The Padres delayed their flight to Seattle "by a day to see if the air quality in that area improves with a storm forecast overnight." While the expectation is the three-game series against the Mariners starting tomorrow “will be played as scheduled at T-Mobile Park, it is possible the series set to begin Friday could be moved to Petco Park” (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 9/17).
Barstool Sports has hired its first European host talent in Troopz, a U.K.-based YouTuber and media personality. Troopz will host a weekly soccer-themed podcast on Tuesdays called "Back Again." Between his Twitter and Instagram accounts, he has roughly 420,000 followers (Mark J. Burns, Staff Writer).
FCS schools Stephen F. Austin State and Abilene Christian will play the first NCAA football game at Globe Life Park on Oct. 24. Tickets are on sale as of this week, with limited capacity at the MLB Rangers' former home ballpark (Rangers).
Mizzou Arena will be a “polling location for the upcoming November general election, becoming one of the largest voting centers in the state” (K.C. STAR, 9/16).
VITEC, a provider of video encoding and streaming solutions, today is announcing a new green initiative to control the company's environmental impact. Its goal is to become completely carbon neutral by '21 in all facets of business operations (Eric Prisbell, Staff Writer).
