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McMahon Beefing Up WWE's
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In a N.Y. TIMES' In the Region profile of VINCE and LINDA MCMAHON, Elizabeth Maker reported the WWE this summer plans to break ground on a $70M project that will "almost triple'' its 39,000-square-foot TV studio in Stamford, Connecticut. The studio just completed a $20M upgrade that allows for HD broadcasts of its three shows. The McMahon's reside in Greenwich, Connecticut, in a $40M home (N.Y. TIMES, 3/2).
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGHLIGHT: FSN Rocky Mountain Saturday at 6:00pm MT will premier "21 DAYS: THE ROCKIES RUN FOR THE PENNANT," a 90-minute special about the Rockies' '07 season. FSN for the segment used more than 100 hours of exclusive postseason interviews with players, coaches, team execs and media members. The piece is narrated by Tigers broadcaster ERNIE HARWELL (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, 3/3).
WELL WISHES: IFL CEO JAY LARKIN, who in April '07 was diagnosed with brain cancer and receives treatment monthly from Duke Univ., is "healthy and active, but refuses to call himself a survivor." Larkin: "I have too much respect for this thing to ever utter those words" (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 3/1).
NAMES: The FBI from '72-73 tracked former NFLer MAX MCGEE for his gambling habit after his career ended. The FBI eventually dropped the case due to a lack of evidence (AP, 3/3)....City Club in Portland Friday convened a panel of Trail Blazers President LARRY MILLER and Triple-A PCL Portland Beavers Owner MERRITT PAULSON to "discuss whether Portland is a sports city.'' Paulson said of an MLB franchise in Portland: "It's not going to come here unless the Triple A product is the most successful in the league. That's just a fact" (Portland OREGONIAN, 3/2)....Univ. of North Carolina-Charlotte art professor JAMIE FRANKI designed the Order of Ikkos medallion, an honor created by the USOC which will be presented to the "coach of every American athlete who earns a medal during an Olympic or Paralympic contest.'' The first award will be given at the Beijing Games (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 3/3)....NASCAR driver DALE EARNHARDT JR. is the first buyer of a condo at The Legacy Condominiums at Talladega (LCT). The development is located less than a mile from Talladega Superspeedway and is being marketed to race teams, drivers, corporate sponsors and fans (LCT)....Red Sox P JOSH BECKETT is on the cover of the April issue of Men's Fitness, in which he discusses his offseason workout program (BOSTON HERALD, 3/2)....SMI Chair BRUTON SMITH Friday celebrated his birthday at Piero's Italian Cuisine in Las Vegas. Smith was joined by actor ERNEST BORGNINE, Int'l Motorsports HOFer CARROLL SHELBY, former NASCAR driver MEL LARSON and Vegas Entertainment Net Chair CHARLES ISON (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 3/2)....The L.A. Coliseum will name administrative offices after retiring Coliseum Commission Chief Administrative Officer MARGARET FARNUM (L.A. TIMES, 3/2)....The Silicon Valley Conference for Community & Justice has named 49ers Owners DENISE and JOHN YORK recipients of the non-profit's 43rd annual Exemplary Community Leadership Awards for the 49ers' RESPECT campaign, which leverages the team's brand to "teach young people the importance of respecting their families, schools and communities" (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 3/1).
IN MEMORY: Former tennis coach GEORGE TOLEY, who led USC to 10 NCAA titles and also coached Mexico in the Davis Cup, died Sunday at the age of 91 (USA TODAY, 3/3).
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