Heat C ALONZO MOURNING hosted his annual ZO'S SUMMER
GROOVE over the weekend, and in Miami, Dan LeBatard wrote:
"Thank you, Alonzo Mourning. For giving. For caring. For
loving. For standing so much taller than 6-10" (MIAMI
HERALD, 7/16)....In N.Y., Bob Raissman reported that BRANDON
STEINER's STEINER SPORTS has brought STEVE HISLER's PASTIME
SPORTS "into its fold" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 7/16)....In
Baltimore, Vito Stellino reported that agent STEVE WEINBERG
"recently joined forces" with DAVID CANTER of TOTAL
ENTERTAINMENT AND ATHLETE MANAGEMENT. Canter said the firm
provides "360-degree client care," handling "every facet of
a player's career and life." The firm represents 12 NFL
draft picks this year (Baltimore SUN, 7/16)....PHILIP
ANSCHUTZ will donate more than $775M in Qwest Communications
stock to the Anschutz Foundation during the next five years
(ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, 7/15)....Four years after MICHAEL
FRANCIS resigned as Chair of the NJ Sports & Exposition
Authority (NJSEA) amid allegations he "abused his position,"
NJSEA said Friday that it would pay him $463,862 to
compensate his expenses "in getting the criminal charges
dropped." NJSEA spokesperson JOHN SAMERJAN said that both
sides "consider the matter closed" (Bergen RECORD, 7/15).
...The N.Y. TIMES BOOK REVIEW's Andrea Cooper, on JERE
LONGMAN's new book about the '99 U.S. Women's World Cup
team, titled "THE GIRLS OF SUMMER": "He gives a balanced
assessment of controversial subjects, ... [but] stumbles
occasionally when he tries too hard to say the ordinary in
new ways" (N.Y. TIMES, 7/16)....Athletes profiled in the
N.Y. TIMES MAGAZINE's in-depth look at race relations
included VIJAY SINGH and caddy DAVE RENWICK, Devils C SCOTT
GOMEZ and Liberty F REBECCA LOBO (N.Y. TIMES, 7/16).
