GETTING A LIFT: In Denver, Adam Schefter reports that
Broncos players received "gift packs" from the NFLPA
yesterday that included jumper cables. Broncos S Tyrone
Braxton noted the $5,000 union dues each player pays: "I'd
rather they just send me my money back. I don't want this
other stuff" (DENVER POST, 10/14). Broncos DE Alfred
Williams: "Jumper cables to jump-start our season. They're
about a week too late, though" (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, 10/14).
WTA TOUR ATTENDANCE MARK: After 46 events, the WTA Tour
has drawn 3,681,901 in '99, marking the fourth consecutive
year attendance has increased. This year's attendance
record, up nearly 13% from last year's 3,675,049, has been
set at the earliest point in WTA Tour history (WTA Tour).
OAKLAND EYES SUPER BOWL: In Oakland, Laura Counts
reported that the newly-formed Oakland-Alameda County Sports
Commission will make a presentation during the NFL league
meetings November 2 in Chicago to "land" the 2004 Super
Bowl, other Super Bowls or to "attract" other events.
Zenophon Abraham leads the group (OAKLAND TRIBUNE, 10/13).
LEAVING IT TO HIS BRO? ISC Chair & CEO Bill France, on
the France family's investment in the newly-formed Grand
American Road Racing Association series that debuts in 2000:
"That really is my brother's [Jim] deal. I'm involved very
informally" (AUTOWEEK, 10/11 issue).
