Sports Industrialists

NAMES IN THE NEWS

1.31.1996

     The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame will induct TED TURNER and
ACOG's BILLY PAYNE at ceremonies this weekend.  Turner will be
inducted alone on Friday because of a schedule conflict, with
Payne and others entering on Saturday  (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION,
1/30)....Agents RANDY and ALAN HENDRICKS will buy 10,000 Astros
tickets this season through their Hendricks Sports Management
agency for disadvantaged youth (HOUSTON CHRONICLE,
1/31)....Illinois linebacker KEVIN HARDY, Ohio State quarterback
BOBBY HOYING, and Kentucky running back MAURICE "MO" WILLIAMS
have signed management agreements with ProServ (ProServ)....Super
Bowl MVP LARRY BROWN appeared on the "Late Show" last night.
David Letterman:  "Are you making Deion Sanders kind of money?"
Brown:  "No, but I think after this year I'm going after David
Letterman money" (CBS, 1/30).

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