Sources said that Raiders Owner Mark Davis and "two top lieutenants" in the organization met recently with "several San Antonio officials to discuss the potential of moving his NFL team from the Bay Area to the Alamo City." Davis met with the officials on the weekend of July 18. Davis and his associates reportedly "spent two or three days" in San Antonio, "visiting the Alamodome and other places" (SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, 7/30).

When asked yesterday about the visit, Davis said, "Former San Antonio mayor Henry Cisneros is a friend, and Henry suggested I take the opportunity to meet with some city officials while I was in town. I have nothing further to discuss on the topic" (Mult., 7/29).

A "massive pipe break" yesterday flooded UCLA and surrounding areas with "millions of gallons of water and threatened the near-term use of Pauley Pavilion." UCLA officials last night said that they "would be unable to determine whether athletic teams would be able to use Pauley Pavilion this season until the cleanup is done." Crews used "squeegees and water vacuums to clear water and silt from the floor" of the arena. More than three and a half hours after the line ruptured, "about an inch of water remained on the floor" (L.A. TIMES, 7/30).

A crowd of 61,238 attended the Manchester United-Inter Milan Guinness Int'l Champions Cup match at FedExField, where the "scene before kickoff was light and festive." Ticket holders in the upper deck were "allowed to move closer at no extra charge," and "some said they received free tickets." The stadium is "not an ideal soccer venue," and it "added to the list of shortcomings with a pregame video-board message stating United's home stadium is 'Old Traddord'" (WASHINGTON POST, 7/30).

Meanwhile, ManU is "scheduled to visit the White House today" (LONDON TIMES, 7/30).

The Braves as soon as this week are expected to announce a "deal with the development team that will oversee" a $400M mixed-use development near their new Cobb County ballpark. Sources said that the club "will tap a joint venture team" that includes Fuqua Development, Pope & Land Enterprises and Pollack Shores Real Estate Group. Georgia-based Batson-Cook Development, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Kajima, "will be an equity partner in the project," the sources said (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 7/30).

Collegiate Licensing Co. has extended its licensing agreements with three of the biggest brands in college sports – the Sugar Bowl, Tournament of Roses and the Heisman Trophy Trust. The Sugar Bowl’s relationship with CLC dates back to '98, while the Rose Bowl has used CLC as its licensing agent since '00. CLC, an IMG College company, will continue to manage the trademark licensing programs for all three of the brands.

“We look forward to leveraging the new College Football Playoff, along with the bowl’s new partnership with the SEC and Big 12, into greater excitement and expanded retail distribution of our merchandise,” said Sugar Bowl COO Jeff Hundley. The Heisman Trophy Trust, a CLC client since '99, is a non-profit entity that contributes 100% of its licensing revenue towards the Trust's charities.

Chicagoland Speedway signed Janssen Pharmaceuticals to title sponsor its fall NASCAR Sprint Cup race. The race, which is the first in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, will be known as the MyAFibStory.com 400. The name is designed to raise awareness about atrial fibrillation – AFib for short – a condition caused by irregular heartbeat. Janssen Pharmaceuticals makes a drug called Xarelto that helps prevent blood clots. Chicagoland’s Sprint Cup race was previously sponsored by Geico from '11-13.

IMG, a division of William Morris Endeavor, has signed tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who is currently ranked 15th on the ATP Tour. He had been managed by Morgan Menahem, who also runs the nascent Int'l Premier Tennis League, which launches this fall. Tsonga has deals with adidas and Babolat that run for several more years, and Menahem will continue to collect the agent fees from those deals. Carlos Fleming, who also manages Venus Williams, will manage Tsonga at IMG. Fleming represents NFLers Cam Newton, Colin Kaepernick and Victor Cruz for marketing. He also reps Michelle Wie.

Twitter reported average monthly users were 271 million as of June 30, up 24% from a year ago, "beating Wall Street analyst estimates of 265 million monthly active users for Q2." Twitter CEO Dick Costolo on the Q2 earnings call "highlighted the 2014 FIFA World Cup as driving up Twitter usage," but he also said that "product changes were the primary growth factors." Twitter "gained a net 16 million monthly active users in Q2, the most in five quarters" (VARIETY.com, 7/29).

The World Cup “illustrated Twitter’s greatest strength and its biggest weakness: As with the cable news networks, its traffic is dependent on surges of public interest around real-time events” (N.Y. TIMES, 7/30).

Criticism of how the NFL handled the Ray Rice situation continues today, with the WASHINGTON POST's Mike Wise writing this was a moment for Commissioner Roger Goodell to "show that domestic violence will not be tolerated on his watch," but his "handling of the issue shows a dearth of sensitivity." The BUFFALO NEWS' Jerry Sullivan writes of Goodell, "The Enforcer came across as The Enabler. ... It makes Goodell look weak and inconsistent." A SACRAMENTO BEE editorial states NFL officials "ought to listen to the outcry from across the nation and reconsider the short suspension."

ESPN President John Skipper yesterday issued an internal memo regarding the suspension of Stephen A. Smith that read in part, “ESPN announced today that Stephen A. Smith will not appear on First Take or ESPN Radio for the next week. He will return to ESPN next Wednesday” (THE DAILY). Read more on our On The Ground blog.

Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully announced that he will return next season, his 66th with the team. Scully: “There will come a time when I will have to say goodbye, but I’ve soul-searched and this is not the time” (L.A. TIMES, 7/30).

Bayern Munich Exec Chair Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has been “left behind as the squad jetted off for their preseason tour of the U.S.” due to a visa problem (ESPNFC.com, 7/30).

