X

— Avery Wilks (@AveryGWilks) May 7, 2019

Yesterday was not the first time the #Reds have ever been delayed by bees. The Reds and Giants were delayed 35 minutes on April 17, 1976 because of bees (an 11-0 Reds win) and, in fact, it also happened 32 years ago this week! 🐝 pic.twitter.com/HYLlPIwbgu

— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) May 7, 2019

Impact of Carolina’s dream season: a year ago at this time, the ‘Canes had sold $500k in new ticket business for the following season. A source says as of yesterday, the ‘Canes had sold $3.6 M in new tix business for next season. Not renewals. New business. That is something.

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) May 7, 2019

The Baltimore Ravens are hiring a Quantitative Analyst (yes this is real) https://t.co/uRy29hhTnO pic.twitter.com/QuyAXAB7bS

— Ben Baldwin (@benbbaldwin) May 7, 2019

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#MillennialCar is finally here IRL. Who else is ready for @KevinHarvick and the #MillennialCar to slay at the #AllStarRace? pic.twitter.com/3hqpFbM6KY

— Busch Beer (@BuschBeer) May 7, 2019

The Blues put out this video set to their postseason rally song, "Gloria," ahead of tonight's Game 7 against the Stars. The video highlights the enthusiasm of team staff.

24% -- Percentage of all NBA City Edition jerseys made that were accounted for by the Heat's "Vice Nights" look, making it the "best-selling city edition uniform in the league," according to sources (TWITTER.com, 5/7).