Names In The News
Philadelphia-based Sports Reference LLC, which operates "perhaps the most comprehensive family of Web sites devoted to sports statistics and information," has expanded to include a site for hockey, on top of professional football, basketball and baseball. Sports Reference Founder SEAN FORMAN said that his company is "profitable, with revenue coming mostly from advertising" (WASHINGTON TIMES, 4/16).
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Robinson To Be Part Of Incoming
U.S. Olympic HOF Induction Class |
OLYMPIC HOF: About 100,000 fans have voted the following into the U.S. Olympic HOF presented by Allstate: DAVID ROBINSON, OSCAR DE LA HOYA, KARCH KIRALY, AMY VAN DYKEN, BRUCE BAUMGARTNER, JOAN BENOIT, BRIAN BOITANO, J. MICHAEL PLUMB, LONES WIGGER JR. and JOHN MORGAN. The '96 Women's Gymnastics team will be honored in the team category, figure skating coach CARLO FASSI will be honored in the coach category, CAROL HEISS JENKINS in the veteran category and Hollywood producer FRANK MARSHALL as special contributor (Allstate).
FILM SCHOOL: "RICHIE ASHBURN: A BASEBALL LIFE" debuted Monday night at the Prince Music Theatre in Philadelphia "in front of a sold-out crowd" that included Phillies announcer HARRY KALAS, former MLBers ROBIN ROBERTS, GARRY MADDOX, GREG LUZINSKI, LARRY CHRISTENSON and members of the Ashburn family. Phillies videographer DAN STEPHENSON wrote and produced the 95-minute film (MLB.com, 4/15).
NAMES: MLB Commissioner BUD SELIG will give the commencement address at Bethany College in West Virginia May 17, and will receive an honorary doctorate degree. Bethany board member BOB NUTTING and OGDEN NUTTING share ownership of the Pirates (USA TODAY, 4/16)....Delaware North Companies (DNC) President & COO CHARLES MORAN JR. and DNC Sportservice President RICK ABRAMSON yesterday joined employees at a rally for the Bruins at the company's HQs in Buffalo (DNC)....The Aspen Skiing Co. was named one of the "10 best large employers in the U.S." in the May '08 issue of Outside Magazine (ASPEN TIMES, 4/15)....Bobcats Managing Member of Basketball Operations MICHAEL JORDAN, through his Bull & Bear LLC, has purchased two lots in JACK NICKLAUS' The Bear's Club development in Jupiter, Florida, for $4.803M (South Florida SUN-SENTINEL, 4/16)....The Butler Lappert Williams Firm yesterday announced the addition of Paralympic world record-holder JOSH GEORGE to its client roster (IFL).
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