Franchises

The Sacramento Kings have made Sutter Health their jersey patch sponsor with a wide-ranging deal that also installs Sutter Health physicians and orthopedists as the franchise’s team doctors.

The Sabres asked “The Buffalo Sabrehood,” a fan group that hosts road game watch parties, to “stop using ‘Sabrehood’” -- a phrase the team trademarked several years ago, according to Michael Petro of the BUFFALO NEWS. Logos, marks and intellectual property that were being used by the fan group are “...

FIFA VP Victor Montagliani, representatives of three local First Nations bands, City of Vancouver, provincial/federal government and MLS officials have a meeting on Wednesday and the “hope” is to get a memorandum of understanding signed on a four-to-five-year B.C. Place contract with the Whitecaps, ...

In Vancouver, Ben Kuzma noted Hockey HOFers Henrik and Daniel Sedin “were approached” by the Canucks and “accepted bigger roles with the franchise in a hockey operations reconstruction.” The Sedins, previously in player development roles, are “expected to move into new positions” when the new GM is ...

The Lakers are heading into their first offseason under new ownership, and with Mark Walter running the show, “all bets are off” as to what the franchise’s plans will be for F LeBron James, according to Bill Plaschke of the L.A. TIMES. James is a free agent this summer. Even if he does not retire, t...

The Bills will hold their first regular-season game in their new Highmark Stadium against the Lions in Week 2 on Sept. 17, which “will kick off” Amazon Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football” schedule. The matchup was “one of three announced by the NFL” on Monday as NBC, Fox and Prime Video made the...

The Warriors “have clarity,” as coach Steve Kerr is “back to steer the ship,” and hold the No. 11 pick after Sunday’s NBA Draft lottery, but “clarity without creativity is just a well-lit exit sign,” according to Dieter Kurtenbach of the San Jose MERCURY NEWS. And this “unremarkable draft pick is th...

The Orioles on Friday gave out Tupac Shakur bobbleheads and fans began to line up outside of Camden Yards “hours before” first pitch at 7:05pm ET to ensure “getting one of the 20,000” that would be handed out, according to David Betancourt of THE ATHLETIC. The number of bobbleheads was “5,000 more t...

Cardinals RB Jeremiah Love on Friday signed a $53.9M guaranteed contract, officially becoming the “highest-paid running back in NFL history,” but he “doesn’t plan to spend any of it,” according to Theo Mackie of the ARIZONA REPUBLIC. Love, speaking after the Cardinals’ first practice of rookie minic...

In Boston, Ben Volin noted the Dolphins, in “a first for the NFL,” made single-game tickets available to the public this past week before the dates and times are set, “partially as a test run for other teams” (BOSTON GLOBE, 5/9).