Last week's "mediation session" at Federal Court in DC
"didn't resolve a breach-of-contract lawsuit" that MARCUS
ALLEN and RONNIE LOTT filed against the NFLPA "over the
players' right to promote blowout Super Bowl parties" via
their company, Super Party Inc. (see THE DAILY, 11/11).
NFLPA Exec Dir GENE UPSHAW said that a jury "will likely
resolve the matter" (WASHINGTON POST, 11/13)....Padres Owner
JOHN MOORES and his wife BECKY contributed $11.4M to S.D.
State Univ.'s athletic department. This latest contribution
"will expand existing plans for a new building" to include
administrative offices and an Aztecs Hall of Fame. The
Moores "have now given" the university's athletic department
$28.6M (S.D. UNION TRIBUNE, 11/12)....The fourth O'Hara
Invitational Basketball Tournament held this weekend and
next in Irvington, N.Y. will "commemorate" former ABC Sports
exec JACK O'HARA, his wife JANET and daughter CAITLIN, all
of whom died on TWA Flight 800 in July '96. The event
includes more than 400 boys and girls on 36 teams playing
more than 65 games and is "supported" by the NHL, Coca-Cola,
CBS Sports, ABC Sports, MLB, NBC Sports, HBO Sports, Turner
Sports and others (N.Y. TIMES, 11/14)....Heat President PAT
RILEY "will serve" as the grand marshal of the Orange Bowl
Parade on New Year's Eve (SUN-SENTINEL, 11/14)....The N.Y.
TIMES previewed upcoming sports films around the Holiday
season. OLIVER STONE'S "ANY GIVEN SUNDAY" was profiled by
Bruce Newman, while Rick Lyman reports that "THE HURRICANE,"
starring DENZEL WASHINGTON as boxer RUBIN CARTER, is
"frequently mentioned on the short list of films most likely
to draw major Oscar nominations" (N.Y. TIMES, 11/14).
