Names In The News
In N.Y., Duff Wilson reported track coach TREVOR GRAHAM in May will go on trial in the "long-running federal investigation into doping in sports," and lawyers from both sides are "prepared to reveal that cheating in track is far more widespread than previously known." ANGEL GUILLERMO HEREDIA, the "main witness" against Graham, has said that he "supplied illicit drugs and advice on their use to [Graham] and his camp of elite athletes," including former Olympian MARION JONES, as well as other sprinters and their coaches. Heredia said that he has "provided prosecutors with documentation and with the names of many elite track athletes and Olympic medal winners." Among his clients, Heredia identified 12 athletes who had won a combined 26 Olympic medals and 21 world championships, four of which have previously "been named and barred from competition for illicit drug use." Heredia said that he identified the athletes to prosecutors "in the hope of keeping his status as a federal witness rather than as a criminal target" (N.Y. TIMES, 4/13).
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NAME DROPPING: The WALL STREET JOURNAL's Shivani Vora notes as part of the "Power Tables" feature that boxer OSCAR DE LA HOYA and UFC President DANA WHITE are regular customers at Las Vegas restaurant Verandah (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 4/12)....BUSINESS WEEK notes the following are on News Corp. Chair RUPERT MURDOCH's speed dial: Fox Sports Chair & Exec Producer DAVID HILL, DirecTV President & CEO CHASE CAREY, Fox Interactive Media President PETER LEVINSOHN, former Fox Interactive Media President ROSS LEVINSOHN, Fox President of Ad Sales JON NESVIG and Fox Networks Group President & CEO TONY VINCIQUERRA (BUSINESSWEEK.com, 4/10).
NAMES: NBC's TOM BROKAW last week attended The Masters for the first time and will document the experience in an essay for Golf Digest (AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, 4/13)....Georgia insurance broker ROB ELLIS is creating a bobblehead doll of Univ. of Georgia football broadcaster LARRY MUNSON. Each of the 5,000 bobbleheads will retail for $25-30, with all proceeds going to the Noah Harris Memorial Scholarship Fund (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 4/12)....WTAer JELENA JANKOVIC Friday visited Reebok's HQs in Canton, Massachusetts, and played tennis with new Reebok President & CEO ULI BECKER (BOSTON GLOBE, 4/12)....Director SPIKE LEE yesterday was planning to film Lakers G KOBE BRYANT for an upcoming ESPN Films project. Lee was to start shooting Bryant in the early morning and follow him throughout the day (L.A. TIMES, 4/13)....CBS’ CHARLEY CASSERLY every Monday teaches a sport management professional-development seminar for undergraduate students at George Mason Univ. Casserly last fall also taught a graduate course at Georgetown Univ. (N.Y. TIMES, 4/13).
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