The '97 NSGA MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE will be held May 18-
21 in Nashville, TN (NSGA)....WAYNE HUIZENGA'S Republic
Industries said it has acquired three waste-management
businesses that should add about $42M annually to the
company's revenue (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 1/16)....MLPBA Exec
Dir DONALD FEHR will give the keynote address at the '97
Fordham Sports Law Symposium in NYC (N.Y. State Bar
Association)....In Washington, RED AUERBACH, BILL RUSSELL,
NBA COMMISSIONER DAVID STERN, and BILLY CUNNINGHAM were
among those in a round-table discussion at the Smithsonian
Institute last night discussing the "NBA at 50." The POST's
J.A. Adande notes the group kept "a standing room crowd in
Baird Auditorium in rapt attention throughout." But
Aueberach, "much to Stern's chagrin, kept harping on the
ills of the modern league and its emphasis on money, the
circus like atmosphere of music blaring during the games and
even the NBA and Washington Bullets' refusal to ban
notorious heckler ROBIN FICKER from U.S. Air Arena."
Auerbach: "Take away his ticket. ABE POLLIN condones this
guy. I think it's a disgrace" (WASHINGTON POST, 1/16).
