In Denver, Mark Wolf profiles Ascent Sports Senior
VP/Business & Administration RON SALLY, who oversees the
charity and community outreach efforts of the Nuggets and
Avalanche. Sally is "a role model for turning athletic and
academic achievements into a sports-oriented business
career." Sally: "Philanthropy is good business, and our
philanthropic activities are pretty well-known" (ROCKY
MOUNTAIN NEWS, 2/24)....During the offseason, Indians SS
OMAR VIZQUEL joined the effort to aid "devasted areas of
Venezuela" hit by mud-and-rock slides. Vizquel helped
Worldvision raise $400,000 and organized a celebrity
softball game in Caracas that raised $200,000 (AKRON BEACON
JOURNAL, 2/24)....The WOMEN'S SPORTS FOUNDATION will receive
the WOMEN AND SPORT TROPHY, presented annually by the IOC to
organizations contributing to develop and encourage the
participation of women and girls in sport. The trophy will
be presented at the IOC World Conference on Women and Sport
March 6 in Paris (USOC).....FSN's Keith Olbermann noted that
SERGIO GARCIA plays MIKE WEIR in today's WGC Andersen
Consulting Match Play Championships in CA: "The GRATEFUL
DEAD matchup -- Garcia and Weir" ("Fox Sports News," 2/23).
...NBC's Jay Leno: "There was a prison riot up in Crescent
City, California, today. The final score: BALTIMORE RAVENS
38, DALLAS COWBOYS 19" ("Tonight Show," NBC, 2/23).
