MLB Senior VP Dan Halem said that MLB Medical Dir Dr. Gary Green has been "talking to companies about protective headgear for pitchers." A report is "on the agenda at baseball's winter meetings in December" (AP, 10/27).
UCLA on Friday “unveiled an 8-foot tall bronze statue” of former coach John Wooden outside of a newly renovated Pauley Pavilion. The statue depicts Wooden, standing with his arms folded and holding a rolled-up program in his right hand, “peering out over Bruin Walk” (ESPNLA.com, 10/26).
Baseball HOFer Jackie Robinson’s daughter, Sharon Robinson, will “join the Dodgers' board of directors, strengthening the bond between the team and its most historically significant alumnus” (L.A. TIMES, 10/28).
A plan to show World Series Game 3 Saturday at the site of old Tiger Stadium "was cancelled after city officials claim organizers didn't complete the steps necessary to hold the event" (DETROIT NEWS, 10/27).
Members of the ‘10 Stanley Cup championship Blackhawks team “skated together during the ‘Champs for Charity’ exhibition” Friday at Allstate Arena before an announced crowd of 11,649 (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 10/27).
CBS’ Jim Brown said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell “visited with some fans, tailgating, prior to the Dolphins-Jets game. Then, onto the field to meet Dante Cano of Marlboro, New Jersey, who this week, wrote to the commissioner suggesting that the officials use pink penalty flags as a part of breast cancer awareness month” (“The NFL Today,” CBS, 10/28).
