This morning’s Hot Read is the WALL STREET JOURNAL's P1 profile of U.S. Soccer coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who leads the team into the World Cup after having been "hired in the hope of ushering in a new era for American soccer" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 6/5).
Sacramento City Council candidates supportive of the city’s plan to subsidize a downtown Kings arena in Tuesday's elections “did better than opponents who tried to capitalize on a perception that the public is angry about the arena deal and unhappy” with Mayor Kevin Johnson (SACRAMENTO BEE, 6/5).
UEFA President Michel Platini thinks FIFA “must hold another vote” for the ’22 World Cup if “corruption allegations against Qatar’s winning bid are proven” (AP, 6/5).
Ticket sales “are on pace for a sellout” for the Aug. 30 Penn State-Central Florida football game at the 69,000-seat Croke Park Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. An estimated 40,000 tickets have been sold (ORLANDOSENTINEL.com, 6/4).
The Flyers have signed a two-year affiliation agreement with the ECHL Reading Royals (Flyers).
Rays Senior Baseball Advisor Don Zimmer died last night at the age of 83. Zimmer spent 66 years in baseball as a player, manager, coach and exec (Mult., 6/5).
The NBA is running a full-page ad in today’s N.Y. Times promoting the start of the Heat-Spurs NBA Finals, which will air on ABC at 9:00pm ET (THE DAILY).
USA Football is running a full-page ad in this morning’s USA Today that features a youth football player and the copy, “My Coach Is Heads Up Football Certified. Is Yours?” Heads Up Football is USA Football's player safety initiative (THE DAILY).
