The Rays will reduce the capacity of Tropicana Field to an estimated 25,000-26,000 as part of a newly announced series of capital improvements and renovations. The current capacity for Rays games is about 31,000 (Rays).
Verizon FiOS customers yesterday "regained access to key broadcast channels," including DC-based WUSA-CBS, which had been "blacked out for days because of a contract dispute with a major media company, Tegna." Verizon and Tegna reached “a multiyear carriage agreement” (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 1/3).
Two hundred tickets for Sunday's Chargers-Ravens AFC Wild Card game in Baltimore "are available" after the Chargers returned the tickets (BALTIMORESUN.com, 1/3).
Ohio State ended up paying N.Y.-based law firm Debevois and Plimpton $1M to "help investigate" how former football coach Urban Meyer "handled domestic violence allegations against former assistant coach Zach Smith" (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 1/4).
Callaway Golf has completed its previously announced acquisition of European activewear brand Jack Wolfskin for approximately US$476M. Jack Wolfskin will continue to operate out of its HQ in Idstein, Germany (Callaway).
