The PGA Tour has established the PAYNE STEWART Award,
which will be presented annually to a PGA Tour member who
best represents the "professionalism and commitment to
charity, golf tradition and personal presentation that
Stewart exemplified." A grant from the Southern Company will
accompany the award to support several initiatives in
Stewart's name (PGA Tour). PGA Tour Commissioner TIM
FINCHEM: "This is the best step to take to perpetuate Payne's
memory" (FL TIMES-UNION, 11/18)....The MLB RANGERS
contributed "more than" $150,000 to a fund established to
help the victims of the shooting at Wedgwood Baptist Church.
The players raised $52,700, an amount matched by the
organization and team Owner TOM HICKS (FT. WORTH STAR-
TELEGRAM, 11/18)....In Indianapolis, Barb Albert reports that
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP is "teaming with" TBS "to create a new
entertainment network exclusively" for 256 Simon malls by the
end of 2000. The net "will feature" programming from
Turner's cable TV operations, including CNN, TNT and the
Cartoon Network along with "newly created shows and movie
premieres" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 11/18)....CART team Owner JOHN
DELLA PENNA "makes his TV debut" Monday on NBC's "VERONICA's
CLOSET" (USA TODAY, 11/18)....DAILY VARIETY's Paula Bernstein
reports that TNT has "greenlit production" for the movie,
"THE SECOND STRING," a football drama that will feature NFL
players. Bernstein adds that the NFL is "cautious about
being associated with projects that may not present the
league favorably." NFLP VP/Marketing & Events DAVID NEWMAN
said, "We'll walk away from a project if we know it's not the
image we would like to portray" (DAILY VARIETY, 11/18).
