Names In The News
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Claure Critical To
Miami's MLS Bid |
In Miami, Michelle Kaufman profiled Brightstar Communications CEO MARCELO CLAURE, who has the "ear of FC Barcelona President JOAN LAPORTA, which is why the Spanish league giant decided to partner with Claure" for its Miami MLS bid. Business associates said that Claure is the "perfect person to bring" MLS back to Miami. Claure has an "uncanny knack for pouncing on opportunities at just the right time and the ingenuity to carry out his ideas." Claure, whose personality is "as large as his 6-foot-6 frame," is "well-connected in soccer circles and understands the sport better than the well-intentioned but inexperienced" former MLS Miami Fusion Owner KEN HOROWITZ (MIAMI HERALD, 11/8).
WHO'S THE BOSS: NHL Commissioner GARY BETTMAN is featured as part of the N.Y. TIMES' “The Boss” section. Bettman wrote, “As I child, I wanted to be a lawyer. When I graduated from New York University School of Law and got a job with one of the big New York law firms, I felt I had fulfilled a lifetime dream. Then, three years later, in 1981, I was asked to join the [NBA] as assistant general counsel.” Bettman: "I thought I had died and gone to heaven" (N.Y. TIMES, 11/9).
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS: Former SMI President & CEO HUMPY WHEELER last week received two awards from his alma mater, the Univ. of South Carolina. He received the Pioneer Award from the Department of Sport & Entertainment Management for his work in sports promotion and also the Outstanding Alumni award from the university's School of Journalism & Mass Communications (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 11/8)....Sony Ericsson WTA Tour player ANA IVANOVIC received the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour ACES Award for the first time in her career by virtue of an impressive push of off-court promotional activities at the end of the season-long ACES Race. The award is given to the player who consistently goes above and beyond to promote the sport of women's tennis to fans, media, in the community and beyond (WTA)....Philadelphia-based WIP-AM’s HOWARD ESKIN Thursday received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the March of Dimes Achievement in Radio Awards (LAURANACHMAN.net, 11/6).
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Sacramone (r) Shoots Test Reel For
Networks To Showcase Fashion Interests |
SILVER SCREEN: U.S. gymnast ALICIA SACRAMONE is "trying to land a TV gig to showcase her love of fashion and design." Sacramone last week was "shooting a 'video treatment' -- a sort of test reel -- for Bravo, A&E, Style and MTV -- with Lou Reda Productions." For her reel, Sacramone "treated 13-year-old SARAH DINATALE" of Needham, Massachusetts, to a makeover. Sacramone and her cameras also "popped in on Boston [designer] DENISE HAJJAR, where Alicia applied for an internship -- yet another reality show idea" (BOSTON HERALD, 11/9).
NAMES: Vice President-elect JOE BIDEN last night for the Giants-Eagles game was in a box with Eagles Owner JEFFREY LURIE at Lincoln Financial Field. Phillies P COLE HAMELS and LF PAT BURRELL "took part in the coin flip" (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 11/10)....Former NFLer PETER BOULWARE "came up 440 votes short in his bid for an open seat in the Florida House of Representatives after all the votes cast in Tuesday's election finally were counted." Boulware: "I've had some games that were close. Just like in sports, you pick yourself up." Boulware called Democrat MICHELLE REHWINKEL VASILINDA to concede (AP, 11/7)....Celtics CEO & Managing Partner WYC GROUSBECK invited musical group RatDog, which includes former Grateful Dead guitarist BOB WEIR, to Friday’s Bucks-Celtics game. Weir Saturday during the band’s concert at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston wore a No. 43 KENDRICK PERKINS Celtics jersey for the show's encore (BOSTON GLOBE, 11/10)....Golfer TIGER WOODS Saturday unveiled the design for his first U.S. golf course, the Cliffs at High Carolina, just outside Asheville, North Carolina. Woods said that he designed the course to “play much like the links-style courses in Scotland and England,” and while construction has begun on 12 holes, the “major work” is not expected to begin until ’09 (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 11/9)....Lightning co-Owner OREN KOULES has put his Beverly Hills home on the market for $12.5M. The 8,000-square-foot home has an “infinity pool, four bedrooms, five bathrooms, three fireplaces and views of the Pacific Ocean,” as well as a “14-seat tiered screening room” (ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, 11/9).
IN MEMORY: Former Twins VP/Operations and Coors Field Stadium Operations Manager DAVE MOORE died Saturday of an "apparent heart attack while deer hunting in Minnesota." He was 63 (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 11/9).
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