Hurricanes Owner PETER KARMANOS JR. has "dived into the residential mortgage-lending business" with Michigan-based start-up Lenderful, which "offers home mortgages through the Internet." Lenderful "markets itself as an all-online mortgage platform" that looks not unlike the Rocket Mortgage service introduced late last year by Cavaliers Owner DAN GILBERT's Quicken Loans (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 4/25).
STEINBERG SAYS: In California, Ryan Kartje profiled NFL agent LEIGH STEINBERG, whose plans for Steinberg Sports & Entertainment includes ambitious "save-the-world projects ranging from reality TV to anti-bullying campaigns to climate change." Steinberg is "writing a proposal for his third and fourth books, planning another iteration of his mentorship program 'Agent Academy,' and acting as co-producer on an upcoming KEVIN COSTNER movie" about longtime client JUNE JONES. For Steinberg there are "more movie scripts, speaking opportunities, reality TV offers, an endless string of radio show invites and weekly columns for Forbes and Yahoo." There is also "saving the world from climate change and bullying and the like" (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 4/24).
SUPPORT THE CAUSE: ANDY MURRAY will "stage his own charity tennis event" at the SSE Hydro Glasgow on Sept. 21. The event will "feature Murray and his brother JAMIE" as well as tennis players GAEL MONFILS and TIM HENMAN. All of the profits from "Andy Murray Live" will go to UNICEF and Glasgow-based charity Young People's Futures (London INDEPENDENT, 4/22)....Warriors G STEPHEN CURRY, with support from Malaria No More and USAID, helped launch the Call Your Shot campaign on Saturday "just two days before World Malaria Day." The campaign's concept is to film and make "your version of a trick shot, share it with the #CallYourShot hashtag and challenge your friends to donate at CallYourShot.org" (USATODAY.com, 4/23).
NAMES: Lions WR GOLDEN TATE is "taking a trip to Germany and Kuwait to spend some time with military officers" in conjunction with the USO. Texans LB BRIAN CUSHING "will join him on the trip" (DETROIT NEWS, 4/23)....Reds President & CEO BOB CASTELLINI on May 8 will give the commencement address at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (CINCINNATI.com, 4/22)....Country musicians KENNY CHESNEY and MIRANDA LAMBERT on Saturday "brought more than 50,000 fans" to Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium (AL.com, 4/24)....Patriots Owner ROBERT KRAFT sat next to Celtics Managing Partner & CEO WYC GROUSBECK at last night's Hawks-Celtics playoff game at TD Garden. Patriots coach BILL BELICHICK and TE ROB GRONKOWSKI also were spotted at the game. Belichick and Patriots coaches were in a suite at Friday's game (THE DAILY)....DR. JILL BIDEN, the wife of VP JOE BIDEN, "sported a DANNY BRIERE Flyers jersey at the Wells Fargo Center" on Friday during Capitals-Flyers (POLITICO.com, 4/25)....Moorad Sports Partners Chair & CEO and former Padres CEO JEFF MOORAD, along with K Street Capital Chair PENNY LEE, hosted a party last night "welcoming Nationals Manager DUSTY BAKER" to DC. NBC's CHUCK TODD, columnist GEORGE WILL and U.S. Sen. MARK WARNER (D-Va.) were also in attendance (POLITICO.com, 4/25).
