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GQ's Elizabeth Brown profiled Maple Leafs C AUSTON MATTHEWS, who said the NHL's fashion sense is a "little more reserved and traditional" compared to other sports. Matthews said players "wear suits to all of our games," but he believes players' overall style has "evolved quite a bit." Matthews: "The guys are younger and they like to wear different stuff, like stuff that stands out and not just black and white." Matthews said he likes Gucci "a lot" and Off-White "quite a bit." Matthews: "A lot of their shoes and stuff are different and hard to get." He added he also likes Givenchy a lot and tends to "lean toward" Louis Vuitton's "luggage and wallets." But Matthews said his "number one is Gucci" (GQ.com, 9/27).
MONEY PIPELINE: The Greg Norman Co. led a $1.5M series seed round investment in virtual sportscasting studio Spalk alongside Stadia Ventures, Ice Angels, Sparkbox Ventures and others (Greg Norman Co.)....Washington-based TV ad measurement company iSpot.tv raised $30M in Series C funding. Insight Venture Partners and Madrona Venture Group led the round (FORTUNE.com, 9/27).
NAMES: Penguins RW PHIL KESSEL on Thursday received the Excellence in Cancer Awareness Award at the 26th annual Prevent Cancer Foundation luncheon at the Library of Congress in DC. Kessel in '06 "underwent testicular cancer surgery" (DKPITTSBURGHSPORTS.com, 9/27)....Orioles CF ADAM JONES and his wife, AUDIE, have "jointly donated $150,000 for several Baltimore-area nonprofit organizations" (BALTIMORESUN.com, 9/27)....Cavaliers G J.R. SMITH "co-wrote a children’s book" with his brother, CHRIS, called "HOOPSMITHS: JR & CHRIS LEARN TEAMWORK" (THEATHLETIC.com, 9/27)....Speakers for the Forbes Under 30 summit next week in Boston include Celtics G KYRIE IRVING and U.S. figure skater ADAM RIPPON (BOSTONGLOBE.com, 9/27)....CBS' JIM NANTZ will be the "grand marshal of this year’s Thanksgiving Day parade in Detroit." CBS has Bears-Lions on Thanksgiving Day (DETROITNEWS.com, 9/27).
