Former IOC President LORD KILLANIN died yesterday in
Ireland at 84. Killanin was president from '72 to '80, a
"tumultuous period when the Olympic movement was buffeted by
political boycotts" (N.Y. TIMES, 4/26)....In Philadelphia,
Mike Bruton reported that GQ's September issue will feature
first-round NFL picks TIM COUCH, DAUNTE CULPEPPER, DONOVAN
MCNABB, AKILI SMITH and CADE MCNOWN. A GQ spokesperson was
"hush-hush" about who will be on the cover. The September
'85 issue of GQ -- featuring QBs WARREN MOON, STEVE YOUNG,
JIM KELLY, KEN O'BRIEN, TONY EASON and MARC WILSON, with DAN
MARINO on the cover, was the biggest newsstand seller in the
title's history with nearly 500,000 in street sales
(PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 4/25)....Reds CEO MARGE SCHOTT was
in stable condition after being admitted to Jewish Hospital
Kenwood Friday for "respiratory treatment stemming from
sever seasonal pollen allergies" (CINCINNATI POST,
4/24)....JOHN SALLEY spoke at a business/sports symposium
sponsored by the Detroit-area NAACP and said that "blacks
must include aspirations of team ownership" (DETROIT NEWS,
4/25)....U.S. Rep. JOHN LEWIS (D-GA) spoke to the Hawks
"about his struggle as a leader of the civil rights
movement" during the team's trip to play the Wizards on
Friday, and said after, "I have never ever spoken to a more
attentive group of young men" (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 4/25).
