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Davis Could Be Entering World Of NASCAR

VICTORY MOTORSPORTS RACING Owner JOHN CARTER said he plans to add former NFLer TERANCE MATHIS and Pistons C DALE DAVIS as partners. Carter said that he and partner ROGER CRAVEN “will retain half-interest” in the No. 37 Nextel Cup Dodge team, which “hopes to run full time” in ’07 (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 6/16).

CHEESE WITH THAT WINE: The WALL STREET JOURNAL’s Gaiter & Brecher list their favorite wines tied to celebrities. Among sports figures on the list: MARIO ANDRETTI’s Andretti Winery Sauvignon Blanc ’04; RICHARD CHILDRESS’ Childress Vineyards “Signature Series” Reserve Merlot ’03; PEGGY FLEMING’s Fleming & Jenkins Vineyards & Winery “Victories” Rose Wine ’04; and GREG NORMAN’s Greg Norman California Estates Pinot Noir ’04 (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 6/16).

CATTLE CALL: AEG Chair PHILIP ANSCHUTZ put his 312,160-acre ranch in Wyoming on the market for $47.5M. Anschutz bought the property, one of the largest working ranches in the world, about ten years ago (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 6/16).

BOOKING AGENT: In L.A., Debbie Goffa writes USA Today columnist CHRISTINE BRENNAN in her memoir, titled “BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE,” reminisces about her father and her childhood “to tie together otherwise disjointed chapters of her life in sports” (L.A. TIMES, 6/16)....NEWSDAY’s Neil Best writes the “often entertaining on-air opining” WFAN-AM’s CHRIS RUSSO “does not translate well” in his new book, “THE MAD DOG HALL OF FAME.” Russo and co-author ALLEN ST. JOHN give top ten lists in various historical sports categories. Best: “You could argue with the lists, but why bother?” (NEWSDAY, 6/16).