Sports agent ELBERT CRAWFORD, whose clients have
included Lakers G DEREK FISHER and NBA Kings F CORLISS
WILLIAMSON, and his company, ACE SPORTS MANAGEMENT, have
been sued by two AR banks "for unpaid loans totaling more
than" $590,000, including interest (AR DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE,
3/25)....The late sports columnist JIM MURRAY and ABC golf-
course reporter BOB ROSBURG are the recipients of the newly-
instituted BABE ZAHARIAS LPGA JOURNALISM AWARD created under
the direction of LPGA Tour Commissioner TY VOTAW. The award
will be presented annually to both a print and electronic
journalist to recognize excellence in covering women's pro
golf (LPGA)....The FL Senate Education Committee yesterday
approved a measure to rename FL State Univ.'s football field
BOBBY BOWDEN FIELD AT DOAK S. CAMPBELL STADIUM, effective
"the day after" FSU football coach Bowden "quits coaching"
at the school (TAMPA TRIBUNE, 3/28)....Mavericks F CEDRIC
CEBALLOS is working on a new movie called "BALLING" that is
scheduled to start filming "next summer." Ceballos: "It's a
family movie" (F.W. STAR-TELEGRAM, 3/26).
