In Boston, John Powers reported that the "top
candidates to succeed" outgoing USOC CEO BILL HYBL are MA
attorney PAUL GEORGE and USOC VP SANDRA BALDWIN (BOSTON
GLOBE, 1/30)....Suns F RODNEY ROGERS is "planning to enter"
NASCAR, as he has "aligned himself" as an investor with the
Eel River Racing Pontiac team for driver JEFF FULLER (Gaston
GAZETTE, 1/29)....In N.Y., Jane Tanner profiled Jaguars
Owner WAYNE WEAVER: "Weaver is known as intensely driven and
impatient with underlings who do not work hard enough to
suit him, but also as a good listener with strong people
skills who finds himself mediating among the egos of fellow
team owners" (N.Y. TIMES, 1/30)....In Charlotte, Jon
Goldberg profiled Charlotte resident and Pro Performance
Marketing National Event Manager MATT MALM, who will be
attending 365 pro and college sporting events over the next
365 days in 48 states for UsFANS. Malm will "report his
findings" on the UsFANS Web site (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER,
1/30)....Steelers President DAN ROONEY will join his late
father ART ROONEY as the second father-son team enshrined in
the NFL Hall of Fame during a ceremony in July in Canton,
OH. The Rooneys will "share that honor" with Giants co-
Owner WELLINGTON MARA and his father TIM (BOSTON GLOBE,
1/30)....JOHN GAHERIN, a negotiator who represented MLB in
the '60s and '70s and "helped write baseball's first labor
contracts and pension plan," died last Monday at the age of
85 (N.Y. TIMES, 1/31)....JOHN MCENROE was profiled in
Sunday's N.Y. TIMES MAGAZINE. McEnroe had "brief
discussions ... about starring in and producing a [TV]
series spoofing the art world" (N.Y. TIMES MAGAZINE, 1/30).
