Blazers F BRIAN GRANT was awarded the J. WALTER KENNEDY
Citizenship Award for the '99 season (NBA, 5/27)....Former
NFL Interactive VP ANN KIRSCHNER is profiled by Bernhard
Warner of the INDUSTRY STANDARD, who writes that Kirschner
will be asked "to make a hit of Morningside Ventures,"
Columbia Univ.'s for-profit internet venture (INDUSTRY
STANDARD, 5/31 issue)....Former Patriots QB TONY EASON
"turned down" an offer to serve as a QB coach to KEANU
REEVES, who stars in the upcoming film THE REPLACEMENTS
(SportsLine, 5/26)....WTA Tour player MARY PIERCE, on her
use of creatine: "I cannot see what all the fuss is about in
France. You can find it in any supermarket in the U.S."
(SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, 5/27)....RICHARD WILLIAMS,
father of tennis players VENUS and SERENA, is profiled by
SI's S.L. Price. New Regency Founder ARNON MILCHAN, who is
"convinced that the Williamses 'have the goods' to be
multimedia stars," on Richard: "You know when you meet
somebody, and you think he's either insane or he's a
genius?" Williams: "Most people don't know nothing about me
'cause when I'm talking I always talk like I'm stupid. I
prefer people to think I'm stupid" (SI, 5/31 issue).
