"We are focusing right now on finding the right venue for the two sports that meets the needs of the athletes, legacy and costs and it has always been about balancing those, " he said.

BBC: London told to choose 2012 venues

Among the McBride concepts: "Jazz Meets Sports, " a program scheduled for next March that will feature his band, plus conversations with former Yankee and Grammy-nominated guitarist Bernie Williams plus NBA legend and jazz fan Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

WSJ: Watching Local Jazz Flicker Back to Life

The third floor, where fifth- through eighth-graders have classes, now sports a French Quarter-meets-Mardi Gras theme.

FORBES: Companies, People, Ideas

While the non-stop coverage on ESPN, MLB Network, MLB.com, Sirius XM radio and countless regional sports networks portray a specific aspect of the Winter Meetings, there is far more than meets the eye.

FORBES: Fond Reflections On The Winter Meetings

Knight, a former University of Oregon track star, founded Blue Ribbon sports in 1964, selling Japanese running shoes out of the trunk of his car at track meets on the weekends while teaching accounting at Portland State.

FORBES: Phil Knight

The AR0835 sensor meets the accelerating demand within the mobile devices market, and the AR0835HS takes on the challenging sports camera markets for very fast, high performing cameras with still and video capabilities.

ENGADGET: Aptina intros 8MP sensors that bring 60 fps, pro-grade video to phones, action cameras