Names In The News
In a front-page profile of Republican presidential candidate MITT ROMNEY, the N.Y. TIMES’ Kirk Johnson writes, “In rescuing the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Games … Romney learned the ways of Washington and the hurly-burly of politics, mastered the news media, built a staff of loyalists and made fund-raising connections in Utah that have proven vital to his presidential campaign.” Former Salt Lake Organizing Committee Chair Robert Garff: “The Olympics gave him a public persona he didn’t have before.” However, critics claims that Romney “made those early problems [with the Olympics] seem worse than they were to embellish his accomplishments. Others grouse about his showman’s instinct for the spotlight: the countless photo-ops, the television spots” (N.Y. TIMES, 9/19).
NAMES: Herzog Cowen Entertainment tomorrow is expected to begin shooting a documentary/reality series on the Urban Youth Racing School in Philadelphia. Filming is expected to include NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers JEFF GORDON, JIMMIE JOHNSON, CASEY MEARS and others. The show has yet to be picked up by a network (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 9/19)....NICHOLAS LETTIERI, a former business partner of Steelers WR HINES WARD on Ward's Locker Room Bar & Grille is accusing Ward and partner KIMBERLY PITTS of failing to deposit cash receipts in the company’s accounts and diverting funds to personal bank accounts. Lettieri claims the account contained less than $19,000 despite over $1M in profits (Pittsburgh TRIBUNE–REVIEW, 9/19)....St. Joseph’s Univ. men’s basketball coach PHIL MARTELLI has written a book with HAROLD GULLAN called “Don’t Call Me Coach: A Lesson Plan For Life” (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 9/19).
IN MEMORY: LOUIS WILLIE JR., who became the first African-American honorary member at Shoal Creek Country Club, died Sunday at the age of 84. Before the ’90 PGA Championship, the Shoal Creek president said that the club “would not be pressured into accepting black members,” launching several protests. Willie “helped quiet the situation” by accepting the membership (USA TODAY, 9/19).
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