NAMES: USA TODAY's David DuPree profiles DC attorney LON
BABBY, whose firm, Williams & Connolly, doesn't "do things
like other sports agents. To begin with, they charge an
hourly rate, as opposed to the standard 4% most agents
charge." Babby: "We're providing the same services agents
provide, they're just getting it at a more reasonable price.
We do everything agents do" (USA TODAY, 6/30)....LANCE
ARMSTRONG appeared on this morning's "GMA" to promote his new
book "IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE." Armstrong, wearing a USPS T-
shirt, said the book "is a lot more about my illness" than
his Tour de France victory last year ("GMA," ABC,
6/30)....After a yearlong investigation, Univ. of AZ
officials said that former G JASON TERRY accepted "about
$4,500" from N.Y. agent LARRY FOX and another $7,000 and
legal services from S.F. agent NIDDI OPIA after his junior
season in '97-98. As a result, the university will return to
the NCAA a 45% share of '99 TV revenues ($45,363), which
Terry has "agreed to pay" (ARIZONA DAILY STAR, 6/30)....MLB
HOFer HANK AARON will throw out the ceremonial first pitch
prior to the 71st MLB All-Star Game next week in Atlanta
(MLB)....Jay Leno, on the Clippers selecting high school
player DARIUS MILES with the No. 3 pick in Wednesday's NBA
Draft: "Let that be a lesson to all young people out there.
You see, if you don't finish your education, you could end up
in a dead end job like playing for the Clippers. ... Stay in
school" (NBC, 6/29).
