Adidas has extended its long-running sponsorship of the German Football Association until '26 (AFP, 9/10).
Charlotte, N.C., has "officially submitted its bid to keep the CIAA basketball tournament, the city's most lucrative annual event that it has hosted for the last 12 years" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 9/9).
The Seattle Storm yesterday beat the Washington Mystics 75-73 in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals in front of a "sold-out crowd of 14,212" at KeyArena (SEATTLE TIMES, 9/10).
Both USA TODAY and the WALL STREET JOURNAL run full-page ads paying tribute to late Magic Owner Rich DeVos, who passed away last week: "Loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather" (THE DAILY).
Celtics G Jabari Bird today is slated to appear in Brighton Municipal Court to "face arraignment on charges of domestic assault and battery, strangulation and kidnapping," according to Boston police. Bird was arrested Friday after a "domestic incident." Celtics officials said that they are "investigating the incident and are 'taking it very seriously'" (BOSTONGLOBE,com, 9/8).
