CA-based SEAVER MARKETING GROUP, producers of the
NATIONAL SPORTS FORUM, has announced that the '99 National
Sports Forum has been awarded to the Jacksonville area. Its
fourth annual conference will be held at the World Golf
Village in St. Augustine from January 17-19, 1999. The
Forum is anticipating more than 400 attendees to the '99
conference. THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY is the Official
Publication of the National Sports Forum (THE DAILY).
OTHER NAMES: T-Wolves Owner GLEN TAYLOR was profiled in
Sunday's Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE. Taylor, at 57, is "the
youngest and, by some measures, the richest billionaire in
Minnesota." He is "politically astute and connected" and
"may be the state's most influential citizen." He remains
"intrigued at the prospect" of somehow combining the Twins
and T-Wolves into a year-round sports entertainment company
(STAR TRIBUNE, 4/26)....Former NBA referee GEORGE TOLIVER,
serving a home confinement sentence for federal tax fraud,
was the focus of a two-part series by Ursula Reel of the
N.Y. POST. Tolliver's sentence expires Wednesday (N.Y.
POST, 4/26-27)....GREG NORMAN was among the guests at
Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner (DETROIT NEWS,
4/25)....MIA HAMM will tape a guest appearance on HBO's
"Ali$$" today (FT. LAUDERDALE SUN-SENTINEL, 4/26)....SPIKE
LEE appeared on ABC's "GMA" to discuss his new movie, "He
Got Game." Lee, on casting Bucks G RAY ALLEN in a starring
role: "We felt that it would have been a much riskier choice
to find an actor who had skills that can be in the NBA, and
there are no actors like that" ("GMA," ABC, 4/27).
