The Cubs during today's home game against the D-Backs will celebrate Wrigley Field's 100th anniversary with "special pregame ceremonies, featuring past Cubs greats." The Cubs will wear the uniforms of the Chicago Federal League team, the "first occupants of the ballpark," while the D-Backs will wear K.C. Packers uniforms (Illinois DAILY HERALD, 4/23). The "buzz should be back" at the ballpark "for one day at least." Baseball HOFers Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Fergie Jenkins and Andre Dawson will be on hand, as will Pro Football HOFers Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers (CSNCHICAGO.com, 4/23). The first 30,000 fans in attendance will receive a replica 1914 Chicago Federals jersey, "and the first 10,000 fans will get a birthday cupcake" (MLB.com, 4/23).

The Chicago Tribune's website today includes an interactive feature tied to Wrigley Field's official 100th anniversary.

The A's last night "shot down a deal to play at O.co Coliseum for the foreseeable future," claiming that the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority's 10-year lease proposal "doesn't meet all their requirements." A's Dir of PR Bob Rose said in a statement, "We cannot accept the terms of the offer." The Coliseum Authority released a statement "heralding the proposal." Terms of the plan "were shared with MLB officials but were not disclosed to the public" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 4/22).

The Anaheim City Council last night unanimously agreed to release an appraisal of Angel Stadium and surrounding parking lots as the city continues to negotiate a lease with the Angels. The appraisal "will examine the venue's value if the Angels opt to stay in Anaheim and what the land would be worth if the team leaves town when the lease expires" in '19. City Attorney Michael Houston said that it "will be posted on the city's website on May 2" (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 4/23).

Safety-Kleen has renewed its sponsorship with NASCAR. The oil collecting and re-refining company will continue to be the sport’s official environmental services supplier, a position it has held since '04. Financial terms of the multiyear agreement were not available, but sources valued the deal in the mid-six figures annually. Under the agreement, Safety-Kleen will continue to capture cleaning solvents, oil fluids and lubricants at NASCAR races for use in other products.

The company is a founding partner of NASCAR Green, the sport’s environmental platform. NASCAR said Safety-Kleen last year collected and re-refined more than 200,000 gallons of NASCAR oil at tracks and team shops. The use of re-refined oil limits the sport’s carbon footprint. Safety-Kleen captures 200 million gallons of used oil a year and recycles it to produce approximately 140 million gallons of lubricating oil.

The Sacramento City Council last night offered "mostly glowing reviews" of the city's plan to help finance a new NBA Kings arena. This comes after a report released Monday showed that the overall project cost has increased from $448M. The City Council is now expected to "approve the project's financing plan, development agreement and environmental report at its May 13 meeting" (SACRAMENTO BEE, 4/23).

MLS expansion club NYC FC has "scored a place to practice" at Manhattanville College in Westchester County, N.Y. The team last night "received the approvals it was looking for from the town of Harrison's planning board." NYC FC will "finance the renovation of a gymnasium, upgrade existing fields and add another pitch by replacing a tennis court." No new buildings or expansion of the overall athletic facilities "beyond the current footprint are called for" (Westchester JOURNAL NEWS, 4/23).

The Pasadena City Council last night "unanimously approved a concert" at the Rose Bowl featuring Jay Z and Beyonce "to take place in August." It will mark the "18th major event at the stadium the council has approved" on the '14 calendar. A city ordinance "limits large scale events at the Rose Bowl to 12 per year, but the council can approve additional events as they come up." Officials said that six concerts "would be the most ever to take place at the stadium in a single year" (PASADENA STAR-NEWS, 4/23).

The NFL today is expected to release the '14 regular-season schedule at 8:00pm ET tonight. The games will be unveiled on NFL.com at that time. NFL Network plans a three-hour "NFL Total Access: Schedule Release '14" show that carries Verizon as a presenting sponsor. The show will be live streamed via the NFL Mobile from Verizon app. ESPN2 also will host a schedule release show from 8:00-10:00pm ET (John Ourand, Staff Writer).

The Seahawks are "expected to host the annual kickoff game" on Thursday, Sept. 4 (ESPN.com, 4/22). The SACRAMENTO BEE's Victor Contreras writes the "most logical – and entertaining – kickoff game would be a rematch of last season's NFC Championship" featuring 49ers-Seahawks (SACRAMENTO BEE, 4/23).

In this morning's Hot Read, the N.Y. TIMES' David Carr writes of the Supreme Court hearing broadcasters' case against Aereo under the header, "At Stake In The Aereo Case Is How We Watch TV" (N.Y. TIMES, 4/23).

MLL announced that it will select two teams every season to receive a new uniform design. The Chesapeake Bayhawks and expansion Florida Launch will be the teams debuting new designs this season (MLL).

Boston Univ. has parted ways with women’s basketball coach Kelly Greenberg “after four scholarship players said they quit the team last season because Greenberg emotionally abused them” (BOSTON GLOBE, 4/23).

Kia is running a full-page ad in this morning’s USA Today to congratulate Michelle Wie for winning the LPGA Lotte Championship (THE DAILY).

“I don’t think if a similar racially offensive word was used for the Hispanic, African American or Jewish communities that it would be tolerated” – Golf Channel's Notah Begay III, who runs a foundation that benefits Native American communities, on the Redskins moniker (USA TODAY, 4/23).

