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Bush (r) Among Guests Who Took In Saints' Victory In NFC Championship At Superdome

Former Saints Owner JOHN MECOM and former President GEORGE H.W. BUSH were among Saints Owner TOM BENSON's guests at yesterday's Saints-Vikings NFC Championship game at the Superdome. Also in attendance were political consultants JAMES CARVILLE and MARY MATALIN and singers KENNY CHESNEY and JIMMY BUFFETT (New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE, 1/25).

GUESTS OF HONOR: NBC's TONY DUNGY, Pro Football HOFer JOE NAMATH, Giants QB ELI MANNING, "Rudy" and "Hoosiers" director DAVID ANSPAUGH, singers STEPHEN STILLS and JORDIN SPARKS and actors ROB LOWE and TAYLOR LAUTNER were among the guests in the Colts' corporate suite during yesterday's Colts-Jets AFC Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Colts Owner JIM IRSAY and his family also "hosted about 100 guests Saturday night at a party" at the Omni Severin in Indianapolis (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 1/25).

NEW VENTURE: In S.F., Deborah Grossman noted former 49ers and Browns President Carmen Policy has created a wine label titled Casa Piena. The label "honors Policy's five children: two daughters and three sons -- a pair and three of a kind, or card player's full house, 'casa piena' in Italian." Policy also is set to introduce wines "under the Our Gang label in early 2011" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 1/24).