Names In The News

Sources said that AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE is "planning to put itself up for sale" and has hired GREENHILL & COMPANY to seek buyers. The company "hopes to raise as much as $700[M] in cash and the assumption of debt" (N.Y. TIMES, 2/7).... Charlotte NBA expansion team Owner ROBERT JOHNSON announced yesterday that he is donating $3M to the NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER in Cincinnati (WASHINGTON POST, 2/7).... Rangers/Stars Owner TOM HICKS learned last month that his "sudden sensioneural hearing loss ... could leave him with complete loss of hearing in his left ear." Doctors believe that it was "caused by a viral infection." Hicks "lost all the hearing in his left ear and all but 20[%] of the hearing in his right ear" at

Gustafson & Votaw Raising Questions

a business meeting in CA last month. Hicks is "'very, very optimistic' that he will regain at least some hearing in his ear," and he will know in 30-45 days how much can be recovered (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 2/7)....GOLF WORLD reports that LPGA Commissioner TY VOTAW and SOPHIE GUSTAFSON, No. 57 on last year's money list, have been "seen together at several high-profile tour functions in recent months, fueling speculation in LPGA circles that the two are more than just friends." An LPGA spokesperson "confirmed that Votaw attended the Super Bowl with Gustafson, but declined further comment" (GOLF WORLD, 2/7 issue).