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          Comets G Kim Perrot passed away yesterday at the age of
     32 after an "eight-month battle" with cancer.  In Houston,
     W.H. Stickney reports, "A moment of silence will be observed
     prior to the start of each home game, and players around the
     league will wear black armbands through the end of the
     regular season."  WNBA Dir of Media Relations Mark Pray said
     each team will "show a video tribute [to Perrot] in the
     arenas" during its final home game (HOUSTON CHRONICLE,
     8/20)....In Chicago, Dave Van Dyck, on how two Chicago-based
     tracks can "survive": "Two tracks?  Don't count on it.  And
     put your money on the NASCAR-backed venture in Joliet [IL]
     if it comes to either/or.  These days, what NASCAR wants is
     what racing does" (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 8/20)....ESPN.com's
     Jamie Trecker wrote on MLS and Commissioner Don Garber under
     the header, "Seven Suggestions For Garber," and said, "Too
     often, [broadcast] announcers don't know the players, what's
     going on on the field, or even the basic rules of the game. 
     This is the biggest impediment MLS faces toward getting non-
     soccer fans involved in the sport" (ESPN.com, 8/19)....LPGA
     Tour Commissioner Ty Votaw said that an "incident" between
     golfer Pat Bradley and caddie Dale Jones is "settled." 
     Votaw: "I have fined Pat."  Bradley "accused" Jones, who
     caddies for Dale Eggeling, of coughing while she was "trying
     to execute shots" (Jerry Potter, USA TODAY, 8/20)....USA
     TODAY's Hal Bodley, on the Mets-Cubs two-game series next
     March in Japan: "The name of this game is money.  No way
     would the Cubs and Mets agree to the grueling travel
     involved in opening their season March 29-30 in Tokyo
     without financial incentives."  Bodley said that "lower-paid
     players will be paid about" $50,000 (USA TODAY, 8/20).

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