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Eagles Owner JEFFREY LURIE yesterday gave CNBC's JIM CRAMER the seat that Cramer's late father sat in at Lincoln Financial Field for the team's games. Cramer today noted Lurie "gave me Pop's seat" during a "nice ceremony in his box." Cramer: "They put some nice words on the big board for Pop saying, ‘Strong until the end,’ and (Eagles coach) CHIP KELLY offered condolences. The team and the ownership there are extraordinary -- (Eagles GM) HOWIE ROSEMAN -- you always hear the trait about the Eagles' family. I was blown away. And I was fearing going to the game, because that's what we did for years and years and years. But Mr. Lurie and his team were incredible. The seat is going to be put on my set. I was honored and it changed the whole narrative for me in a positive way” (“Squawk Box,” CNBC, 11/24).

REMEMBERING THE MAN: The Cardinals HOF & Museum on Friday opened its "first temporary exhibit, Stan Musial: 'The Man' Off the Field." The exhibit "focuses on the life and contributions" that late Baseball HOFer STAN MUSIAL made outside of baseball and will be in place until next November. It "features the U.S. Navy baseball jersey and cap Musial wore during his military service in 1945, the Boy Scouts of America neckerchief worn by Musial during the ceremony prior to his final game in 1963, and the Cavalier Cross of the Order of Merit, Poland's highest civilian honor." Additional items include a bat inscribed and autographed to POPE JOHN PAUL II, Musial's official Cardinals HOF red blazer, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the "highest civilian honor bestowed" by the U.S. that he received in '11 (MLB.com, 11/22).

APP HAPPY: Hawks G KENT BAZEMORE on Friday announced the release of his own app, which is free to Android and iPhone users. He even "produced a YouTube video to explain the ins and outs" of the app, which he had been developing for six months. Bazemore is the third NBAer to have his own app, joining Cavaliers F LEBRON JAMES and Pistons G BRANDON JENNINGS. Bazemore's app "features his statistics, a fantasy tracker, video highlights, team schedule, chat opportunities, social media links and contests," and he plans to "give out tickets to Hawks games around the country" (AJC.com, 11/22).

ORANGE CRUSH: Marlins fan LAURENCE LEAVY "is auctioning his jersey and visor, along with unused tickets for games one, two, five, six and seven of the World Series, on eBay." Leavy wrote in the eBay description that "the winning bidder and a guest will have a choice of attending a Giants-Marlins game with Levy" in S.F. or Miami next season. The winner will also receive two first-class round-trip tickets to Miami or S.F. and hotel accommodations for two nights (K.C. STAR, 11/23).

INTEGRITY FIRST: Author ROYCE BOYLES "is trying to stop the sales of his own book" on Pro Football HOFer VINCE LOMBARDI, because comedian BILL COSBY wrote the foreword. Boyles asked that his book, "LOMBARDI'S LEFT SIDE," "be removed from the Packers Pro Shop and website." Packers VP/Marketing & Fan Engagement GABRIELLE DOW said that the books were pulled (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 11/23).

CHARITY STRIPE: Pelicans G ERIC GORDON yesterday was at the Fischer Housing Development Community Center in New Orleans, where he provided “all the fixings" for a Thanksgiving meal for 25 nearby families. Each family received “a turkey, a can each of peas, carrots and sweet potatoes, a bag of mini-marshmallows and a pumpkin pie” (New Orleans ADVOCATE, 11/24)....A new downtown ice rink opened on Friday in Baltimore, with “a glide around by Olympic skater KIMMIE MEISSNER and more of a wall-hugging lap by Mayor STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE” kicking things off (Baltimore SUN, 11/22)....NASCAR Chair & CEO BRIAN FRANCE and his wife, AMY, Saturday night attended The Michael J. Fox's Foundation's annual evening of comedy and music (THE DAILY).

NAMES: Former Wild Assistant GM TOM LYNN released his first book, "HOW TO BAKE AN NHL FRANCHISE FROM SCRATCH, THE FIRST ERA OF THE MINNESOTA WILD" -- a "behind-the-scenes, inside look at how the Wild was built from the ground up" (STARTRIBUNE.com, 11/22)....Former MLBer DEREK JETER’s book “JETER UNFILTERED” comes in at No. 11 in this week’s N.Y. Times nonfiction list (N.Y. TIMES, 11/23)....Cowboys WR DEZ BRYANT on Friday held his first Thanksgiving food drive at the Oak Cliff YMCA, giving out 1,500 turkeys to deserving families (DALLASNEWS.com, 11/22).....Blue Jackets D JACK JOHNSON, who recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection “while blaming his parents as the reason for his financial plight,” listed his home in Manhattan Beach, Calif., for $1.65M (LATIMES.com, 11/21)....NFL Giants Chair & Exec VP STEVE TISCH on Saturday had a “friendly dinner” with Cowboys Owner JERRY JONES at Nello before yesterday’s game (N.Y. POST, 11/23).

IN MEMORY: Longtime motorsports PR rep DENNY DARNELL died Saturday. He was the head of motorsports PR for R.J. Reynolds's Winston brand “when it was the title sponsor of what then was the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.” Prior to his retirement, Darnell was Dodge’s PR rep “when the automaker finished 1-2” in the ‘08 Daytona 500 and won a championship with BRAD KESELOWSKI in ’12 (FOXSPORTS.com, 11/22).

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