“Consumers are going to say, ‘If this guy can win a marathon at 38, maybe I want to try these shoes’” – SportsOneSource analyst Matt Powell, on Meb Keflezighi winning the Boston Marathon in Skechers running shoes (BOSTON GLOBE, 4/23).

"If they're employees, I guess you get to fire them, and I never want to do that to a young man" – Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops, on the movement to unionize college athletes (AP, 4/22).

“I don’t think it’s going to happen this year. I think it’s kind of late” – NFL Giants President & CEO John Mara, on the league possibly adding another wild-card playoff game (NEWSDAY, 4/23).

“I would rather be negotiating with Vladimir Putin on Ukraine than some of the people that have those buildings behind us, so good luck there!” – MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, to the Ricketts family, on the rooftop bleacher owners outside Wrigley Field (“Morning Joe,” MSNBC, 4/23).

“The funny thing is when I told my current bosses about this opportunity that was sort of the first thing they thought of. And it hadn’t even dawned on me yet that it was going to be something different” – Incoming Princeton AD Mollie Marcoux, on becoming the school’s first female AD (CENTRALJERSEY.com, 4/22).

The 11:00pm ET editions of ESPN’s “SportsCenter” and FS1’s “Fox Sports Live” featured similar opening lineups. ESPN led with Angels-Nationals highlights featuring Albert Pujols' 500th home run, followed by Pacers-Hawks and Stanley Cup Playoff games. FS1 led with Pujols' 500th home run followed by NBA playoff highlights and the NHL playoffs.

ESPN’s Keith Olbermann called out his “world’s worst” persons in sports: Redskins owner Dan Snyder for trying to “buy off critics” with his Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation. Snyder again was chastised for trying to “promote and profit off of a dictionary defined racial slur,” according to Oneida Nation Enterprises CEO Ray Halbritter. Lastly, Snyder was attacked for his idea of presenting an award to a local high school instead of putting money into his charity, completing the “trifecta.”

UPS Senior Project Lead/Sponsorships & Events J.W. Cannon: “My new dentist has free wi-fi, an Xbox and ESPN in their lobby and free laughing gas. Bring on the cavities.”

Boston Globe’s Eric Wilbur: “Next time a former player returns to Fenway, just bring roses and candy, shower the field, and make the sanctimonious writers feel fuzzy OK?”

San Jose Mercury News’ Tim Kawakami: “If you were another owner even THINKING of voting with the A's in this controversy, you see this stuff and you'd never do it. Never ever. ... Is the Coliseum Authority blameless? Absolutely not. This is a mess. The Raiders are involved, too. But the A's statements are silly.”

N.Y. Post’s Bart Hubbuch: “I'm not even a Dodgers fan, but I absolutely love watching games late at night from Chavez Ravine with Vin Scully at the mic. Greatness.”

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Fox Sports President & COO Eric Shanks and Coordinating Producer Mark Loomis will hold a press conference to announce the net's lead golf broadcast team at 1:00pm ET.

Last night’s “Final Jeopardy!” category was “Baseball.”

“Vine Line is the official magazine of this Major League Baseball team.”

CBS’ David Letterman: “Interesting fact and one of those things that you learn then forget about it, but whenever you hear it, it really gets your attention. The planet Earth is 71% water. No, wait a minute, that’s Yankee Stadium beer” (“Late Show,” CBS, 4/22).

NBC’s Jimmy Fallon: “I’m upset. ‘Price is Right’ host Drew Carey was sent home from ‘Dancing With The Stars’ after getting the lowest score of the night. That’s right, Drew had some technical problems, you know, like technically he’s not a professional dancer like everyone else on the show. … I just don’t understand this. There’s a comedian, Drew Carey, who we love. He’s going up against Gold Medal-winning dancers and he did not win. …The NHL playoffs are in full swing, with the top teams competing to make it to the Stanley Cup finals. Every year at the end of the regular season, they give out awards like ‘most valuable player.’ They also give out other awards, sort of like the ones in high school yearbooks like ‘most likely to succeed,’ ‘class clown,’ stuff like that.” A segment was shown where Fallon gave superlatives to NHL players while their pictures were shown on the screen. Fallon: “We have Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand. He was voted ‘most likely to play a pizza delivery guy in an 80’s movie about skiing.’ … Next we have Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara. He was voted ‘most likely to be two humans sewn together’” (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 4/22).

Last night’s Top Ten List was “Top Ten Things Overheard at Jesus’ Wedding.” CBS’ David Letterman said, “We have an ancient document analyzed by scientists, historians and wedding DJ’s, indicating that Jesus was married. Theologians, scientists and historians now believe Jesus was married, so what we have here, we went one step farther” (“Late Show,” CBS, 4/22).

10) “On his wedding day, you’d think he’d shave.”
9) “I didn't know Jesus was so religious.”
8) “Look out, here come the lepers.”
7) “Who invited Judas?”
6) “They should’ve used the temple in Salt Lake City.”
5) “You think she’ll convert?”
4) “Great, another day to celebrate Jesus.”
3) “This wine tastes watery.”
2) “Look, Regis is here.”
1) “I give it a month.”

“Who are the Chicago Cubs?”