Honda is “working on an extension” with IndyCar to stay in “open-wheel racing beyond this season.” Honda Performance Development COO Steve Eriksen: “We are moving along on a very positive path” (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 4/27).
Masters champion Jordan Spieth was presented with a Mavericks jersey by team Owner Mark Cuban during yesterday’s Rockets-Mavericks game (DALLASNEWS.com, 4/26).
Wimbledon has “become the latest sports event to ban the use” of selfie sticks, calling them a “nuisance” (AP, 4/27).
Former Denver Post writer Mike Klis, who covered the Broncos beat for 10 years, today “begins a television career” at KUSA-NBC. Klis will join reporter Rod Mackey in covering the Broncos for the station (DENVERPOST.com, 4/26).
An estimated crowd of about 50,000 attended yesterday’s rain-delayed NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Int’l Raceway. The frontstretch was “filled almost to capacity” at the start of the race, but crowds “were sparse on the backstretch” (RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, 4/27).
A sellout crowd of 2,600 attended yesterday’s Santa Cruz Warriors-Fort Wayne Mad Ants NBA D-League Finals Game 2 at Kaiser Permanente Arena. The Warriors defeated the Mad Ants 109-96 to sweep the best-of-three series (SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL, 4/27).
