GARBER TO GET NEW AID: In N.Y., Michael Lewis cites
sources as saying that MetroStars GM Charlie Stillitano
"could wind up" in the MLS league office as an assistant to
Commissioner Don Garber. Stillitano would be in charge of
int'l soccer affairs (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 1/11).
OFFICIALS OK CONDON DEAL: The NFL officials' Exec Board
voted to keep IMG's Tom Condon as their negotiating agent.
The board interviewed seven candidates (USA TODAY, 1/11).
NOTES: In Ft. Lauderdale, Randall Mell writes on the
LPGA Tour's "Night of Champions," a "celebration" of the
Tour's 50th anniversary season, at a $1,000-a-plate dinner
held at The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL. Mell: "The LPGA
must be doing something right. It keeps growing. Purses
will exceed a record $36 million this year. That inaugural
year, purses totaled $50,000" (Ft. Lauderdale SUN-SENTINEL,
1/11)....USATF CEO Craig Masback announced a five-meet
indoor schedule for the 2000 Golden Spike Tour, one more
than '99. Each meet will be on network TV, "some live and
some on tape delay." The average TV rating for track and
field telecasts in '99 was more than 2.0 (AP, 1/11).
