Names In The News
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Woods (l) And Els Joining
Forces On Resort In Bahamas |
DAN FEGAN will represent Chinese basketball player YI JIANLIAN in
both marketing and contract negotiations as he prepares to enter the ’07 NBA Draft
(ESPN.com, 11/8).
REAL ESTATE: TIGER WOODS and ERNIE ELS have partnered with the Tavistock
Group to create Albany Golf & Beach Club, an exclusive resort on New Providence
Island in the Bahamas (Tavistock Group)....OSCAR DE LA HOYA is selling
his mountain home and training facility in Big Bear Lake, California, for $2.5M.
Ravens LB RAY LEWIS is looking to sell his oceanfront home in Highland
Beach, Florida, for $10.9M. Bucs Exec VP JOEL GLAZER sold his home in Palm
Beach for just under $13M (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 11/10).
EXECS IN THE NEWS: USTA Chief Exec of Professional Tennis ARLEN KANTARIAN
will receive the ’06 Dick Schaap Lifetime Achievement in Sports Award, presented
annually to an individual that has helped shape the sports world in a beneficial
manner (TENNISWEEK.com, 11/10)....Bobcats Owner BOB JOHNSON would
have up to a 33.3% stake in Pinnacle Entertainment’s proposed $350M waterfront
casino in Philadelphia. Pinnacle is one of five applicants for a city gambling
license (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 11/10).
OVER & OUT: A federal jury in Jacksonville ruled that PGA Tour rules officials
“are administrative employees and exempt from overtime pay.” The decision “is
a victory for the PGA Tour, the defendant in the civil suit brought by 14 former
and current rules officials.” The rules officials have been working without a
contract since ’03 “and are expected to appeal” (GOLF WORLD, 11/10 issue).
SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE: Franklin County (OH) has delayed the final
vote tally in four election contests including its Congressional race until November
19, a day after it is eligible to start the count, as officials “don’t plan to
be open for business” on November 18 because of the MICHIGAN-OHIO STATE
football game. Franklin County Board of Elections Dir MATTHEW DAMSCHRODER:
“Our goal is to accommodate our employees’ plans for both the OSU football game
and Thanksgiving” (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 11/10).
FLIPPING CHANNELS: In a profile of boxer LAILA ALI, ABC’s Jake Tapper
said she “does not particularly like to talk about her father, although she freely
admits that even though she’s an extremely successful fighter in her own right,
most of her fame — the crowds, the endorsement deals — is because of
him” (“Nightline,” ABC, 11/9)....Red Sox P CURT SCHILLING may have
finished third with $0 during his appearance Thursday on “CELEBRITY JEOPARDY,”
but he earned $25,000 for the ALS Foundation and Shade Foundation as part of his
appearance (THE DAILY).
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