FRANCE ATTENDS RACE: NASCAR President BILL FRANCE JR.,
who is recovering from chemotherapy treatment and a neuro-
muscular disease, attended his first Winston Cup race since
April 30 over the weekend in FL. In Atlanta, Carvell &
Levine write that France is "weak physically" and "had to be
assisted with walking" (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 11/13).
OTHER NAMES: 76ers President PAT CROCE's book, "I FEEL
GREAT AND YOU WILL TOO!," co-written with BILL LYON, is No.
6 on the N.Y. TIMES Business Best Sellers List among
hardcover titles (N.Y. TIMES, 11/12)....Daktronics CEO
AELRED KURTENBACH was honored as part of a full-page ad in
USA TODAY for winning the 2000 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of
The Year award for manufacturing. Daktronics makes
scoreboards that are in more than 1,000 sports facilities
(USA TODAY, 11/13)....'98 U.S. Amateur Golf Champion HANK
KUEHNE had "major surgery" on his left arm and elbow last
week, putting his golf career in "jeopardy." He will
undergo four to six weeks of recovery and rehabilitation
before being able to play golf again (DALLAS MORNING NEWS,
11/11)....In Boston, Will McDonough examined the role of
Northeastern Univ.'s CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SPORT IN
SOCIETY. He wrote, "For years, I've felt this whole Center
for the Study of Sport in Society has been a farce." He
noted that this year's Hall of Fame dinner last week "took
in more than $300,000" (BOSTON GLOBE, 11/11)....In a special
supplement on skiing in Sunday's N.Y. TIMES Travel section,
Meg Lukens Noonan wrote that winter resorts "continue to
invest heavily" in the construction of villages with private
homes, lodges, restaurants, shops, spas, fitness centers,
and entertainment all "within walking distance" of the ski
lifts. Leisure Trends Group VP JOY SPRING: "Ski areas are
having to reinvent themselves" (N.Y. TIMES, 11/12).
