Names In The News
The AP's Joedy McCreary reported film writer and director RON SHELTON yesterday joined movie producer THOM MOUNT at a luncheon marking the 20th anniversary of the film "BULL DURHAM'' that "captures a season with a fictitious version of the Durham Bulls, then of the Single-A Carolina League." Shelton and Mount have discussed the "possibility of a sequel." The film has "held up remarkably well since hitting theaters in June 1988, and so have the Bulls." Now the Rays' Triple-A affiliate, the Bulls have "been one of the most popular teams in the minors, attracting a club record 520,952 fans" in '07. The luncheon "coincided with the groundbreaking of a $5[M] renovation" of the 70-year-old Durham Athletic Park (AP, 5/1).
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Abramovich Buys
$36M Home In Aspen |
BOSTON POWER: BOSTON MAGAZINE's "Power 2008: The Power Wiki" list, as ranked by the "most powerful people in Boston," ranks Bank of America CMO ANNE FINUCANE (No. 9), Patriots Owner ROBERT KRAFT (No. 11), Red Sox Owner JOHN HENRY (No. 12), Suffolk Downs co-Owner JOE O'DONNELL (No. 17), Celtics co-Owner JIM PALLOTTA (No. 22), Red Sox President & CEO LARRY LUCCHINO (No. 25) and Patriots QB TOM BRADY (No. 43) (BOSTON MAGAZINE, 5/ '08 issue)....A crowd of 3,200 attended a speech given by Patriots coach BILL BELICHICK at Salem State College yesterday. Belichick drew "parallels between football and life and stressed the importance of teamwork and individual responsibility.'' Belichick: "Do what you love, and be ready to put everything you have into it" (Lawrence EAGLE-TRIBUNE, 5/1).
NAMES: English Premier League club Chelsea Owner ROMAN ABRAMOVICH paid $36.375M for a home on Wildcat Ridge above Snowmass Village in Aspen, Colorado (ASPEN DAILY NEWS, 4/30)....Former MLBer DARRYL STRAWBERRY is writing a memoir, entitled "STRAW," due out in '09. JOHN STRAUSBAUGH will collaborate with Strawberry on the book, to be published by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins (AP, 5/1)....Steelers QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER yesterday announced that his Ben Roethlisberger Foundation and the Giving Back Fund will "contribute nearly $100,000 in grants to local police K-9 units." The grants will be used for the purchase of new dogs and protective equipment as well as K-9 unit upgrades (Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 5/1).
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