Former Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino is “quietly putting together a group to hopefully buy the Nationals if and when the Lerner family decides to put the team up for sale” (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 5/14).
The Professional Football Writers of America voted the Patriots PR staff as the winner of the ‘22 Pete Rozelle Award. This is the first time in franchise history the team has won the award, which is “given to the NFL club public relations staff that consistently strives for excellence in its dealings and relationships with the media” (NBCSPORTS.com, 5/13).
The Hurricanes yesterday set a new franchise record for attendance with 19,513 at PNC Arena for their Stanley Cup Playoffs round 1 clinching win over the Bruins (TWITTER.com, 5/14).
Americans have bet “more than $125B billion on sports with legal gambling outlets in the four years since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for all 50 states to offer it” (AP, 5/13).
