Officials "expect a sellout" for tonight's Canada-USWNT friendly at San Jose's Avaya Stadium at 6:00pm PT, the "last game of the year" for the U.S. squad (S.F. CHRONICLE, 11/12).
Last night's Notre Dame-Miami game at Hard Rock Stadium was played before an "ecstatic crowd of 65,303." No. 7 UM beat No. 3 Notre Dame 41-8 (MIAMI HERALD, 11/12).
Sources said that ESPN's Jon Gruden returning to coach the Buccaneers after this season is "hardly out of the question," as several NFL sources believe he will "actually leave the booth" this year (CBSSPORTS.com, 11/12).
Bellator MMA will "host an eight-man heavyweight tournament" in '18 called the World Grand Prix. The tournament will unfold over the course of '18, with the finals "hopefully taking place prior to the end of the year" (ESPN.com, 11/10).
Boxer Jose Ramirez last night defeated Mike Reed "before a frenzied crowd of 13,838" at the Save Mart Center on Fresno State's campus (ESPN.com, 11/12).
Longtime Texas A&M football radio play-by-play man Dave South last night was in the booth for the "final time at Kyle Field" for the school's game with New Mexico. He will "no longer call football or men's basketball games" after this year (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 11/12).
