An average of 16.636 million viewers watched Saturday's LSU-Alabama game on CBS, the "most people to watch a regular season game between the teams since the Tigers last won" the rivalry in '11 (Baton Rouge ADVOCATE, 11/11).
"League of Legends" publisher Riot Games after the World Championship this weekend in Paris announced that "next year's finals will take place in Shanghai Stadium." The venue seats more than 56,000 (ESPORTSOBSERVER.com, 11/10).
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MLS and Adidas following yesterday's MLS Cup final revealed the official match ball for '20, which "celebrates the league's 25th season." It "pulls inspiration from MLS' first-ever match ball" in '96, incorporating "blue and green accents" (PROSOCCERUSA.com, 11/11).
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club had two horse fatalities yesterday, the third day of the track's fall meeting. To date, it "had not suffered a single racing fatality" in '19 (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 11/11).
The USWNT drew a crowd of 12,914 to Jacksonville's TIAA Bank Field for last night's friendly win over Costa Rica (ST. AUGUSTINE RECORD, 11/11).
Fresno State drew 8,529 fans for a home game against Winthrop in which Clippers F and former Bulldogs star Paul George "had his No. 24 jersey go up into the rafters of the Save Mart Center at halftime" (FRESNO BEE, 11/11).
