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In Boston, Stan Grossfeld profiles Goldklang Group Senior VP TYLER TUMMINIA, the wife of Red Sox GM BEN CHERINGTON, who "oversees the business operations of four minor league baseball teams, and co-owns a collegiate summer league team." Baseball "pulses through her veins." Her father, JOHN TUMMINIA, "is a 30-year scout" for the White Sox (BOSTON GLOBE, 5/5).

IN THE ZONE: Michigan State basketball coach TOM IZZO "leads a group of 10 coaches participating in an online auction fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society." The "Beat Cancer" fundraiser was organized by Oakland Univ. coach GREG KAMPE. The highest bidder for each coach "wins dinner and a round of golf with that coach." Izzo as of yesterday afternoon "had the highest bid at $17,000." UCLA's STEVE ALFORD, West Virginia's BOB HUGGINS and North Carolina's ROY WILLIAMS "were tied for second at $15,000," and Michigan's JOHN BEILEIN "was next at $14,000" (DETROIT NEWS, 5/5).

NAMES: A BETTE MIDLER concert at Philips Arena will be moved from May 13 to May 14 because the originally scheduled date is "being held at Philips if a Game 5 is needed" in the Hawks' playoffs series against the Wizards (AJC.com, 5/4)....Quicken Loans, founded by Cavaliers Owner DAN GILBERT, raised $1.25B on Friday "in its first-ever bond issue." All but $250M of those funds "will flow to the parent company he controls, Rock Holdings." Buyers are "demonstrating faith that Gilbert," who owns 77% of Rock Holdings, will "use the proceeds wisely" (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 5/4)....Posse Films, which is working on a biopic on late Pro Football HOFer MIKE WEBSTER, announced that HOFer FRANCO HARRIS is joining the team as an Exec Producer (Posse)....Octagon Olympics & Action Sports Managing Dir PETER CARLISLE on Sunday was inducted into the Maine Sports HOF (BANGOR DAILY NEWS, 5/4)....Gold Medal-winning gymnast NASTIA LIUKIN will serve as the Grand Marshal for the May 24 Indianapolis 500 (DALLASNEWS.com, 5/5).

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