In Cincinnati, Sean Keeler reported that Bengals RB
COREY DILLON has officially hired DAVID LEVINE and JIM SIMS
to represent him, ending his relationship with MARVIN DEMOFF
(CINCINNATI POST, 11/14)....In Birmingham, Charles Goldberg
noted that when all of his endorsements, radio and TV rights
deals are included, Auburn Univ. football coach TOMMY
TUBERVILLE will earn $1.2M a year. His new deal makes him
the second highest paid football coach in the SEC behind
Univ. of FL football coach STEVE SPURRIER (BIRMINGHAM NEWS,
11/14)....U.S. soccer player CHRISTIE PEARCE has signed SUE
RODIN of Stars & Strategies as her exclusive marketing
representative (Stars & Strategies).
NAMES: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments
in case involving CASEY MARTIN vs. the PGA TOUR on January
17 (GOLF WORLD BUSINESS, 11/14)....BILL MURRAY and his five
brothers will break ground on a golf-themed restaurant
tomorrow. The first MURRAY BROS. CADDYSHACK will be located
at the WORLD GOLF VILLAGE in FL (FL TIMES-UNION, 11/15).
...The COYOTES took a guided Secret Service tour of the
White House and the Oval Office on Monday (AZ REPUBLIC,
11/15)....In Miami, Linda Robertson reports that
Dolphins/Panthers Owner WAYNE HUIZENGA was inducted into the
BROWARD SPORTS HALL OF FAME last night. Robertson: "Love
him or hate him. Saint or Scrooge. Salesman or con man
...he certainly belongs" (MIAMI HERALD, 11/15)....FSU
football coach BOBBY BOWDEN was profiled on CBS' "60 Minutes
II" last night. Bowden: "The way I look at the public [is]
they're exactly like the way they were in the Coliseum in
the first and second century in Rome when they said, 'Kill
the Christians, kill the Christians, kill the Christians.'
People love to see a hanging. They love a hanging and I
don't want people hanging my players" (CBS, 11/14).
