Orange County Register sportswriter DAVID OSTERMAN died
of cardiac arrest Tuesday at the age of 48. Osterman covered
USC athletics, the Angels and Dodgers and track & field
(ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 11/10)....RONNIE LOTT and MARCUS
ALLEN are in Federal Court in DC this week for a breach-of-
contract suit they filed against the NFLPA that alleged the
association "backed out" of a deal for Lott and Allen's
SUPER PARTY INC. to stage parties for the NFLPA (WASHINGTON
POST, 11/11)....At ROSIE O'DONNELL's second annual "WHITE
ROSE AWARDS" gala, MICHAEL JORDAN submitted a "winning bid
of $50,000 for a walk-on part on 'ALLY MCBEAL' and another"
$110,000 for a 3-D painting by CHARLES FAZZINO (N.Y. DAILY
NEWS, 11/11). On "ET," Mary Hart reported on the Jordan
being honored by O'Donnell for "their work with children's
charities" (ET, 11/10)....Contrary to published reports,
GRANT HILL said he will not attend Sunday's fund raiser for
Democratic presidential candidate BILL BRADLEY at MSG (See
THE DAILY, 11/10). Hill: "I was invited and I would have
liked to go, but you do that stuff in the off-season
(DETROIT NEWS, 11/11)....BOB MCNAIR has paid $5.5M for the
WHITNEY ESTATE in Saratoga Springs, NY. McNair and his wife
JANICE will spend summers in Saratoga during racing season
(HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL, 11/8 issue).
ON THE TRACK: YOUBET.COM has "voluntarily suspended the
reception and transmission of wagering information" from CA
residents in "cooperation with an investigation" by the L.A.
County DA's office. A company spokesperson said that
Youbet.com is "looking at opening a new facility 'in a state
where the laws are crystal clear'" (WALL STREET JOURNAL,
11/11)....Magna Int'l Chair FRANK STRONACH's new business
ventures are profiled in the TORONTO STAR. Stronach "wants
his new company," MI Entertainment, "to move aggressively
into online wagering" (TORONTO STAR, 11/11)....As former TVG
and NTRA exec RICK BAEDEKER begins his new post as President
of Hollywood Park, some insiders see his "quick departure
from both organizations as a sign he sees trouble ahead" for
the NTRA and TVG. But Baedeker said, "I practically grew up
at Hollywood Park. This job is the only one that could have
brought me back here" (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 11/10).
