Seahawks/Blazers Owner PAUL ALLEN completed a $3.6B
purchase of Falcon Communications, a closely held cable TV
company. The deal will make Allen's Charter Communications
the fourth-largest cable TV operator in the U.S. with 5.5
million subscribers (Mult., 5/27)....A tribute for BILL
RUSSELL was held at the FleetCenter last night and in
Boston, Peter May writes that the "stands were half-full,"
while organizers expected a crowd of "about" 10,000 (BOSTON
GLOBE, 5/27)....T'Wolves Owner GLEN TAYLOR is pledging $1.8M
toward an expansion project at the Mankato YMCA in MN (STAR
TRIBUNE, 5/27)....Titans first-round draft pick JEVON
KEARSE, on dropping agent TANK BLACK, who is under
investigation for possible violations involving several
Univ. of FL football players: "It kind of got on my nerves.
I kind of knew the best thing to do was to get out of that
and find an agent who was going to keep downtown off my
back" (ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, 5/27)....Maple Leafs G CURTIS
JOSEPH, after discussing Sabres G DOMINIK HASEK's groin
injury: "No, I'm not a doctor. But I did sleep in a Holiday
Inn Express last night" (ESPN.com, 5/27).
