Names In The News
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Henry (l) And Werner Top Paper's
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NEWSDAY’s Ken Davidoff listed his top five MLB Owners with Red Sox Owner John Henry and Chair Tom Werner at the top of the list followed by the Angels’ Arte Moreno, the Tigers’ Mike Ilitch, the White Sox’ Jerry Reinsdorf and the Brewers’ Mark Attanasio. Davidoff’s bottom five included the Orioles’ Peter Angelos, the Padres’ John Moores, the Reds’ Bob Castellini, the Astros’ Drayton McLane and the Dodgers’ Frank McCourt (NEWSDAY.com, 8/13).
AWARDS & RECOGNITION: Andretti Green Racing Chair Michael Andretti, former NASCAR drivers Buddy Baker and Paul Goldsmith, NHRA driver John Force, former F1 driver Richie Ginther, former motorcycle driver Wayne Rainey and former aerobatic pilot Betty Skelton Wednesday will be inducted into the Motorsports HOF of America (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 8/14)….Stars co-GM BRETT HULL, former U.S. women’s national team player CAMMI Granato and former NHLers BRIAN LEETCH and MIKE RICHTER will be enshrined in the U.S. Hockey HOF on October 10 (Mult.).
NAMES: The Eli Manning Children’s Clinic will open in December in Jackson, Mississippi, “thanks in part to money raised” by the Giants QB. Manning has a “five-year commitment to raise $2.5[M], and has reached half that amount in just two years” (Bergen RECORD, 8/13)….ESPN's LEN ELMORE has joined the faculty of Columbia Univ.’s Master of Science in Sports Management program. This fall, Elmore will teach the graduate program’s Sports Seminar (Columbia Univ.)....Penske Racing Owner ROGER PENSKE has penned the foreword to “Rick Mears – Thanks,” a “remarkable book” that combines “insightful text with hundreds of photographs” (SPEEDTV.com, 8/11).
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