The SHOCK will host the first ever "WOMEN'S SPORTS
FOUNDATION Night" when the team plays the LIBERTY tomorrow
at the Palace. The WSF will receive about one-half of
ticket proceeds, which will be used to fund girls and women
sports programs. A VIP reception will be held prior to the
game (WSF)....NASCAR VP/Marketing GEORGE PYNE is profiled in
AD AGE's "On a Roll." On expanding NASCAR's "reach into
urban markets," Pyne says that Philadelphia "is our
strongest market by far." Pyne adds, "Teen-agers are our
fastest-growing audience sector, up 36% in the last three
years" (AD AGE, 8/9)....In Philadelphia, Harriet Lessy wrote
that the $3.4M sale of the FLYERS practice facility in
Voorhees, NJ, is "done." 76ers G AARON MCKIE, who is
"financed with" a $2.75M loan from Crusader Bank, is a
partner in the deal (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 8/11).
...Patriots RB CHRIS FLOYD named BRAD BLANK as his agent.
Floyd left WOOLF ASSOCIATES when ANDREW BRANDT left the firm
(BOSTON GLOBE, 8/12). Blank is profiled in BOSTON MAGAZINE:
"I get players good contracts, get them financially secure,
help them with their endorsements. There are very few
elements of their life that I don't get involved in" (BOSTON
MAGAZINE, 8/99 issue)....DENNIS RODMAN shoots a guest spot
today in Showtime's "Linc's" series, playing a "JERRY
SPRINGER-like" talk show host named BARRY DUBARRY, who hosts
a show called "Dirty Drawers" (DAILY VARIETY,
8/12)....ALEXANDRA STEVENSON, asked why she curtsied after a
win at Wimbledon: "I was watching [ANDRE] AGASSI win the
French Open and he bowed to four corners. And I love Andre.
He's so cool. I love how he markets himself, and I want to
be like a girl Andre" ("Up Close," ESPN, 8/11).
