Speed Reads....

CFLPA Exec Dir Brian Ramsay said that if a new CBA "isn’t reached by May 18, players with the B.C. Lions, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Montreal Alouettes won’t report to the start of their respective training camps the following day" (CP, 5/9).

The Twins announced that the "full allotment of $5 tickets for the 12 May remaining home games -- 32,000 tickets in total -- have sold out in less than 48 hours of the club’s 'flash sale'" (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 5/10).

Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Sports & Exhibition Authority board members "authorized $138,500 in reimbursements" to the Penguins to clean the exterior of PPG Paints Arena (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 5/10).

The Hambletonian Society and the Meadowlands Racetrack "signed a two-year contract extension to keep trotting’s biggest event" at the northern N.J. facility through '23 (AP, 5/9).