Facebook on Friday announced a partnership with MLB to air 25 weekday afternoon games this season, and sources said that the league "will receive" $30-35M (AP, 3/10).
The Opening Ceremony of the Pyeongchang Paralympics on Friday included a "record 567 athletes" parading into the Olympic Stadium (N.Y. TIMES, 3/10).
The most-read story on BostonGlobe.com this morning notes 42 players on the team's first three Super Bowl-winning teams have "allegations in a landmark class-action concussion suit" against the NFL and Riddell. In all, more than 340 former Patriots or their estates "have sued" the NFL and Ridell (BOSTON GLOBE, 3/11).
The National Bobblehead HOF unveiled a limited-edition bobblehead of Gold Medal-winning U.S. curler Matt Hamilton. The bobbleheads are available for preorder exclusively in the HOF and Museum Online Store. The bobbleheads cost $25 and are expected to arrive in June (Bobblehead HOF).
Yesterday marked the "first time in more than a decade" that matches at the ATP/WTA BNP Paribas Open "were postponed a day." Rain also caused delays in '16, but those "were relatively short and matches resumed the same day" (Palm Springs DESERT SUN, 3/11).
The NHL Rangers on Friday "signed a renewal agreement with Spectra by Comcast Spectacor" to keep the XL Center as the home of the AHL Hartford Wolf Pack (HARTFORD COURANT, 3/11).
