WELL-KNOWN DC LOBBYIST TOM BOGGS JOINS SPORTS VENTURE

          TX-based sports management group Capital Sports
     Ventures and Washington, DC-based law firm Patton Boggs have
     joined to provide sports representation and sports property
     development.  Capital Sports Ventures is led by William
     Stapleton, who represents cyclist Lance Armstrong, pro
     golfers Larry Rinker and Jenny Lee and beach-volleyball
     player Lisa Arce.  Patton Boggs is led by partner Herbert
     Hecht, who has represented sports figures and worked on
     various sports-related initiatives, and lawyer/lobbyist
     Thomas Boggs, Jr.  Other Patton Boggs firm members include
     former NBA player Len Elmore, former pro baseball player
     Michael Hoog and MLBPA advisor John Fithian.  The groups
     will remain in Austin, TX, and Washington, DC (CSV).