JOE DUMARS has formed Du-Plast LLC, a company that will
make "blow-molded plastic parts" for Toyota, Nissan, and
"other car companies and major auto suppliers" (DETROIT FREE
PRESS, 4/20)....In DC, Eric Fisher examines charitable
foundations run by pro athletes and notes that the SAMMY
SOSA FOUNDATION faces "intense scrutiny" over its financial
management. Darrell Green Youth Life Foundation Exec Dir
ERIC WHITE: "This is a business, a nonprofit, but still a
very serious business. We have the very same challenges in
hiring qualified people and getting all of our operations
organized that for-profit companies do. Often, we need the
most skilled people because of the scrutiny and the
spotlight that is on us." Sosa's agent ADAM KATZ, on the
status of Sosa's foundation: "We are taking time to regroup
and evaluate the situation" (WASHINGTON TIMES, 4/20).
Meanwhile, Ravens DE MICHAEL MCCRARY has formed "Mac's
Miracle Fund," a non-profit group that will benefit athletes
competing in the Special Olympics Maryland. McCrary's
donation to the fund is the largest single donation given by
a professional athlete to an individual Special Olympics
program throughout the world in the organization's 32-year
history (Mac's Miracle Fund)....CNBC's Sue Herera reported
Trail Blazers/Seahawks Owner PAUL ALLEN "has been playing
the guitar in the band 'GROWN MEN' since 1996. The band is
now out with its first CD" called Scratch & Claw. Allen's
"portion of the profits from the CD are being donated to
music related charities" ("Business Center," CNBC, 4/19).
