Names In The News
Cowboys WR TERRELL OWENS fired publicist KIM ETHEREDGE. Etheredge
was a central figure in Owens’ reported overdose this season on pain medication
— reported as a possible suicide attempt — and was “critical of the
way police characterized her initial report and of the investigation itself.”
At a press conference after the incident, she said, “Terrell has 25 million reasons
why he should be alive” (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 1/8).
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Epstein (l) And Gammons Net Good
Reviews For Concert Performance |
STOVE TOP STUFFING: BOSTON GLOBE music critic Joan Anderman reviews Sunday’s
HOT STOVE, COOL MUSIC benefit concert and auction put on by ESPN’s PETER
GAMMONS and Red Sox GM THEO EPSTEIN. Gammons, backed by musicians including
Epstein and Red Sox P LENNY DINARDO, “was in rare form, performing for
the first time” after suffering a brain aneurysm. He changed a line in JIMMY
REED’s “Take Out Some Insurance” to “I’m healthier than ever, baby.” The event
raised nearly $80,000 for charities (BOSTON GLOBE, 1/9).
BOOK SHELF: Simon Spotlight Entertainment, a division of Simon & Schuster,
will publish the autobiography of former Giants RB TIKI BARBER in September
(N.Y. TIMES, 1/9)....Lakers coach PHIL JACKSON penned the forward
for Magic Senior VP PAT WILLIAMS’ new book, “READ FOR YOUR LIFE”
(ORLANDO SENTINEL, 1/9)....RANDY WILLIAMS details his top 100 sports
movies in “SPORTS CINEMA: 100 MOVIES, THE BEST OF HOLLYWOOD’S ATHLETIC HEROES,
LOSERS, MYTHS and MISFITS.” The $24.95 book includes credits, a summary and
review, top moments and the film’s availability. His favorites: “THE HUSTLER,”
followed by “BULL DURHAM,” “THIS SPORTING LIFE,” “CHARIOTS OF
FIRE” and “RAGING BULL” (USA TODAY, 1/9).
NAMES: NASCAR team owner RICK HENDRICK will host a February 2 fundraiser
for Charlotte Mayor PAT MCCRORY at his home in Charlotte, for which “some
people have been asked to pony up $1,500 apiece.” McCrory would not say what he
is running for (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 1/6)....A federal grand jury in Alabama
indicted 81-year-old RUBY YOUNG on charges she tried to extort $2M from
Pro Football HOFer BART STARR, with whom she claims to have had a romantic
relationship in ’60 (EXPRESS-NEWS, 1/9).
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