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NBCUniversal stepped up efforts to draw viewers to its Spanish-language World Cup coverage in the United States by scheduling a simulcast on the NBC Sports Network of Sunday’s match between Brazil and Switzerland.

Fox took over U.S. English-language rights from ESPN for this World Cup. Telemundo, part of Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal Inc., replaced Univision as the U.S. Spanish-language rights holder.

Fox is scheduled to broadcast the game on its FS1 cable network and its Fox Sports app. Telemundo is airing the game on Telemundo Deportes and NBCSN along with digital streams on the Telemundo Deportes En Vivo and NBC Sports apps.

NBCSN is the primary outlet for NBC’s Premier League coverage.

Fox did not immediately respond to NBC’s announcement.

The Harlem Globetrotters are giving an assist to Atlanta Hawks broadcaster Mike Glenn’s annual camp for deaf athletes.

Globetrotters player Chris “Animal” Hyche, whose parents are deaf, will speak at next week’s annual Mike Glenn Basketball Camp for the Deaf.

Hyche, originally from Jackson, Mississippi, will use his sign language skills to communicate with the athletes. Hyche is scheduled to share his story with the camp participants on Tuesday.

Glenn, a former Hawks player, annually holds the camp for deaf and hard of hearing athletes ages 14 to 18.

A minor league baseball team in New York says it will rebrand as the “Staten Island Pizza Rats” at least for five season home games.

The Staten Island Yankees announced Monday that they were honoring a 2016 fan vote to change their name, and will be selling merchandise promoting the new one. “Pizza Rats” emerged as the winning moniker in the Name the Team contest, when fans voted overwhelmingly for the infamous pizza slice-carrying subway rodent seen in a viral video.

The New York Yankees farm team will become the Pizza Rats for every Saturday home game this summer, donning special uniforms for the occasion.

Themed giveaways and specialty food items are also in the works.