Orleans Parish Civil Judge KERN REESE yesterday ordered that Saints and Pelicans Owner TOM BENSON "must undergo evaluations by three different doctors to decide whether the 87-year-old billionaire remains competent to control his business empire." Benson will name one doctor; his daughter, RENEE, and her family will name another. Those two doctors "will jointly name a third physician and all will evaluate" Benson. Neither he nor his heirs attended the hearing (NOLA.com, 2/10). Reese "ordered that Benson be examined by March 13" (AP, 2/10).
BEGINNING TO BALANCE: The R&A yesterday named 14 women as members of the previously all-male golf club, designating "seven honorary members and seven full members." The honorary members include PRINCESS ANNE and golfers LAURA DAVIES and ANNIKA SORENSTAM. The full members "will not be named" in keeping with the R&A's "policy of not discussing ordinary members" (GOLFWEEK.com, 2/10).
NOT ONE, NOT TWO...: Wizards G JOHN WALL is profiled in today's edition of the USA TODAY "Talking Your Tech" feature, which notes he has two iPhone 6's and the new BlackBerry Classic that he "hauls with him when he's traveling." Wall: "One for business, one for family and one for people I meet" (USA TODAY, 2/11).
GIANT CONTRIBUTIONS: MLB Giants C BUSTER POSEY, P MATT CAIN, P JAVIER LOPEZ and manager BRUCE BOCHY yesterday came out to the Pebble Beach Golf Links, along with Pro Football HOFers JERRY RICE and STEVE YOUNG, and former NFLers DWIGHT CLARK and BRENT JONES. The Chevron Shoot-Out "raised $100,000 for charities in Salinas and Monterey counties, the Giants Community Fund and the 49ers Foundation" (MLB.com, 2/10).
NAMES: At last night’s 79th annual Dapper Dan Dinner & Sports Auction in Pittsburgh, Steelers QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER introduced Pro Football HOFer JIM KELLY, who won the event’s ’14 Lifetime Achievement Award (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 2/11)....Under Armour Founder, Chair & CEO KEVIN PLANK “bought a flower company,” as he is one of the investors in UrbanStems, “the web start-up that delivers bouquets for $35 and up via bike courier.” The company launched last February in DC and expanded to N.Y. in December (BALTIMORESUN.com, 2/10)....Actor VINCE VAUGHN yesterday was named as the Grand Marshal for the 57th annual Daytona 500 on Feb. 22 (Daytona Beach NEWS-JOURNAL, 2/11)....The “Nasty Boys” -- the Reds’ “famous relief-pitching trio of ROB DIBBLE, NORM CHARLTON and RANDY MYERS -- are set to serve as grand marshals of the 96th Findlay Market Opening Day Parade” (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 2/11)....Texans DE J.J. WATT’s “high-profile offseason will continue when he appears on an upcoming episode of Fox’s ‘NEW GIRL,’ which the network announced” last night (CHRON.com, 2/10)....Former MLBer JIM EDMONDS sold his 10,000-square-foot home in Irvine, Calif., for $6.775M (LATIMES.com, 2/10)….Saints QB DREW BREES has priced a penthouse apartment in Princeville, Hawaii, at $1.75M (LATIMES.com, 2/10).
