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Bears Chair GEORGE MCCASKEY "was involved in a minor altercation" during Monday’s night’s game at Soldier Field after asking a Saints fan who was sitting in his seat to move. Sources said that the fan "shoved him in the back." McCaskey "was not injured," and the fan was "charged with simple battery, a misdemeanor" (CHICAGO.CBSLOCAL.com, 12/16).

SEASON FOR GIVING: Utah State's plans for renovating Romney Stadium yesterday "received a big boost" with a $1M donation from former Nike Brand President and Teneo Sports Chair CHARLIE DENSON and his wife TRENA (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 12/17)....Koch Industries and the Fred and Mary Koch Foundation are giving $4.5M to Wichita State Univ. athletics and $11.25M to the school in total, the "largest single-time gift in university history" (WICHITA EAGLE, 12/17)....Panthers QB CAM NEWTON yesterday “was playing Santa Claus and shooting basketball with two-dozen middle-school children” at Charlotte’s Cochrane Collegiate Academy. Newton “made four stops across Charlotte to surprise teachers, students and homeless women and children with gift cards, presents and clothing -- through the Cam Newton Foundation -- valued at more than $31,000” (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 12/17)....The Trail Blazers will operate all of their philanthropic efforts under the newly renamed Trail Blazers Foundation. A new logo will represent the name change. The foundation's BOD also added three people to its 10-member roster, each elected to three-year terms (Trail Blazers).

NAMES: Cavaliers Owner DAN GILBERT's Bedrock Real Estate Services said Monday that it had purchased the State Savings Bank building, which is a historic landmark in downtown Detroit (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 12/16)....Sony's recent online breach revealed e-mails showing Mavericks Owner MARK CUBAN "was upset" about his salary for ABC's "SHARK TANK." However, Cuban said that he was "able to limit the damage" because of his new Cyberdust app. Cuban: "By moving my 'Shark Tank' negotiations to Cyber Dust, which I did prior to the hack, they remained private. ... Nothing is absolutely hacker free" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 12/17)....The Bills yesterday “treated Lions employees to pizza and chicken wings ... to express their gratitude” for hosting Jets-Bills at Ford Field on Nov. 24 following a snowstorm in Buffalo (DETROITNEWS.com, 12/16)....F1 team Owner GENE HAAS “will be bidding for the assets of the collapsed” Marussia F1 team when those assets are "put up for auction on Tuesday at its former factory” near London (THEGUARDIAN.com, 12/15)....TIGER WOODS yesterday “opened his first golf course design” at El Cardonal in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, as “part of a five-year-old development called Diamante that already has a DAVIS LOVE III designed-course on site.” Projects in Dubai, North Carolina and Mexico “all saw Woods do extensive work without ever opening due to various factors including the economy" (ESPN.com, 12/16).

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