THE DAILY listed THE SPORTING NEWS' annual "Power 100"
of the most powerful people in sports in '99 in yesterday's
issue. TSN also named ten sports figures "to watch" in
2000. They include: Envision Founder JEFF KNAPPLE; MLB Exec
VP/Labor & Human Resources ROB MANFRED; NASCAR
VP/Broadcasting & Technology BRAY CARY; Yankees consultant
DENNIS GILBERT; Turner Sports President MARK LAZARUS; Pro
golfer SERGIO GARCIA; Williams & Connolly Partner/sports
attorney LON BABBY; Yankees VP MARK NEWMAN; Visa VP/Event &
Sponsorship Marketing MICHAEL LYNCH and NFL QB Club Chair
BERNIE KOSAR. Today, THE DAILY features TSN's "100 Most
Powerful People In Sports" for the century (12/20).
RK NAME ORGANIZATION/POSITION/LEGACY
1) Pete Rozelle NFL Commissioner, '60-89
2) Kenesaw Mountain Landis MLB Commissioner, '21-44
3) Roone Arledge Former ABC Sports President
4) Branch Rickey MLB Exec/Signed Jackie Robinson
5) Marvin Miller MLBPA Founder/Led Free Agency
6) David Stern NBA Commissioner
7) Rupert Murdoch News Corp. Chair & CEO
8) Avery Brundage IOC President, '52-72
9) Ban Johnson MLB AL Founder
10) Muhammad Ali Boxer
11) Walter O'Malley Baseball Exec/Dodgers Owner
12) Steve Bornstein ABC President/ESPN Pioneer
13) Phil Knight Nike Chair & CEO
14) George Halas NFL co-Founder
15) Babe Ruth Baseball Player
16) Walter Byers NCAA Exec Dir, '51-87
17) Lamar Hunt AFL Founder, Chiefs Owner
18) Ted Turner Time Warner Vice Chair/TBS
19) Paul Brown Browns Founder/NFL "Innovator"
20) Michael Jordan Former NBA Player
21) Jackie Robinson Broke MLB's Color Barrier in '47
22) Pierre de Coubertin IOC President, 1896-1916, '19-'25
23) Juan Antonio Samaranch IOC President
24) Donald Fehr MLBPA Exec Dir
25) Tex Rickard Major Boxing Promoter
26) Roy Hofheinz Astros Owner/Built Astrodome
27) Horst Dassler Influential former adidas CEO
28) Red Auerbach Former Celtics Coach, NBA Exec
29) Bill France Sr. NASCAR Founder
30) Arnold Palmer "Put golf on the map"
31) Al Davis Raiders Owner
32) Birch Bayh U.S. Senator/Efforts on Title IX
33) Billie Jean King Tennis Player/Women's Advocate
34) Paul Tagliabue NFL Commissioner
35) Charlie Finley A's Owner, '60-81/Innovator
36) Clarence Campbell NHL President, '46-77
37) George Steinbrenner Yankees Owner
38) Peter Ueberroth Former MLB Commissioner/L.A. Games
39) Bert Bell NFL Commissioner, '46-59
40) Jacob Ruppert Yankees Owner/Bought Babe Ruth
41) Dick Ebersol NBC Sports Chair
42) Mark McCormack IMG Founder & CEO
43) Al Neuharth USA Today Founder
44) Tex Schramm Former Cowboys President & GM
45) Bill Veeck Former MLB Team Owner
46) Arthur Ashe Tennis Player/Social Activist
47) Howard Cosell Former Sportscaster
48) Father Theodore Hesburgh Notre Dame President
Father William Beauchamp Notre Dame President
49) Don King "Dominant" Boxing Promoter
50) Connie Mack Philadelphia Athletics Founder
51) David Falk SFX Sports Group Chair/FAME Founder
52) John Wooden Former UCLA Basketball Coach
53) Andre Laguerre SI's Managing Editor, '60-74
54) August Busch Jr. Led Anheuser Busch's Sports Role
55) Peter Seitz Influential MLB Arbitrator
56) Roger Penske Penske Corp. CEO
57) Wilt Chamberlain Basketball Player
58) Jack Nicklaus Golfer
59) Bill France Jr. NASCAR President
60) Bowie Kuhn MLB Commissioner, '69-84
61) George Preston Marshall Redskins Founding Owner
62) Ed Barrow Former Yankees GM & President
63) Abe Saperstein Harlem Globetrotters Founder
64) John McGraw Former Baseball Player/Manager
65) Larry MacPhail MLB's "behind-the-scenes genius"
66) Dick Schultz Former NCAA Exec Dir/USOC Exec Dir
67) Gary Bettman NHL Commissioner
68) Adolph Rupp Former Univ. of KY Basketball Coach
69) Walter Brown NBA Founding Owner
70) Jesse Owens Four Gold Medals in '36
71) Deane Beman PGA Commissioner, '74-94
72) Phog Allen Former Univ. of KY B-Ball Coach
73) Wellington Mara NFL Giants co-CEO/NFL "Leader"
74) Charles Comiskey White Sox Founding Owner
75) Eddie Robinson Former Grambling Football Coach
76) Knute Rockne Former Notre Dame Football Coach
77) Arch Ward Ex-Chicago Tribune Sports Editor
78) Jerry Jones Cowboys Owner
79) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. U.S. Supreme Court Justice: Ruled
MLB exempt from antitrust laws
80) Bobby Orr Hockey Player
81) Art Rooney Steelers Founding Owner
82) Alan Eagleson Former NHLPA Exec Dir
83) Pele Soccer Player and Pioneer
84) Bud Selig MLB Commissioner
85) Tommie Smith Olympic Sprinter/Black Power '68
John Carlos Olympic Sprinter/Black Power '68
86) Pat Summitt Univ. of TN Women's B-ball Coach
87) Laurence Tisch Former CBS Sports Chair
88) Bobby Jones Former Golfer
89) Tiger Woods Pro Golfer
90) Leigh Steinberg Assante Sports CEO
91) Henry Iba Fmr. College Basketball Coach
92) Bill Bowerman Track Coach/Nike Innovator
93) Anatoli Tarasov Russian Hockey Coach
94) Albert "Happy" Chandler MLB Commissioner, '45-51
95) "The Voices Of Baseball" MLB Broadcasters, including
Vin Scully, Harry Caray
96) Sonny Werblin Former Jets Owner/Signed Joe Namath
97) Ed/Steve Sabol NFL Films Presidents
98) J.G. Taylor/Spink
C.C. Johnson Spink Fmr. Sporting News Publishers
99) Wayne Gretzky Former NHL Player
100)The Famous Chicken "Forever First" among mascots
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