L.A.-based attorney JOHNNIE COCHRAN has registered with
the NBPA as a player rep. His Cochran Sports Group will
work with Denver-based agent LAMONT SMITH (David Aldridge,
ESPN SportsZone, 6/12)....JIM BROWN received the "Roy
Firestone Award" last night in recognition of his ongoing
efforts on behalf of inner-city children at "An Evening
Talking Sports" (WSA)....JUSTIN LEONARD, asked how he made
Cosmopolitan's list of the world's 25 most-eligible
bachelors: "I have no idea. They had other athletes in
there, and they were looking for somebody from golf, I
guess, and they started going down the list. And, you know,
everybody on tour is married, basically. I guess they got
to the L's and there I was, single" (DALLAS MORNING NEWS,
6/12)....CALVIN and GRANT HILL appeared on ABC's "Good
Morning America" discussing father-son relationships.
Calvin, on his role with the Cowboys consulting players:
"You're talking about very young people, 22 or 23, who are
given an inordinant amount of money and who are under a
microscope in terms of the attention and it's not something
that one normally prepares for" ("GMA," ABC, 6/12).