Fox' JAY GLAZER will introduce MICHAEL STRAHAN at his Pro Football HOF induction on Aug. 2, while JOHN MADDEN will introduce RAY GUY and MARV LEVY will introduce ANDRE REED. DERRICK BROOKS, CLAUDE HUMPHREY and WALTER JONES each will be presented by one of their children. AENEAS WILLIAMS will be presented by his father (NEWSDAY.com, 7/17). SNY's Chris Carlin said of Glazer, "It was his relationship with Strahan that launched him as an insider in the league. This to me, though, is a little sketchy because it blurs that line between reporter and player" ("Loud Mouths," SNY, 7/17).
GOOD OLE ROCKY TOPICS: The Univ. of Tennessee on Thursday announced that JEFF JARNIGAN will be the new Neyland Stadium PA announcer. Jarnigan follows the late BOBBY DENTON, who held the role for 48 years. Jarnigan has served as the PA announcer for UT men's basketball at Thompson-Boling Arena "for the past nine years as well as for the Orange & White Game at Neyland Stadium for the last eight years" (TENNESSEAN.com, 7/17)....Attorney DAVID BURKHALTER said that UT women's basketball coach emeritus PAT SUMMITT "won't be called to testify in her former spokeswoman's federal job discrimination lawsuit and probably isn't competent to testify anyway." Former UT Media Dir DEBBY JENNINGS said that she "lost her job when she took up for Summitt when Summitt believed she was being forced to retire due to a diagnosis of early onset dementia" (KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL, 7/18).
AWARDS & HONORS: Phillies Senior Advisor to the GM CHARLIE MANUEL "will be inducted onto the team's Wall of Fame during Alumni Weekend." Manuel will be honored on Aug. 9 before the Mets-Phillies game (PHILLY.com, 7/18)....Atlantic 10 Commissioner BERNADETTE MCGLADE was named '14 Administrator of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Women's Athletic Administrators (A-10).
NAMES: Steelers WR ANTONIO BROWN has rejoined Rosenhaus Sports as a client after leaving for Roc Nation Sports/CAA Sports in April. He will be repped by DREW ROSENHAUS (Liz Mullen, Staff Writer)....CLAYTON HALUNEN, the attorney for former NFLer CHRIS KLUWE, said that he and the Vikings will “continue to talk and engage in settlement discussions after the two sides met Thursday.” Kluwe filed a discrimination suit against the team two days ago (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 7/18)….The Crown Publishing Group on Thursday announced that it will turn MLB Cardinals manager MIKE MATHENY’s "'manifesto,' a letter he wrote to detail how parents and coaches should approach youth baseball, into a book, ‘THE MATHENY MANIFESTO’” (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 7/18)….Actor STEPHAN JAMES will play the late JESSE OWENS in the Focus Features film “RACE.” Principal photography is “scheduled to begin July 24 in Montreal and on location at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin” (NBCSPORTS.com, 7/17)….Red Sox P JON LESTER and his wife, FARRAH, on Thursday hosted a fundraiser “for the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation at the House of Blues” in Boston (BOSTON HERALD, 7/18)....CFL B.C. Lions WR ARLAND BRUCE on Wednesday in British Columbia Supreme Court "launched a lawsuit alleging the league failed to protect him from the adverse effects of a concussion." He "is seeking unspecified general, special and punitive damages" (THESTAR.com, 7/17).
