KAREN FELDMAN is the first woman to be named Exec Dir of the
WTA Tour Players Association (MIAMI HERALD, 12/1).... PETER
CARFAGNA has been named IMG General Counsel and Senior VP
(IMG)....JAMEE TODD has been named Exec Dir of the Pittsburgh
Sports & Festival Federation (PS&FF, 12/1).

     After her interview with DEION SANDERS (to be seen on Fox's
pregame show this weekend), Lonnie Lardner reports that Sanders is
ready to launch a music career.  Lardner:  "It was very clear to
me that he wants to entertain America" (Michael Hiestand, USA
TODAY, 12/2)....JOE MONTANA plans to retire after this season
(Gary Myers, N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 12/2)....ELY CALLAWAY has been named
"Master Entrepreneur of the Year" by INC. magazine.  One selection
judge:  "Callaway is wholly inspirational.  Talk about texture and
depth -- here's a guy who takes his hobbies and makes them star
businesses." ... Outback Steakhouse founders ROBERT BASHAM,
TIMOTHY GANNON, and CHRIS SULLIVAN (potential Bucs bidders) have
been named "Entrepreneurs of the Year" (Whittford & Finegan, INC.,
12/94 issue)....CHRIS WEBBER appeared on "Letterman" last night.
On his time-out in the NCAA title game: "The only thing that can
erase that memory is when we win a championship at Washington.
That will happen soon" (CBS, 12/1).

     Here is the second part of our conversation with Terdema
Ussery, President of Nike Sports Management:
     THE DAILY:  Do basketball players have more appeal
internationally because of the NBA's efforts?
     USSERY:  Yes, unequivocally, without a doubt.  The NBA has
done just a fantastic job spreading the gospel of basketball
around the globe.  It would be easy for anyone to go and do an
exhibition game in another country, but I think the NBA does it so
well.  And that is a distinguishing feature about them -- when the
league goes overseas they try to do it in a first class way, and
as a result, people want to be affiliated and associated with the
NBA and with the players in the league.  There is absolutely no
question that the league's marketing efforts have really opened up
a lot of opportunities for the individual athlete.  They have also
aligned themselves with companies like Nike that have also done a
lot of global marketing.
     THE DAILY:  Is there a negative fallout from comments such as
Alonzo Mourning saying "I play for Nike"?  Is that seen as a
negative from your vantage point?
     USSERY:  Certainly it's not a negative from our perspective.
The bottom line is that it was an isolated incident and -- because
we are the biggest sports and fitness company in the world --
people are always going to be looking to come at us for one reason
or another.  Obviously, Alonzo's statement was one that generated
a lot of interest in the Charlotte area, but it didn't bother us
at all.  We liked the fact that he is loyal to the brand -- he is
a family guy.  Certainly in Nike Sports Management, what we like
to say is that we are inviting athletes to join the Nike family in
the most intimate way, and we appreciate that loyalty -- so from
our perspective it is not a problem.
     THE DAILY: Did Michael Jordan's retirement from basketball
create a vacuum in the sports world in terms of a mega-
personality, and did it create one for Nike as well?
     USSERY:  Everyone here knew that Michael was going to be
leaving the game eventually, and -- quite frankly -- those
internal conversations about the post-Jordan era had been going on
for a couple of years.  So, while it was disappointing from a fan
perspective, we were prepared to move forward and I think we have.
     THE DAILY: With so many battling over the over assuming
Michael's throne -- are we ever going to see one athlete dominate
the scene the way he did?
     USSERY:  That is a tough question.  He was clearly the best
in the business at what he did. ... He was certainly an extremely
unique athlete, period -- not just any basketball player, but an
athlete in the sense of his character, his heart.  Michael's
unselfishness really transcended not only basketball, but all of
sport and gave everybody something to relate to.  But I'm sure
that in the future there will be someone else that will emerge who
will be called the greatest of his era.
     THE DAILY:  In terms of Nike Sports Management, are there
other avenues beyond player representation that your group would
explore?  Team ownership or event management?
     USSERY:  Right now team ownership is not something on the
plate.  But, we are doing consultant work with several companies.
We are very quiet about it because we don't see the need to be out
there trumpeting ourselves in that regard.  What we are doing is
helping people develop concepts that may be unique in the sports
arena and looking at channels that might not have been viewed as
channels of distribution for sports as a way to get a brand
message out there.