Speed Reads....

Golf Channel today unveiled a new logo, which will be rolled out in connection with The Players at TPC Sawgrass (Golf Channel).

Sporting KC players yesterday received their ’13 MLS Cup championship rings “in a 20-minute ceremony” prior to the club’s match against the Crew (K.C. STAR, 5/5).

The dates for the Pacers-Wizards series have been set, but if the series extends to six games, the Wizards “would have a scheduling problem on May 15 because of a Lady Gaga concert that is already booked for that night" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 5/4).

A crowd of more than a 1,000 fans "lined up along Sunday's course" for the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships in Richmond (RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, 5/5).

An estimated 10,000 people gathered at Maple Leaf Square on Sunday to "cheer for the Raptors in the final game of their first-round playoff series" against the Nets. Fans "filled the square" and "milled about in packs" outside the sold out Air Canada Centre (TORONTO STAR, 5/5).