A group of former NHLers yesterday filed a class-action lawsuit against the NHL in U.S. District Court in Minnesota, claiming the league “took insufficient action to reduce brain injuries caused by concussive and sub-concussive impacts.” Jon Rohloff is the lone named plaintiff in the suit (NYTIMES.com, 7/29).

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors last night unanimously approved the A’s 10-year lease extension for O.co Coliseum. All that is “needed now is the formal blessing of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority” (S.F. CHRONICLE, 7/30).

About 200 women business professionals yesterday attended the Executive Women’s Day program at Firestone Country Club, which is part of the PGA Tour’s new women’s initiative. Firestone is hosting this week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational (CLEVELAND.com, 7/30).

“We consider ourselves a power conference as well. We’re not going to take a back seat to anyone” – AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco, during his football media day address (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 7/30).

“Last week was easily the toughest week I’ve had as president” – PGA of America President Ted Bishop, on Dick’s Sporting Goods eliminating jobs for 478 PGA professionals (GOLFDIGESTIX, 7/30 issue).

“Soccer can take over hockey one day in Canada” – Whitecaps MF Pedro Morales, who thinks soccer will be the No. 1 sport in Canada in the next 10-20 years (QMI AGENCY, 7/29).

“The bathrooms are disgusting, they are always filthy. You don’t want to go in there if you can help it. And there’s the non-conference schedule of playing no one really any good” – Johnny Higgins, who has been an LSU football season-ticket holder for 40 years, on possibly giving up his tickets if the fan experience does not improve (NOLA.com, 7/29).

“It’s insensitive, and I think that there’s no reason for it to continue as the name of the team in our nation’s capital. I would love to see the owners think hard about what they could substitute” – Hillary Clinton, on the Redskins moniker (“America with Jorge Ramos,” Fusion, 7/29).

“You are who we are when we play football. Matter of fact, if they want to take Washington off, that’s OK, but leave the Redskins part alone” – Former Redskins K Mark Moseley, addressing the Chippewa Cree Tribe council, saying the Redskins name is meant as a sign of respect (USA TODAY, 7/30).

Last night's 1:00am ET edition of ESPN's "SportsCenter" led with four MLB game highlights, followed by UCLA's Pauley Pavilion being flooded and a WNBA Sparks-Mercury recap. Last night's 1:00am ET edition of FS1's "Fox Sports Live" led with nine MLB game highlights, followed by more MLB news and notes. The first non-MLB report was the Lakers introducing new coach Byron Scott.

ESPN's Keith Olbermann called out his "world's worst" persons in sports: Prince Harry "photobombing" a picture from the Commonwealth Games. Olbermann also criticized "comedian Rush Limbaugh" for his on-air comments about Janay Palmer, wife of Ravens RB Ray Rice, and drug-testing practices in the NFL.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Cavaliers account: “Full-page ad by Miami radio station seeking public thank you from LeBron James rejected by Cleveland Plain Dealer.”

Newsday’s Anthony Rieber: “Don't expect much at trade deadline, but it would be dumb and dumber for Mets' owners to not go all in this winter.”

Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: "The NBA has been tossing around the idea of having a charity All-Star Game in South Africa next summer."

Writer Josh Gross, on a UFC fighter joining the Israeli army, and the criticism from a Palestinian fighter: “Let's see if MMA is mature enough to handle the Israel/Gaza discussion. Let's see if UFC uses it as a springboard to promote a fight.”

Blogger Ken Fang: “Coming up next, WGN sues the Cubs for ruining its overnight schedule.”

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MLB Commissioner Bud Selig celebrates his 80th birthday.

Tickets to the Sept. 6 Mexico-Chile int’l friendly at Levi’s Stadium go on sale to Earthquakes season-ticket holders, Levi’s Stadium SBL owners and Visa account holders. Tickets will go on sale to the general public Friday.

Last night’s “Final Jeopardy!” category was “Days Of The Week.”

“In Spanish and French, the word for Friday comes from Latin for ‘Day Of’ this goddess.”

Actor Daniel Radcliffe appeared on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" last night and talked about being in Toronto and having trouble getting a visa to enter the U.S. Radcliffe said he eventually "drove to Buffalo and we got through the border at Buffalo. It was all official. We didn't sneak in." Radcliffe said, "All I know about Buffalo is the Bills are there. That's all I know about American football. So the only conversation I could come up with to this lovely woman who was helping us was, 'So the Bills might be going to Toronto, I hear,' and she just gave this incredibly serious, sad reaction to my small talk. She said, 'Yeah, I really don’t know what this town would do if they ever leave.'" Host Jimmy Kimmel added, "If the Bills go to Toronto, we're going to war with Canada" ("Jimmy Kimmel Live," ABC, 7/29).

NBC’s Jimmy Fallon: “A man in Maryland claims that he found one of President Obama’s custom golf balls in the woods near the golf course where the president played over the weekend. Obama said he's been looking for his balls for a while and then Democrats said, ‘Yeah, we know’” (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 7/29).

CBS’ David Letterman: “There's a dating site called ‘OkCupid’ and it's especially for folks who are looking for someone who is just okay. It turns out the people who run ‘OkCupid’ don't really match anybody up. They're shuffling cards. They don't care. … That's how Donald Sterling found a girlfriend with a tape recorder. … Now a judge has ruled, they said the official wording in the ruling was, ‘He's a little loopy.’ If you're a little loopy that means you have to sell your basketball team, the Clippers. Selling the Clippers -- this poor bastard -- selling them for $2 billion. Come on! That will teach him, right?” (“Late Show,” CBS, 7/29).

“Who is Venus?”