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Tuesday 4:00pm ET....Latest News....Mountain Time

  • Source: WVU Headed To Big 12, Which Will Stay At 10 Teams
  • Cubs Formally Introduce Epstein As President Of Baseball Ops
  • Kraft Foods Renews Deals With NASCAR, Stewart-Haas Racing
  • U.S. Reps. Urge Committee To Hold Hearings On NFL HGH Tests

The Starting Five....

The most-read stories today on SportsBusinessDaily.com:

1) Fox Earns Record-Low World Series Game Five Overnight, Places Second In Primetime

2) NBA Lockout Watch, Day 117: Hunter "Can't Agree" To Negotiations With Preconditions

3) Announcement Expected Today For F1 Race In N.Y. Area In '13

4) MLS Attendance Jumps 7.2% With Two Expansion Clubs, New Sporting K.C. Venue

5) IndyCar Drivers Defend CEO Randy Bernard, Express Positive Thoughts For Future Of Sport

The Daily's Hot Reads....

YAHOO SPORTS' Dan Wetzel writes the recent demands by the National College Players Association are "unlikely to be enough, which is why the next step – for college football players in particular – is to consider a far bolder, impossible to ignore and historic move. Get together and boycott a minor bowl game " ( SPORTS.YAHOO.com ).

SI's Jon Wertheim writes, "The WTA has come in for a lot of criticism lately. Player injuries. Grunting. A top-ranked player who hasn't won a major. (Aside: Man, does Larry Scott have this whole 'buy low, sell high' drill down or what?) … But the WTA hasn't gotten nearly enough credit for dealing with its calendar issues " ( SI.com ).

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See the Hot Reads section for more sports business-related links.

Headliners....

Here are tonight’s headline guests on the following talk shows:

“Late Show” Eddie Murphy
“Tonight Show” President Obama
“Late Late Show” Don Rickles
“Late Night” Abigail Breslin
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” Hugh Laurie
“Conan” Zach Galifiankis

Notes & Quotes From This Day In SBD History....

2001

"I haven't even thought about it. That's newspaper talk" – Twins Owner Carl Pohlad , on reports that his team is one of two clubs that MLB is considering for contraction.

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