Morning Buzz

Monday 9:00am ET....Today's News....Bluegrass Is Greener

  • PGA Championship At Valhalla Sees Record Advance Ticket Sales
  • Barracuda Interested In Sponsoring Stand-Alone PGA Tour Event
  • Packers, Brett Favre Set To Announce Plans To Retire No. 4
  • Manziel Adds To Endorsement Portfolio With MusclePharm Deal

This Week In SportsBusiness Journal....

This week's In-Depth celebrates the 75th anniversary of Little League and looks at the challenges the organization faces in today's youth sports culture .

  • This week's "The Sit-Down" features Steelers President Art Rooney II.

Spanning The Global....

The most-read Global stories today on SportsBusinessDaily.com:

1)  ManU Rules Out Playing Friendlies During First Four Weeks Of Champions League

2) Arsenal Manager Arsène Wenger Says Financial Fair Play Gives Club Title Chance

3)  Hong Kong Driver Adderly Fong Offered Formula One Reserve Seat At $4M Cost

4) F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone Takes Pay Cut To Keep Melbourne Formula One Grand Prix

5)  Adidas Revamps Global Brand Structure, Tops $2.7 Billion Marketing Spend

In Case You Missed It....

Some of the top news items from yesterday's edition of Weekend Rap :

  • BTN's Mark Silverman: conference networks "may lead to future expansion."

Back Pages....

The Morning Buzz offers today's back page sports covers from some of the nation's major metropolitan tabloids:

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