The MLBPA has signed a two-year deal that will make the
HARD ROCK HOTEL in Las Vegas the host site of the annual
PLAYERS CHOICE AWARDS TV special, to be broadcast nationally
on ESPN in November (MLBPA)....Agent DWIGHT MANLEY, who
purchased the floor of the Delta Center, the site of MICHAEL
JORDAN's last NBA game, plans to have the "floor broken up
into segments and auctioned off" by St. Louis-based
Collectors Universe, One-Of-A-Kind. The auction is
"tentatively" planned for mid-October, and will be conducted
live, on the Internet and via phone (AP, 7/12). ...ET's Mary
Hart reported that KEVIN COSTNER held a "special screening"
of his new film, "FOR LOVE OF THE GAME," prior to the
celebrity Home Run hitting contest. Hart: "[It] was a big
hit with the packed house" ("ET," 7/12). ...Harlem
Globetrotters Chair & Owner MANNIE JACKSON was interviewed
on "Business Unusual" and said, "The global market is
opening up like crazy, and we want to be a part of global
expansion of sport and basketball. And we're finding
ourselves playing in that market real well" (CNNfn, 7/12).
