The Patriots on Friday announced that the team will allow a "free exchange of any Aaron Hernandez jersey on July 6-7" after he was released last week following his arrest on murder charges. Any Hernandez jersey that was "purchased at the Patriots ProShop or through PatriotsProShop.com can be exchanged for a different player’s jersey of comparable value at no additional charge" (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/29).
The ATP is "naming the champion's award at its season-ending tournament," the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, The Brad Drewett Trophy in memory of the tour's executive chairman and president, who died in May" (AP, 6/29).
ESPN tonight will broadcast "Sunday Night Baseball" from Baltimore for the first time since July '06 as the Orioles play the Yankees (THE DAILY).
The rehab stint for Blue Jays SS Jose Reyes, which began June 21, "couldn't have gone any better" for the Triple-A Int'l League Buffalo Bisons. The team has "sold more than 48,000 tickets -- their most for a four-game series since" '01 (BUFFALO NEWS, 6/30).
The Magic and ESPN Radio 580 Orlando last week announced a five-year contract extension for the station to continue to serve as the Magic Radio Network's flagship station through the '17-18 season (Magic).
JEGS Automotive yesterday announced that it has extended its agreement with the NHRA as title sponsor of the JEGS Allstars event (JEGS).
EA Sports on Friday announced that Devils G Martin Brodeur had beaten Blue Jackets G Sergei Bobrovsky to "grace the cover" of the company's "NHL 14" video game (NYPOST.com, 6/29).
