Former Mets Chair M. DONALD GRANT, "best known for
trading pitcher Tom Seaver" in '77, died Saturday at the age
of 94. Grant was Chair of the team from its inception in
'62 until '78 (N.Y. TIMES, 11/30)....BUSINESS WEEK profiles
MICHAEL OVITZ, noting that he "has strung together a series
of investments that may produce a new empire that will focus
largely on 'out-of-home' entertainment" (BUSINESS WEEK,
12/7)....JONATHAN FEINBERG, who operates the sports
marketing firm Pro2Pro, was profiled by Scott Farmelant of
the BOSTON HERALD. Feinberg reps players including Patriots
LB TED JOHNSON and RB ROBERT EDWARDS "in their quest for
local, regional and national endorsements" (BOSTON HERALD,
11/29)....The Baltimore Sun's JON MORGAN contributed an op-
ed in NEWSDAY on Sunday on the state of sports in the U.S.
in light of labor disputes and escalating ticket costs.
Morgan: "The sad reality is that the American sports fan is
the Neville Chamberlain of pop culture, a hopelessly
accommodating creature who clings to appeasement well past
the point of reason" (NEWSDAY, 11/29).
