Monday 9:00am ET....Today's News....Super Bowl Stage Set
- Houston Gears Up For Super Bowl LI, Aiming To Showcase City
- Patriots' Super Bowl Appearance Sets Up Showdown With Goodell
- Royals P Yordano Ventura Killed In Car Crash In Dominican Republic
- Poor Ice Conditions Cause Delay In Penguins Home Game
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Patriots' Super Bowl Appearance Sets Up Showdown With Goodell
The Patriots' latest Super Bowl appearance will represent a "showdown" with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell , according to a BOSTON GLOBE front-page piece. After the team's AFC Championship win, Patriots Owner Robert Kraft said, "All of you in the stadium understand how big this win was. But we have to go to Houston and win one more." Amid Deflategate, Goodell has not come to Gillette Stadium in "two full years." Patriots radio analyst Scott Zolak during the third quarter was featured on the stadium videoboard "holding a yellow sign that read, 'Where is Roger?'" After that, "Where is Roger?" chants began emanating from the crowd ( BOSTON GLOBE, 1/23 ).
Brady-Goodell sets up a Super Bowl "ending worth watching" ( South Florida SUN-SENTINEL, 1/23 ). The game "could prove a weeklong nightmare for Goodell" ( SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 1/22 ).
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In Case You Missed It....
Some of the top news items from yesterday's edition of Weekend Rap :
- Colts Fire GM Ryan Grigson, Keep Chuck Pagano As Coach
- ESPN Renames NFL Studio After Chris Berman, Tom Jackson
- Packers Arrive To Atlanta Late After Flight Change Due To Fog
- NASCAR To Announce Format Changes For Monster Energy Cup Series
This Week In SportsBusiness Journal....
This week's SBJ takes a look at the NHL as it celebrates its 100th anniversary.
- NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman discusses how he has worked to keep the league "on the cutting edge."
- The Winter Classic has reflected a new, broader vision for the league’s commercial business.
- Owners roundtable: Why they invested in the NHL, what has driven the league’s growth and more.
Spanning The Global....
The most-read Global stories today on SportsBusiness Daily:
1) U.S. Consortium's Improved Bid To Buy Nottingham Forest Rejected By Owner
2) Formula 1 Teams Snubbing Liberty Media's $1.1B Share Offer
3) Liberty Media Group Set To Shake Up Formula 1's Boardroom
4) Sky Sports, Tough Mudder Partnership Could Signal Brands To Move Into Market
5) BT Forced To Charge Customers For Sports Channels To Recoup Rights Money
