The NBA and Nike have "edited" the recently unveiled All-Star uniforms to "pay homage to Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and their seven friends and teammates," who passed away in a helicopter accident last Sunday. Team LeBron will wear the number 2 for Gianna, and Team Giannis will wear the number 24 for Bryant (WWD.com, 1/31).
MLS expansion club Inter Miami yesterday announced that its USL team "will be called Ft. Lauderdale CF and will kick off its inaugural season" against Union Omaha on March 27 at Fort Lauderdale stadium (MIAMI HERALD, 2/2).
ESPN will "not be getting the NWSL broadcast rights this year." The finalists are "CBS Sports, NBC/Telemundo and BeIN Sports" (TWITTER.com, 1/31).
The Duke-Syracuse men's basketball game at the Carrier Dome yesterday was the "highest-attended game in college basketball this season" with an announced crowd of 31,458 (SYRACUSE POST-STANDARD, 2/1).
The "official crowd count" for the USMNT's 1-0 victory over Costa Rica yesterday at Dignity Health Sports Park was 9,172 (L.A. TIMES, 2/2).
Over 10,000 people "stopped by" the Indians' eighth annual Tribe Fest event yesterday between 8:30am and 7:30pm ET (MLB.com, 2/1).
