CBS Films "has acquired movie rights to SAM REGNIER’s sports drama 'FREE AGENT.'" The story follows a female Warriors exec who "pursues the biggest free agent of her career while managing a messy divorce and a complicated relationship with a younger colleague and his teenage sister" (VARIETY.com, 10/1).
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Cruz makes first foray as designer
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STYLIN' & PROFILIN': Giants WR VICTOR CRUZ is featured in the N.Y. Times style section on Friday, focusing on his "first foray as a designer," which is a "collaboration with one of his favorite luxury denim labels, 3X1" (N.Y. TIMES, 10/2)....SNY's KEITH HERNANDEZ also is featured in the Times' Style section. He said, "The kids today are regimented. We’ve imposed conformity on them. I would have been labeled a bad seed, a malcontent." He acknowledges that he "has a sweet life these days" (N.Y. TIMES, 10/2).
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT: Former MLBer PETE ROSE "has confirmed" that he is bringing a restaurant and sports bar "to the center of the Las Vegas Strip." His 6,700-square-foot Pete Rose Bar & Grill that is opposite CityCenter and Aria has a "mid-October opening" (LAS VEGAS SUN, 10/2)....Patriots TE ROB GRONKOWSKI and his family on Thursday "launched their Gronk Party Bus limo service," which is the "first step in what the boys hope will become a fleet of rolling, rollicking movable fiestas" (BOSTON HERALD, 10/2)....Panthers DE CHARLES JOHNSON on Tuesday posted a photo on Instagram of "plans for a restaurant at the Charlotte Fire Station No. 4 with the name CJ’s 4th Ward Fire House." Records show that the property was purchased in March for $1.6M by a group called Randy Watson Holdings LLC, a corporation "under which Johnson is registered." Before that, the building was "owned by Alfred Pennyworth Co. LLC, a corporation under which" Panthers C RYAN KALIL is registered (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 10/1).
NAMES: Warriors coach STEVE KERR is "taking a medical leave of absence for an unspecified amount of time as he continues to rehabilitate from two offseason back surgeries." The team's season opener is Oct. 27 (S.F. CHRONICLE, 10/2)....Thunder F KEVIN DURANT “has signed on” as an official sponsor of Mokan Elite, a K.C.-based AAU basketball team. Durant will “lend his named and brand” to the program, which competes in Nike’s Elite Youth Basketball League. Durant “has a longtime affiliation with Nike” (KANSASCITY.com, 10/2)....Ravens Dir of Security DARREN SANDERS “has been cleared by the NFL to return to his job” a month after he was cleared on sexual assault charges. He is “expected to return to the team facility on Monday” (BALTIMORESUN.com, 10/1)....MUHAMMAD ALI was “center stage as former rivals, close confidants and general admirers filled the Ali Center on Thursday evening to celebrate” SI renaming its legacy award after him (COURIER-JOURNAL.com, 10/1)....Pro Football HOFer WARREN SAPP “pleaded guilty Thursday to domestic violence in connection with a quarrel that began” in Las Vegas in June. Sapp “must pay $2,895 in fines and restitution, undergo six months of domestic violence counseling and perform 48 hours of community service” (REVIEWJOURNAL.com, 10/1).
