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The Starting Five....

The most-read stories today on SportsBusinessDaily.com:

1)  Showing Their Teeth: Brands Quickly Capitalize On Suarez' Bite Via Social Media

2) New Digital Network 120 Sports Takes Aim At Millenials With Short Videos

3) Sources: Nets' Prokhorov Cutting Back On Spending In Order To Get $1B Valuation

4) History Lesson: 76ers Not Using Widely Circulated Ben Franklin Logo This Season

5) NFL Revises Concussion Settlement With Open-Ended Commitment To Retirees

The Daily's Hot Reads....

VARIETY's Brian Lowry writes of this offseason's crop of high-profile free agents: "League officials, meanwhile – as well as the networks that carry it, ESPN/ABC and TNT – have to be rubbing their hands together, inasmuch as wherever these players land it's going to trigger additional coverage and great 'story lines' for the coming season " ( VARIETY.com ).

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Headliners....

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

“Late Show” Mark Wahlberg
“Tonight Show” Liam Neeson (r)
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” Gary Oldman
“Late Late Show” Alfred Molina
“Late Night”  Demi Lovato (r)
“Conan” Eric Bana

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

2010

"I've fallen in love with soccer at my very advanced age" – Former President Bill Clinton , on extending his stay in South Africa to watch the U.S.-Ghana match .

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We are enjoying a lot of momentum, and I think it’s due to the fact that we listen to our fans. We’ve made some changes in the game that I think were really important, and we’ve been blessed with a great influx of young talent and a lot of it showed up and played in the World Series.
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