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LARRY BIRD addressed SHAQUILLE O''NEAL''s unwillingness to become an ambassador for the NBA: "You can talk about other players all you want, but Shaq is the league. He puts his reputation on the line
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The HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS are the subjects of a possible movie and Broadway musical. GAIL STAYDEN is producing a musical based on Globetrotter founder ABE SAPERSTEIN''s life called "Hoopz," which has a
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THE "I" GOES HOLLYWOOD -- SELLING A 3RD HOCKEY TEAM IN L.A.
Greg McElroy was recently named President of the new IHL club in L.A. McElroy, a native of L.A., has spent the past four seasons as VP of Marketing with the L.A. Kings. Fred Comrie, owner of the IHL S
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KAREN WALDEN, former editor of NEW WOMEN, has been named Eeditor of SPORTS TRAVELER, a new sports magazine for women from MC Inc. The magazine will debut in September with a newsstand distribution of
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STEVEN SCHWARTZ was named President and CEO of Tennis Corp. of America (CRAIN''S CHICAGO BUSINESS, 2/27 issue). ....According to William Houston, former GLOBE & MAIL writer JEFFREY LABOA is a possibil
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Dolphin QB DAN MARINO will kick off his third venture into the restaurant business with the opening of Dan Marino''s Town Tavern in Coral Springs, FL. Nine investors joined Marino in pooling about $75
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FORMER NFL PLAYERS ACTIVE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD
LAWRENCE TAYLOR''s company, All-Pro Products Inc, hit an all- time low on the stock market yesterday following the collapse of its underwriter. The stock fell as low as 1 3/8 before closing up 5/8 at
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Dunlop Slazenger Corporation has named DICK LYONS as the new Senior VP/Marketing for the Worldwide Golf Group (Dunlop)....Orioles Asst GM FRANK ROBINSON turned down two different jobs offered him by n
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Sixteen years after his retirement and "self-imposed" exile from the NHL, BOBBY ORR hinted that he may return to the league in some capacity (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 2/26)....The CONTRA COSTA TIMES and the S
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LOUGANIS ADDRESSES SPONSOR'S HANDS-OFF ATTITUDES
In Friday''s highly-publicized "20/20" interview, ABC''s Barbara Walters asked Greg Louganis if sponsors stayed away from him because he was gay. Louganis: "I am sure there was a definite assumption t
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