In Las Vegas, Ron Kantowski reported that SMC Chair
BRUTON SMITH "has added Las Vegas' Integrity Dodge
automobile dealership (and nine others across the country)
to his bulging business portfolio" (LAS VEGAS SUN,
7/22)....The City of Denver "might be next in line" for an
ESPN ZONE, as company execs recently visited the area. ESPN
Zone spokesperson ADAM SCHOLDER: "Denver's a market we would
love to be in. But we have nothing to announce right now"
(DENVER POST, 7/22)....In Long Beach, Randy Hill reported
that Clippers F MAURICE TAYLOR has "dropped" agent NORM
NIXON and replaced him with DAVID FALK (Long Beach PRESS-
TELEGRAM, 7/22)....MIKE TYSON, on the late JOHN F. KENNEDY
JR.: "John was a great man. My wife and I will always
appreciate all the kindness he offered freely over the past
couple of years" (WASHINGTON POST, 7/23)....The UNIV. OF NC
DEPT. OF ATHLETICS, which "costs" about $28M annually to
operate, "should register a small profit" for the FY ended
June 30. The department has lost money three of the last
four years (CHAPEL HILL NEWS, 7/22)....JOHN KROWNAPPLE, one
of the Orioles "Bird" mascots, has filed suit against LOUIS
VITAGLIANO of PA, claiming Vitagliano pushed him from the
right-field wall at Camden Yards. Krownapple, confined to a
wheelchair for 40 days after the incident, is seeking
$200,000 in damages (Balt. SUN, 7/23)....In K.C., Barbara
Shelly reports that of the NCAA's 255 full-time employees,
164, or a "staggering" 64%, have chosen not to transfer to
the NCAA's new HQs in Indianapolis (K.C. STAR, 7/23).
