Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert today is expected to announce that his company Xenith will “start the production … of football helmets in southwest Detroit.” It is not known “how many jobs are being created” with the production facility (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 4/28).
Boston 2024 is lobbying the Secretary of State’s office to “keep Olympic documents secret and demanding city officials return ‘confidential’ records to the nonprofit’s executives to further keep them out of the public eye” (BOSTON HERALD, 4/28).
The NFLPA has filed an appeal of Cowboys DE Greg Hardy’s “10-game suspension handed down” by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, according to a source (DALLASNEWS.com, 4/27).
NASL Commissioner Bill Peterson said that the league “has been in contact with a prospective ownership group from Hartford.” Peterson “would not speak specifically about the group” (HARTFORD COURANT, 4/28).
The Coyotes have signed a naming-rights deal for the outdoor terrace area at Gila River Arena with California-based Sage Beverages’ Wicked Tango Whiskey. Terms were not disclosed (Coyotes).
Zurich Insurance runs a full-page ad in USA Today congratulating golfer Justin Rose for winning the PGA Tour Zurich Classic of New Orleans: “We Loved Every Moment. Thank You, Justin Rose” (THE DAILY).
