CAA Sports led all agencies in the first round of the NFL Draft last night with five players selected, all in the first 17 picks. CAA also repped five first-rounders last year to lead all agencies. Relativity Sports and Lagardere Unlimited each had three players, while Bus Cook’s BC Sports repped two, including top overall selection Jadeveon Clowney. The following lists the Top 5 picks; see today's issue for the full first round (THE DAILY).

The first round of last night's NFL Draft was "wildly unpredictable," exemplified by QB Johnny Manziel dropping to the 22nd pick, where he was taken by the Browns (N.Y. POST, 5/9). Johnny Football "became Johnny Free Fall, and now he's headed to Cleveland." The Browns within 25 minutes of Manziel's selection "had sold 200 new season tickets and had 300 renewed." Manziel jerseys are "now available at the team shop" (ESPN.com, 5/9). Manziel was selected about two hours and 40 minutes into the first round, and the "television shots of Manziel were getting painful to watch" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 5/9). Cameras captured him "playing with a bottle cap. Checking his phone. Taking another sip of water" (NFL.com, 5/9). The Radio City Music Hall crowd was "chanting his name" when he was greeted by Commissioner Roger Goodell on stage (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 5/9).

The "polarizing player's agonizing wait was the perfect fodder for social media," with the hashtag #BeforeManzielGetsDrafted trending on Twitter. After the Cowboys passed on him with the 16th pick, the NFL's official feed tweeted "#SadManziel?" (AP, 5/8). Ad Age's Michael McCarthy tweeted, "Somebody sponsor those water bottles Johnny Football keeps sipping from as he goes undrafted. Getting lots of screen time 2nite." "Late Show" Exec Producer Eric Stangel: "At least Johnny Manziel is staying hydrated."

EA Sports last night during the NFL Draft announced its field for the cover vote for the forthcoming “Madden NFL 15.” The company unveiled a 16-player field, down considerably from a 64-player brackets in recent years, led by top seeds Seahawks CB Richard Sherman and Panthers QB Cam Newton. Longtime partner ESPN again is aiding EA Sports on the effort, including staging the vote at ESPN.com/maddenvote, and the winner will be announced live on "SportsCenter" on June 6. The field will be winnowed weekly between now and the announcement of the cover winner. “Madden NFL 15” will be released Aug. 26.

This is the fifth year EA Sports has allowed fans to select the cover of “Madden NFL,” annually one of the world’s most popular sports video games. Pro Football HOFer Barry Sanders, winner of last year’s vote that pitted current players against retired legends, announced the vote during the Draft.

Colts Owner Jim Irsay last night returned to his Twitter account, which has been dormant since his arrest in March, "wasting no time getting back into his usual Twitter form" (INDYSTAR.com, 5/8). His tweets included: "Just wanna thank ColtsNation for all the love n support! Humbling! Quiet night in DraftRoom. ... Really missed you guys! Your kindness will never be forgotten! Doing everything I can to make 2014-15 season special for all of us! Go Colts" (TWITTER.com, 5/8).

The NBA and NBPA broke a Mother's Day-themed ad titled "The MVPs" during last night's Nets-Heats Game 2 telecast on TNT. The spot uses audio from Thunder F Kevin Durant's acceptance speech for winning this year's MVP award, in which he thanks his mom for believing in him "from day one." The audio is set against black-and-white footage of Durant's mother cheering him on during a game. The 30-second spot will run on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, TNT and NBA TV through Sunday (THE DAILY).

A crowd of 28,255 "chilled but thrilled" fans attended last night's U.S.-Canada women's soccer friendly at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg, which seats about 33,000. There was "a lot to like about the environment" for the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw. In conjunction with the match, the national organizing committee for the '15 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada unveiled the official slogan for the tournament: "To A Greater Goal." The event runs June 6-July 5 next summer (WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, 5/9).

The proposed $35B merger between U.S.-based Omnicom Group and France-based Publicis Groupe "has been called off as the obstacles to moulding the two rivals into the world's largest advertising agency proved too much." Omnicom CEO John Wren said, "There was no one factor" (REUTERS, 5/9). The parties "have released each other from all obligations and no termination fees will be payable by either company." A conference call was scheduled for 8:30am ET (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 5/9).

Organizers of the One Day in July Street Festival in Minneapolis yesterday sued the city, “saying an ordinance that limits events around the time” of MLB’s All-Star Game in July “is unconstitutional.” Festival organizers feel the league “shouldn’t have control over their event” (AP, 5/8).

Wasserman has signed Duke F Jabari Parker for representation in the NBA Draft (Liz Mullen, Staff Writer).

The Predators extended their affiliation agreement with the AHL Milwaukee Admirals through the ’16-17 season (Predators).

Charlotte Motor Speedway is running a full-page ad in this morning’s USA Today touting tickets for the May 25 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 (THE DAILY).

The WNBA today will tip off a Summer Hoops program that will align community outreach efforts in team markets with league initiatives like WNBA Cares Week, which also starts today (WNBA).

Sony has launched “Team Action Cam,” a roster of action sports athletes that includes motocross rider Ricky Carmichael, snowboarder Terje Haakonsen and skier Gus Kenworthy endorsing Sony’s Action Cam line (Sony).

Mets RF Curtis Granderson and SI swimsuit model Chrissy Teigen are helping launch an Aquafina campaign encouraging fans to drink more water. The “Pledge. Drink. Win!” campaign is in conjunction with the Partnership for a Healthier America’s Drink Up initiative (Aquafina).

“If the way the world changes and the way you make money changes, we are allowed to change and there will never be an added fee” – NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke, saying his company’s new Olympics rights deal with the IOC takes into account the possibility of new technologies (N.Y. TIMES, 5/9).

