Names In The News
Former Univ. of San Diego (USD) football coach KEVIN MCGARRY has reached an undisclosed settlement in his wrongful termination suit against the school. McGarry filed suit against USD in '04 after being "fired abruptly in the middle of one of USD's best seasons in 2003." McGarry was replaced by current Stanford football coach JIM HARBAUGH. Before the settlement, the court ruled that USD officials "were entitled to more than $115,000 in attorneys' fees from McGarry after they succeeded in having his defamation claims against them struck from the suit" (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 8/6).
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Arenas Discusses Voting In Upcoming
Presidential Election In Recent Blog Post |
JUMP BALL: Wizards G GILBERT ARENAS on his blog wrote of the upcoming U.S. presidential election, "It's hard for me to vote, because since I've been in the NBA I've been in the upper class so I've been a Republican." But Arenas wrote it is "hard because you see a better looking president" in presumptive Democratic nominee BARACK OBAMA. Arenas: "At the end of the day, our votes don't really matter. ... If [AL] GORE wins by thousands of votes and [GEORGE] BUSH is president eight years later ... come on" (NBA.com, 8/4).
OPEN SKATE: Capitals Owner TED LEONSIS is featured in SPORTING NEWS TODAY's "My Profile" section, and Leonsis said his superstition is to "wear my unwashed, red Capitals jersey during critical, must-win games." Leonsis named Capitals LW ALEX OVECHKIN as "my hero," and said his motto is "Let no good deed go unpunished" (SPORTING NEWS TODAY, 8/6).
NAMES: NFL Giants Treasurer JONATHAN TISCH has paid the highest-ever price for a co-op in Manhattan, spending $48M for an apartment on the Upper East Side, surpassing the old record by $2M (N.Y. POST, 8/6)....The GLAZER FAMILY Foundation next Tuesday will present vision screening equipment valued at more than $50,000 to the Orange and Osceola County (FL) school systems (Buccaneers)....Univ. of Wisconsin AD BARRY ALVAREZ said of his autobiography, titled "DON'T FLINCH," which was written with MIKE LUCAS and features forewords by ESPN's LOU HOLTZ and author JAMES PATTERSON, "I've been told, it's a must-read for someone in the business world" (LAKELAND TIMES, 8/5)....IN TOUCH reported Pro Football HOFer DAN MARINO will appear on the upcoming seventh season of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars," along with PBR President TY MURRAY (INTOUCHWEEKLY.com, 8/5).
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