NOT STANDING PAT: 76ers President PAT CROCE will begin
the tour for his new book, "I FEEL GREAT AND YOU WILL TOO!"
tomorrow in Philadelphia (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 10/12).
The ROBB REPORT's Jack Smith profiles Croce and writes that
he "not only runs the Sixers show, sometimes he is the
show." Croce "is a national celebrity, his picture in
Sports Illustrated and USA Today. He lives in a mansion on
the Main Line [in Philadelphia], and -- as everyone in the
[First Union Center] will tell you -- he hasn't changed a
bit. He still joins fans in the bleacher seats and leads
cheers" (ROBB REPORT, 10/2000 issue).
MORE NAMES: In Chicago, Guerrero & Houlihan write that
the BAHA MEN's song, "WHO LET THE DOGS OUT," has become
"such a big hit at stadiums that fans are deluging music
stores and radio request lines." The "widespread stadium
play has pushed the album of the same name from nowhere" to
Billboard's Top 10 list (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 10/12)....ESPN
Senior VP/Marketing LEE ANN DALY was among the inductees for
2000 into the American Advertising Federation's Hall of
Achievement (BRANDWEEK, 10/9)....USA TODAY's Harry Blauvelt
writes that the golf played in the new movie, "THE LEGEND OF
BAGGER VANCE," is "believable" (USA TODAY, 10/12)....Olympic
Gold-medal winning swimmer LENNY KRAYZELBURG "talked about
being beseiged with dozens of marriage proposals since he
was in Sydney." Krayzelburg: "A Russian jewish woman would
be ideal." Also, Olympic Gold-medal sprinter MARION JONES
is "even making it onto [the cover of] magazines that don't
exist," as she will appear on "Blush," the "fictional
fashion mag on NBC" sitcom "JUST SHOOT ME" in the show's
season opener this week (SI, 10/16 issue)....ESPN anchor
KENNY MAYNE appeared on this morning's "GMA" and said, "I
take my job seriously, but not myself. ... I don't let the
stats get in the way of the story. There are others who are
doing the more serious journalism. I'm trying to have some
fun with the sports" ("GMA," ABC, 10/12).
