The Black Coaches Association and Nike will team with
the Cincinnati Recreation Commission to host a free youth
basketball clinic on March 29 (BCA)....In Canada, the
Federal Health Department will use athletes, including '96
silver medal winning swimmer Marianne Limpert, to try to
"pump some glamour" for an athletic lifestyle and to warn
against the dangers of smoking (TORONTO STAR, 3/21)....In
Toronto, Norris McDonald writes on bill C-71, which would
prevent tobacco sponsorship of sports and arts events:
"Unless some of the sponsors of sports and arts events come
up with some exceptional arguments in the new few weeks, or
Prime Minister Jean Chretien calls an election and the bill
dies, this legislation is going to become law and auto-
racing fans can kiss goodbye to the Player's Grand Prix of
Canada and start preparing to say so long to the Molson Indy
Toronto ... and the Molson Indy Vancouver" (Toronto GLOBE &
MAIL, 3/21)....AL-based Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc.
reported sales for the fourth quarter, ended February 1,
1997, increased 26.4% to a record $26.8M from sales of
$22.0M for FY '96 (Hibbett).....PGA Tour player Chip Beck
and PowerBilt Golf have terminated their relationship by
"mutual agreement." Beck's four-year contract had 11 months
remaining (GOLFWEEK, 3/15 issue)....Reebok Int'l will be a
first-time advertiser in the April issue of "Launch," a CD-
ROM music magazine from 2Way Media. The ad lets a PC user
"spin and view" a shoe (AD AGE, 3/21).
