Names In The News

PC WORLD has named the 50 most important people on the Internet, which is topped by Google CEO ERIC SCHMIDT and co-Founders LARRY PAGE and SERGEY BRIN. Others on the list include Fox Interactive Media President PETER LEVINSOHN (No. 8) and YouTube co-Founders CHAD HURLEY and STEVE CHEN (No. 10) (PCWORLD.com, 3/5).

NAMES: VAIL RESORTS’ new $1B resort village called EVER VAIL will be built “using the latest in environmentally friendly building techniques.” The one million-square-foot project will include a hotel, at least 225 condos and over 100,000 square feet of commercial space. (DENVER POST, 3/6)....The BELK COLLEGE OF BUSINESS at the UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHARLOTTE will sponsor the NATIONAL SPORTSCASTERS & SPORTSWRITERS ASSOCIATION’s 48th annual awards weekend April 28-30. The school is launching a sports marketing and management program in the fall, and the sponsorship is aimed at promoting the program, as well as giving students a chance to network (THE DAILY)....Author JOHN EVANGELIST WALSH has a new book titled, “THE NIGHT CASEY WAS BORN,” about poet ERNEST THAYER and his piece, “Casey at the Bat.” The L.A. TIMES’ Anthony Day writes the book is “delightful” and 34 photographs “enhance the book’s nostalgic appeal” (L.A. TIMES, 3/6)....HBO’s JIM LAMPLEY, who was sentenced to three years probation after pleading no contest to violating a temporary restraining order obtained by his ex-girlfriend, CANDICE SANDERS, said in a statement, “To bring closure to this process, I am offering my full and unconditional apology to Miss Sanders and her family, as well as to all my friends, family and professional colleagues who have been unwarrantedly damaged by the events of that night” (THE DAILY)....Free agent WR KEVIN CURTIS has cut ties with agent TOM CONDON (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 3/6)....NIKE has purchased a 125-acre parcel of land in Memphis and plans to build a new one million-square-foot footwear distribution center (Nike)....Bull rider RANDY RIDGELY and his wife, JENN, owners of the Wicked R Western Ranch in Delaware, appeared on ABC’s “Wife Swap” last night (THE DAILY).