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Some Republicans Squirming Over McMahon's Run For Senate Seat

In N.Y., Raymond Hernandez writes rather than “celebrating the arrival” of former WWE CEO LINDA MCMAHON to the race for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by CHRIS DODD (D-CT), some Republicans are “squirming over the emergence of a political novice from a world known for down-market programming featuring leotards and outrageous stunts.” But NBC Sports & Olympics Chair DICK EBERSOL said, “I don’t think anyone should ever question Linda’s resolve or tenacity. If anybody thinks she is the little woman, they are out of their minds. She put the business together” (N.Y. TIMES, 10/5).

ON COURSE: In Charlotte, Ron Green Jr. noted The Cliffs at High Carolina, TIGER WOODS’ first U.S.-based golf course, will be open for play in the fall of ’11 if “all goes well.” Woods’ work at High Carolina is “unique in several ways.” The course is “being carved into rolling mountain land unlike the desert setting of his Dubai course and his ocean/cliff side design in Mexico” (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 10/4).

BOOK REVIEWS: In N.Y., Harvey Araton wrote MARK FROST’s “Game Six,” the “gripping story of the penultimate game of the 1975 World Series, does nothing to dispel the existential wonderfulness of Red Sox Nation, in addition to paying deserved homage to the winner of that Series, Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine.” Frost’s book “soars” compared with “PeRfect,” LEW PAPER’s “densely researched re-creation of Don Larsen’s unmatched postseason pitching feat” (N.Y. TIMES, 10/4).

NAMES: Golfer GREG NORMAN and Int'l Tennis HOFer CHRIS EVERT “have separated.” The couple, who were married in June ’08, said in a statement, “We will remain friends and supportive of one another’s family.” There is “no word whether a divorce is pending” (LATIMES.com, 10/2)….A $25M penthouse in N.Y. sold to Rockets Owner LESLIE ALEXANDER last week is “back on the market” for $39.5M (CURBED.com, 10/1)….Impact, a maker of auto-racing uniforms, has developed a “maternity suit” for ESPN pit reporter SHANNON SPAKE, who is expecting twins in January (Daytona Beach NEWS-JOURNAL, 10/3).