A MA Superior Court jury decided yesterday that
Patriots Owner and Foxboro Park Owner ROBERT KRAFT did not
defraud track operator CHARLES SARKIS. The jurors
"rejected" Sarkis's claim that Kraft had "tricked him into
investing more than" $11M in the Foxborough track (BOSTON
GLOBE, 5/30).....In Boston, GLOBE columnist DAN SHAUGHNESSY
writes that fellow columnist BOB RYAN, who is being honored
by the Basketball Hall of Fame tomorrow night, is "the de
facto commissioner" of basketball: "Think I'm joking? I
once happened upon Ryan and NBA Commissioner DAVID STERN
chatting, pregame, at courtside. I came up behind the two
and said, 'Commish ...' Both men turned around" (BOSTON
GLOBE, 5/30)....HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH have booked a skybox
at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Raleigh, NC, where
the NHL Hurricanes will play in '99-2000 (TRIANGLE BUSINESS
JOURNAL, 5/26 issue)....DENISE ILITCH LITES, daughter of
Mike and Marion Ilitch, and President of Olympia
Development, is profiled in a CORPORATE DETROIT cover story
by Christine Snyder. Ilitch Lites, who negotiated the dual-
stadium project with the Lions on behalf of the Ilitch
family: "The stadium project was the most difficult deal I
have been involved in" (CORPORATE DETROIT, 4/97).
