Fast Break

ArenaCup

Sold-out game on Comcast 78

Monday night’s ArenaCup, the championship game of arenafootball2 between Tennessee Valley and Spokane Shock at the Arena, is sold out but will be televised on Comcast Cable channel 78.

The Shock announced Friday that the game would be shown on Comcast, plus DirecTV (698) and the Dish Network (409 and 435).

KQUP-TV had announced on Thursday that it would telecast the game, but changed plans when details could not be worked out with all parties, according to a spokesman for KQUP.

NFL

League will honor Upshaw

Hall of Fame player and longtime NFL union head Gene Upshaw will be remembered this weekend with a moment of silence at NFL exhibition games.

Upshaw, who served as the executive director of the NFL Players Association for 25 years, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at his home near California’s Lake Tahoe, just days after learning he had the disease. He was 63.

The NFL said that it had sent a memo to the teams hosting the preseason games to ensure Upshaw would be honored. The moment of silence will be held before the game when all the players are on the field.

Upshaw’s funeral is expected to be a private family service in California, with a memorial service to be held in Washington next month. No date has been announced. Upshaw left a widow, Terri, and three sons: Eugene Jr., Justin and Daniel.

FISHING

Salmon season closes early

Chinook salmon retention in the popular season at the Columbia River mouth will be closed beginning Monday – a week earlier than scheduled – after anglers caught too many fish too quickly.

“To not make it to Labor Day at Buoy 10 is just incredible,” said Trey Carskadon of the Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association. “It is absolutely killing the sport-fishing industry.”

“The bottom line is we have more demand, ability and interest to catch fish than fish to provide,” said Steve Williams of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.