D'Backs Managing General Partner Jerry Colangelo issued
a written apology on Wednesday for walking out of an
interview with HBO's Armen Keteyian. In a statement,
Colangelo said, "I would like to make a public apology for
my actions that day, and in particular for my
uncharacteristic use of profanity. ... I simply lost my
temper and regret having done so" (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 5/21)..
....In Houston, the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority
postponed hiring Schindelwolf & Associates to inspect
construction of a new ballpark so Mayor Lee Brown can review
the two-year contract (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 5/21)....The Santa
Clara City Council OK'd a study on how to finance a 45,000-
seat ballpark as long as stadium proponents paid for the
study (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 5/20)....CNBC's Mike Hegedus
reported on the SkyLinks GPS System, which is used by 30
golf courses around the country, and uses the global
positioning satellite technology to give players their exact
yardage to the green. SkyLinks Dir of Sales & Marketing
Richard Beckman: "We feel this is going to be a $10 to $20
million business very, very quickly." Boston-based SkyLinks
is "one of the top three" GPS systems providers, and "has
picked up some big-time backing" including the John Deere
Corporation ("The Edge," 5/20).
