Speed Reads....

EPL club Fulham revealed that it will play a friendly against DC United on July 26 at EverBank Field (Mult., 4/26).

The Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic will return to Lake Merced Country Club next year, according to sources. No official announcement has been made, “but that’s a formality in the wake of a successful inaugural edition” last week in S.F. (SFGATE.com, 4/27).

The Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament will likely be pulled from Ft. Worth and “is expected to land in Baton Rouge or New Orleans.” The conference has “safety concerns” over LaGraves Field in Ft. Worth that “can’t be resolved in time for the tournament” (Baton Rouge ADVOCATE, 4/28).

A crowd of 74,910 attended this weekend's Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park (AL.com, 4/27).

An estimated crowd of 40,000-45,000 yesterday attended the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway (MYSANANTONIO.com, 4/27).