Palace Sports & Entertainment Partner ROBERT SOSNICK
died Thursday after a "lengthy illness" (DETROIT FREE PRESS,
3/18)....A&E presents, "INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS, OUR CHILDREN
AT RISK: PLAYING TO EXTREMES," tonight at 9:00pm ET, and the
N.Y. TIMES' Walter Goodman writes the report shows that the
pressure on youngsters to excel in sports "is more manic
than ever" (N.Y. TIMES, 3/20)....In Philadelphia, golf
writer Joe Logan examined the new E-Club, which might "turn
out to be this season's rage" among club technology. The
club was designed and conceived by SI Senior Writer MICHAEL
BAMBERGER, who has signed NICK PRICE to endorse the club
(PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 3/19)....In N.Y., Robert Bryce
profiled Clear Channel Communications Chair L. LOWRY MAYS.
Mays noted his company's new stable of athletes after its
acquisition of SFX Entertainment: "I'd be embarrassed to
play tennis with ANDRE [AGASSI]. [But] I wouldn't mind
playing golf with [MICHAEL] JORDAN" (N.Y. TIMES, 3/19).
...SLAM's Chris Stevenson wrote that Red Wings coach SCOTTY
BOWMAN, in an effort to get SERGEI FEDOROV to "play his best
hockey, has been doing what he can to try and help Fedorov
win" ANNA KOURNIKOVA back from PAVEL BURE. Bowman sent
Fedorov to AZ on the "team's charter (it belongs to the
Phoenix Suns and was going there anyway)," and Fedorov
showed up with 20-dozen roses (SLAM, 3/19)....CBA Owner
ISIAH THOMAS is "building a home in Atlanta that will be
headquarters for the CBA" (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 3/20).
