The N.Y. TIMES' KEN BELSON is profiled in the paper's "Tech We're Using" feature, where he writes, "Every morning, I read through a few football websites, like ProFootballTalk, that include good summaries and commentaries of the biggest stories." Belson writes Sports Litigation Alert also is a "great storehouse of cases." Belson: "The endless commercials and gimmicks on television ruin the sports viewing experience. So does all the artificial noise in stadiums. I find this distracting and unneeded. Fans know when to get excited. They don't need to be told" (N.Y. TIMES, 10/24).
HONORS & AWARDS: Hockey HOFer MARTIN BRODEUR was inducted into the Canadian Sports HOF last night, headlining a '19 class that included Gold Medal-winning former skier ALEX BILODEAU, former Canadian women's national team player JAYNA HEFFORD and former CFL Commissioner DOUG MITCHELL (TSN.ca, 10/23)....Washington State announced Basketball HOFer and former men's basketball coach GEORGE RAVELING's name will be "hung from the rafters in Beasley Coliseum." Raveling "ran the WSU program for 11 years" beginning in '72 (San Jose MERCURY NEWS, 10/23).
NAMES: Baseball HOFers NOLAN RYAN and CRAIG BIGGIO were "behind home plate" at Game 2 of the World Series last night. Gold Medal-winning gymnast SIMONE BILES "pulled off a standing back flip with a twist before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch." Baseball HOFer HANK AARON and boxer MARLEN ESPARZA also were in attendance (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 10/24)....USWNT F ALEX MORGAN and her husband, Galaxy MF SERVANDO CARRASCO, are "expecting their first child next spring" (ESPN.com, 10/23)....Country music artist LUKE BRYAN will headline the '20 Firestone Legends Day concert the day before the Indianapolis 500 (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 10/23)....NBC is developing a half-hour esports comedy from former "THE BIG BANG THEORY" writer/producer ANTHONY DEL BROCCOLO under the title "THE SQUAD" (DEADLINE.com, 10/22).
