Speed Reads....

Broncos coach John Fox had "successful aortic valve replacement surgery" yesterday in Charlotte (DENVER POST, 11/5).

State officials from Georgia, Kansas, Virginia and West Virginia have “reiterated their formal support” for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s “efforts last week to gain a re-hearing of a sports betting lawsuit” (NORTHJERSEY.com, 11/4).

Power failures are “hampering luge training at the Sochi track in Russia, where dozens of sliders this week are preparing for the Olympics” (AP, 11/5).

Dick’s Sporting Goods and ESPN have signed a multiyear agreement in which Dick’s will serve as the exclusive eCommerce provider of licensed merchandise and sporting goods on ESPN.com and related digital properties (ESPN).

DirecTV, ESPN and Honda Center announced an agreement establishing the broadcast satellite service provider as the title sponsor of the '13 DirecTV Wooden Legacy college basketball tournament (Honda Center).