Speed Reads....

A sellout crowd of 43,579 attended last night's AL Wild Card game at Progressive Field. This comes after a season in which the Indians, who lost the game 4-0 to the Rays, "ranked near the bottom of the league in attendance" (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 10/3).

The Univ. of Miami Department of Athletics and Verizon have extended their sponsorship deal through the '13-14 sports season. Verizon continues as the official wireless provider of UM Athletics (Univ. of Miami).

IMG today announced a deal with Golf GameBook, a social live scoring platform. IMG will support Golf GameBook to provide a new form of digital and mobile sponsorship activation (IMG).

Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban today is "expected to testify" in the government's insider trading lawsuit against him (AP, 10/2).

Kaiser Permanente has signed on to sponsor the NBA Kings and to serve as the team's "new medical provider" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 10/3).