“Only 10% of NASCAR viewers are between 18 and 24. And the average age of an IndyCar fan is between 35 and 54 years old. I’m a fan of NASCAR myself, but I don’t think I’m exactly the demographic the National Guard is aiming for” – U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), during yesterday’s Congressional hearing on the National Guard’s motorsports sponsorships (USA TODAY, 5/9).

“OTT is an experiment. It’s a skinnied-down version of pay TV targeted at a different class of people that we don’t believe we or Disney are getting today” – Dish Network Chair Charlie Ergen, on accruing over-the-top rights deals with several programmers, including Disney, for a potential Internet TV service (VARIETY.com, 5/8).

“We will generate more money than any other MLS team can dream of” – XIX Entertainment Founder Simon Fuller, on plans to use the strength of David Beckham’s brand to draw TV revenues and marquee sponsorships for the Miami expansion team (MIAMI HERALD, 5/9).

“People want to be entertained. You can’t roll out the best golfers in the world anymore and expect that will be enough” – PGA Tour Communications Manager Chris Reimer, on tournaments relaxing their cell phone policies in an effort to increase outreach through social media (FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, 5/9).

The 1:00am ET editions of ESPN's "SportsCenter" and FS1's "Fox Sports Live" led with extensive coverage of the NFL Draft, focusing early on QB Johnny Manziel having to wait longer than expected before being picked. ESPN then aired Nets-Heat highlights, more NFL Draft coverage and Trail Blazers-Spurs. FS1 followed a similar pattern after their opening NFL Draft coverage, airing Nets-Heat and Trail Blazers-Spurs.

ESPN's Keith Olbermann called out his "world's worst" persons in sports: Bolivian soccer club Universitario de Sucre MF Federico Silvestre for being angry that several dogs ran onto the pitch during the game. Olbermann: "this ain't Liverpool, you're playing in the Bolivian league." Also irritating Olbermann were Single-A Midwest League Clinton LumberKings fans for celebrating the team's comeback win from a 17-1 deficit, and Bruins fans for claiming the racist tweets directed at Canadiens D P.K. Subban were from "out-of-towners." Olbermann noted a reporter found T-shirts for sale in Boston that featured "sexism and homophobia."

NFL.com's Judy Battista: "Massive seat rearrangement at Radio City this year. Sadly, it moves me out of range of team bowls of M&Ms, easily my favorite draft detail."

S.F. Chronicle's John Crumpacker: "Major international soccer match coming to Cal's Memorial Stadium in July. News conference to announce teams on Friday at stadium."

NFL agent Ralph Cindrich: "While enjoying coffee know that agents spent a miserable night telling clients why they were not drafted & 'we called all again!' Good AM!"

Miami Herald's Michelle Kaufman: "David #Beckham was seen 'lunchando' at La Carreta on Bird and 87th yesterday. NOW he's gettin' serious. #MLS"

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Gold Medal-winning U.S. hockey player Mike Eruzione, former NFLer Steve Grogan, former MLBer Luis Tiant and Basketball HOFer Bill Russell will participate in a panel moderated by Fox' James Brown at AARP's bi-annual Life @50+ National Event & Expo in Boston.

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

“His works include ‘The Economic Consequences of the Peace’ in 1919 and ‘The End of Laissez-Faire’ from 1926.”

Lakers G Kobe Bryant appeared on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" last night and talked about the Lakers' '13-14 season: "I would rather stay at home and eat paint chips. It was really, really tough." After seeing the tweet from Magic Johnson saying he was happy Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni had resigned, Bryant said the "first thing I thought of was seeing the munchkins on the yellow brick road, dancing and singing, 'The wicked witch is dead.'" Bryant noted the Lakers had not conferred with him prior to hiring the last two coaches so "on the third one I am hoping they do." Bryant said of Lakers Exec VP/Business Operations Jeanie Buss and Exec VP/Player Personnel Jim Buss rebuilding the team, "They're taking the challenge extremely, extremely seriously." Bryant said there was "an open door policy" now with the front office and "we talk back and forth" ("Jimmy Kimmel Live," ABC, 5/8).

NBC’s Jimmy Fallon: “Across the street is the NFL Draft. … Thirty-two players were drafted in the first round. Actually 31, the Jets got confused and took one of the Rockettes. … One of the prospects in this year's NFL Draft is a safety named Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. … I’m not joking, his name is Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, which incidentally is the title of the new Vanity Fair article by Monica Lewinsky. … I also saw that NBC has paid over $7 billion to broadcast the Olympics through 2032. … Half of the $7 billion will be spent on advertising and the rest will be spent on Visine for Bob Costas” (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 5/8).

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel: “The NFL Draft is the annual event that determines which quarterback will become the next celebrity spokesman for Papa John’s, so it’s a big deal. … As expected, the No. 1 pick was South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. …Jadeveon Clowney also happens to be my No. 1 pick for a baby name” (“Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC, 5/8).

Last night’s Top Ten list was “Top Ten Signs A 20 Dollar Bill Is Counterfeit.” Letterman said, "Counterfeited twenty dollar bills are currently in circulation around the United States. Apparently, they come from Quebec, Canada” (“Late Show,” CBS, 5/8).

10) “It’s the size of those giant checks at golf tournaments.”
9) “Somebody sold it to you for 10 dollars.”
8) “Includes the words ‘definitely real.’”
7) “Too much glitter.”
6) “Treasury secretary’s signature reads, ‘Happy Nurses Week.’”
5) “Placed in water, it becomes a sponge.”
4) “Portrait is Tito Jackson.”
3) “Reverse side features a small classifieds section.”
2) “Scratch it and it smells like bacon.”
1) “Whenever you try to spend it you go to prison.”

“Who was John Maynard Keynes?”