Excel Sports Management agent MARK STEINBERG, who reps TIGER WOODS, was “arrested on DWI and aggravated DWI charges” Saturday night in Ardsley, N.Y. (AP, 6/3). Steinberg in an e-mail said, “It’s a medical issue that I was dealing with. It’s not what you think.” But Ardsley Police Department spokesperson Sergeant DAVE FISHER said that Steinberg “gave no indications of a medical issue” (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 6/3).
GETTING HONORED: Boxing announcers AL BERSTEIN and MICHAEL BUFFER and writer MICHAEL KATZ will be inducted on Sunday into the International Boxing HOF (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 6/4)….Senators Founder and former Owner BRUCE FIRESTONE, former Senators Vice Chair & Alternate Governor ROD BRYDEN, former CEO, President & GM RANDY SEXTON and current team President CYRIL LEEDER will be inducted into the Ottawa Sports HOF (OTTAWA SUN, 6/3)….In Boston, Nick Cafardo noted the Red Sox honored former VP/Public Affairs DICK BRESCIANI “for his 40 years of service with the organization by having him throw out the first pitch” before Wednesday’s game against the Tigers. Bresciani now serves as VP/Emeritus & Team Historian and is “one of the best and most loyal people the organization has ever had” (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/3).
REPRESENT ME: Lagardere has signed USC tennis player and NCAA champion STEVE JOHNSON. The agency last week inked an endorsement deal with Babolat for the college star. SAM DUVALL will be Johnson’s agent (Daniel Kaplan, SportsBusiness Journal).…NBA Draft prospect ANTHONY DAVIS still has not hired an agent, “making for one of the more intriguing pre-draft story lines.” CAA and JEFFREY WECHSLER are vying to represent Davis (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/2)
NAMES: Heat G DWYANE WADE was profiled as part of the Sunday N.Y. Times' Domains feature. Wade “decided to buy a four-story, four-bedroom town house in downtown Chicago” for the offseason. Wade said of his home, “I keep a lot of books around: I have some about cars; I have some about fashion; I have basketball books and books for the kids. I’ve also got quite a few parenting books” (N.Y. TIMES, 6/3)....A Florida appeals court on Friday “ruled in favor” of NASCAR Chair & CEO BRIAN FRANCE in a lawsuit “alleging that his ex-wife illegally recorded telephone calls between them” (Daytona Beach NEWS-JOURNAL, 6/3)....Author RICHARD BEN CRAMER said that his tell-all book about Yankees 3B ALEX RODRIGUEZ, “The Importance Of Being Alex: A Life With the Yankees,” has been “shelved for the time being.” The book was “scheduled to hit stores in April 2014” (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 6/4).…ESPN's RON JAWORSKI's golf company purchased Blue Heron Pines Golf Club in Egg Harbor, N.J. Jaworski has already experienced “overwhelming success with his New Jersey courses; Running Deer Golf Club, Valleybrook Country Club & RiverWinds Golf & Tennis Club (GLOUCESTER COUNTY TIMES, 6/2).…Former Orioles and Mets GM JIM DUQUETTE is donating a kidney to his 10-year-old daughter LINDSEY. It will “leave both father and daughter with one kidney.” Lindsey has been suffering from a disease called Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 6/4).…More than 1,600 people participated in Patriots QB TOM BRADY’s Best Buddies Challenge over the weekend. Brady is the honorary chair of the fundraiser which this year “raised $4.5 million for the nonprofit” (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/4). …Patriots TE ROB GRONKOWSKI took part in this past weekend’s “Kids Cancer Buzz Off benefiting Children’s Hospital” (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/3). …Knicks F AMAR’E STOUDEMIRE proposed to the mother of his three children, ALEXIS WELCH, in the penthouse of the Meurice Hotel in Paris (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 6/4). …Knicks F CARMELO ANTHONY celebrated his 28th birthday with wife LA LA ANTHONY and a group of friends at Lower East Side restaurant Sons of Essex (N.Y. POST, 6/4).
IN MEMORY: FAYE ALLEN, the mother of Trail Blazers and Seahawks Owner PAUL ALLEN, died Saturday at age 90 from complications from Alzheimer's disease (AP, 6/3).
