A man claiming to be NBPA Exec Dir BILLY HUNTER "has
been calling college coaches ... seeking financial help for
a relative stranded at the airport in the coaches' city."
The imposter promises prompt repayment, which would include
NBA tickets (USA TODAY, 4/28)....In N.Y., William Rhoden
profiles NHL Dir of Youth Development WILLIE O'REE, the
first African-American to play in the NHL, and writes that
in O'Ree, the NHL "recaptured part of its history. The
league is stronger because of it" (N.Y. TIMES, 4/28).
...NEWSDAY profiles the NFL'S JUNIOR PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
program, an eight-week, 24-day session for boys 12-14 in the
Bronx and Brooklyn, which is designed to "serve as a
springboard to high school football" (NEWSDAY, 4/28).
...WAYNE GRETZKY has appeared on the cover of Maclean's
magazine eleven times, two covers less the late Princess
Diana (MACLEAN'S, 4/26)....Z-Sport Inc.'s and former Coca-
Cola CMO SERGIO ZYMAN has been hired by the Newspaper
Association of America to "teach the industry how to do a
better job of selling newspapers" (E&P, 4/27).
