FedExForum yesterday "was evacuated" around 4:00pm ET, "just three hours before the scheduled tip-off" of Hornets-Grizzlies "in response to an electrical fire in a sauna near the locker room." The 7:00pm game was not delayed (Memphis COMMERCIAL APPEAL, 1/24).
The NBA 2K League "will host its first international qualifying event to find players in the Asia-Pacific region" from Feb. 2-3 in Hong Kong (AP, 1/23).
Puma reached a multiyear partnership with PGA Tour player Gary Woodland that will see him wearing apparel, footwear and other accessories on the course (Puma Golf).
The Vans Park Series is "making its final stop" of the '19 calendar in Salt Lake City for the park terrain skateboarding World Championships. It will be the "first time ever that the park skateboarding championships have been held on American soil" (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 1/24).
Goldin Auctions runs a half-page ad in the Wall Street Journal touting the Jan. 31 bidding for several of Jackie Robinson's MLB contracts: "Considered To Be The Founding Documents Of The Civil Rights Movement" (THE DAILY).
