Univ. of FL police "filed a sworn complaint" with the
FL Attorney's Office to charge agent WILLIAM "TANK" BLACK
and associate ALFRED "TWEET" TWITTY with "three felony
counts of unlicensed agent activity." Both men "could face
up to" 15 years in prison and up to $15,000 in fines if
found guilty of "making cash payments and buying gifts" for
Univ. of FL football players (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 10/29).
...Cavs Owner GORDON GUND is scheduled to appear on CBS' "60
Minutes" Sunday. Gund will discuss retinitis pigmentosa and
his involvement with The Foundation Fighting Blindness
(Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 10/29)....Nets C JAYSON WILLIAMS
announced yesterday a $2.1M donation to his alma mater St.
John's Univ. "in honor" of former coach LOU CARNESECCA.
Williams "thought his donation would be the largest" given
by an athlete to a school, but later "found out" that Trail
Blazers G STEVE SMITH gave $2.5M to his alma mater, MI State
Univ. (N.Y. TIMES, 10/29)....The U.S. Speedskating Assoc. is
"considering building" a 15-unit apartment complex near the
Olympic Village in Salt Lake City for the 2002 Games in
which "air would be diluted with nitrogen to allow skaters
to simulate living at altitude." U.S. Speedskating
President BILL CUSHMAN: "We've checked this thoroughly and
it's not considered doping" (S.L. TRIBUNE, 10/28).
