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SI parent Time Inc. has developed a virtual reality experience in collaboration with corporate sponsor Coors Light exploring the Texas and USC football programs. Users of Time’s Life VR app will be able to get behind-the-scenes views of both programs in the enhanced format, including locker rooms and inside the huddle. The age-restricted content is also tied to the beer brand’s Coors Light XP loyalty program. Texas and USC play each other Saturday night for the first time since the '05 BCS Championship Game (Eric Fisher, Staff Writer).

WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUT PRACTICE: In Houston, David Barron noted the Texans have "revoked media credentials" for KMBE-AM's Josh Innes and Jim Mudd for "repeated violations" of the team's media policies. Texans officials would "not elaborate, but a podcast of Innes' Aug. 22 broadcast reflects that Mudd broadcast live reports from a practice that was open to the public." After being informed by a team media rep that he "could not talk on the phone while on the sidelines, Mudd continued talking live with Innes on the air outside the gate to the practice field and later from the spectator section." The Texans' media policy "prohibits live broadcasts from practice" (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 9/14).

HEY, STAY YOUNG: ESPN’s Tony Reali noted NBA Commissioner Adam Silver “wants a new look to sports on television." He would like network broadcasts "to look more like video games -- more stats and chats on the full screen.” ESPN’s Sarah Spain: “I'm with him trying to stay young and understanding what people want. ... But I also don't think appealing to our low attention spans and adding more things to a screen is going to be good for sports” (“Around The Horn,” ESPN, 9/14).

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