No Limit Sports agent LELAND HARDY said that "he was
unaware" of a possible suspension by the NFLPA for
reportedly failing the league's open-book, take-home test
which is given to agents. Hardy: "I haven't heard anything.
Also, the test results are confidential, and the NFLPA does
not divulge scores, so I have no idea of what my score was
or anyone else for that matter; but I doubt that I failed
it" (N.O. TIMES-PICAYUNE, 6/29)....Despite getting "rave
reviews," UPN has canceled "POWER PLAY," a series about a
sports agent who "finds himself in charge of a struggling
hockey team." Two airings "scored the lowest ratings in the
history of primetime network TV" (N.Y. POST, 6/30)....JACKIE
JOYNER-KERSEE was among 13 athletes honored yesterday by
Citizenship Through Sports Alliance, which recognizes both
professional and amateur athletes "for their promotion of
sportsmanship and ethical conduct in sports." Other pro
athletes recognized included Cardinals WR FRANK SANDERS,
Hurricanes C RON FRANCIS, Spurs G AVERY JOHNSON and the
SPURS (WASHINGTON POST, 6/30)....WAYNE GRETZKY announced at
a fundraiser in L.A. Monday that he and his wife JANET JONES
are expecting their fourth child "early next year"
("SportsDesk," MSG, 6/29)....In Nashville, Larry Woody
called Winston Cup driver ERNIE IRVAN's new book "No Fear"
one of the "most candid and insightful among the gush stock
car racing literature currently flooding the bookshelves."
Irvan admits that he forgot to thank former sponsor TEXACO
during NASCAR's Awards Banquet in '96 on ESPN which led to a
deterioration of his relationship with the company: "Simply
put, I blew it" (Nashville TENNESSEAN, 6/29).
