Names In The News
NASCAR Vice Chair BILL FRANCE JR. yesterday was “given the go-ahead for
his release from a Daytona Beach hospital.” He was admitted on Wednesday for a
virus (FOXSPORTS.com, 3/18). Meanwhile, in Daytona, Thomas Brown noted
pay packages for the top five execs at Int’l Speedway Corp. rose 1-3.48% in ’06
even though ISC “claims to have a performance-based compensation system at least
partly influenced by profit,” which was down 27%. As ISC Chair, France received
$1,327,273 in salary, bonus, stock and other perks in ’06, an increase of 2% over
’05. CEO JAMES FRANCE earned $1,264,732, up 3.48%, and President LESA
FRANCE KENNEDY was paid $922,910, up 1.6% (NEWS-JOURNAL, 3/17).
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Vincent Inks Representation
Deal With Drew Rosenhaus |
INSIDE THE LINES: Free agent DB and NFLPA President TROY VINCENT
has signed with agent DREW ROSENHAUS (Liz
Mullen, SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 3/19). In Philadelphia, Ashley Fox wrote
the move “stunned — and scared — many in the league who expect Vincent
to follow [GENE] UPSHAW as head of the union.” If that occurs, Rosenhaus
“will have an influential ally who only will bolster his standing as the most
powerful agent in the NFL.” Vincent: “People shouldn’t be surprised, because Drew
negotiates good contracts, if not the best contracts” (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER,
3/18).
NANNY 911: A Montgomery County (MD) Circuit Court awarded JULIETTE MENDONCA
$44,880 after it agreed that she “had not been compensated for overtime hours
she had worked” as a nanny for Redskins Owner DAN SNYDER. Mendonca sued
for $60,000 on top of the $162,000 she was paid by Snyder from April ’03-November
’04. Snyder did not testify, but his wife did (N.Y. TIMES, 3/18).
NAMES: JACKIE EARLE HALEY, who played Kelly Leak in “THE BAD
NEWS BEARS,” will play a fan who wins a basketball-throwing contest in the
upcoming movie “SEMI-PRO” starring WILL FERRELL (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER,
3/19)....Nextel Cup driver JUAN PABLO MONTOYA — in conjunction
with NASCAR, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Florida
Department of Transportation — will film a PSA in English and Spanish for
the "Click It or Ticket" campaign to promote seat belt safety (Chip Ganassi
Racing)....The RED SOX will wear green caps and jerseys during a game
against the Mariners on April 12 as part of plans to honor late Celtics coach
and exec RED AUERBACH (Red Sox).
IN MEMORY: STAN DUKE, a former L.A. sportscaster and “one of the
first blacks in local television news,” died last week at the age of 70 after
suffering a heart attack. Duke’s career with what is now KCBS “ended after he
shot his estranged wife’s lover to death” in ’71 (L.A. TIMES, 3/17).
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