Former Ohio Univ. Assistant AD/Marketing & Sales DRAKE BOLON has "pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with records, and has agreed to pay $6,000 in restitution to the university, after apparently altering OU Athletics records in order to steal money from the university." Bolon "resigned from his job on June 27" (ATHENSNEWS.com, 7/16).
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| Raisman (l) was on "Today" to promote her new book and the new Olympic Channel |
BOOK CLUB: Gold Medal-winning U.S. gymnast ALY RAISMAN appeared on NBC's "Today" over the weekend to promote her new book due out in November, "FIERCE," and the new Olympic Channel that launched Saturday ("Today," NBC, 7/15)....Kansas State football coach BILL SNYDER is writing a children's book. Kraken Books will publish Snyder's book, titled, "TAKE IT FROM ME" (WICHITA EAGLE, 7/16).
NAMES: Among the scheduled participants for the Mylan World TeamTennis Washington Kastles Charity Classic on July 27 are NBC's PETER ALEXANDER and DAVID GREGORY, Fox News' BRET BAIER, U.S. Sen. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO (R-W.Va.), U.S. Reps. DAVE BRAT (R-Va.) and CHERI BUSTOS (D-Ill.) and former Sen. JOHN BREAUX, among others (POLITICO.com, 7/17)....Sports betting startup WinView raised $12M in May from a list of investors including Monumental Sports & Entertainment Chair TED LEONSIS (BIZJOURNALS.com, 7/17)....Rams RB TODD GURLEY has "traversed the nation appearing at youth football clinics" this offseason, while also "trying to make an impact" in the Southland area of L.A. (L.A. TIMES, 7/18)....MICHAEL JORDAN's eponymous restaurant in Oak Brook, Ill., opened yesterday (Chicago DAILY HERALD, 7/18).
IN MEMORY: RALPH BAGLEY, a "sports reporter for Manitoba news outlets for more than 45 years," died yesterday morning at the age of 89 (WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, 7/18).
