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Richardson Has Been Placed On
Heart Transplant Waiting List |
NFL Panthers Owner JERRY RICHARDSON has been "placed on a heart transplant waiting list." Richardson, who has been at Carolinas Medical Center since last week, received a pacemaker in June. NFL Senior VP/PR GREG AIELLO in a statement said, "The entire NFL team is thinking of Jerry and his family" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 12/11).
HONORS & AWARDS: The Baseball Writers' Association of America has awarded its J.G. Taylor Spink Award to former MLB Giants beat writer NICK PETERS, who will accept the honor during the Baseball HOF ceremony on July 27. The award is presented annually for "meritorious contributions to baseball writing" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 12/11)....SPORTING NEWS named Hendrick Motorsports Owner RICK HENDRICK as its NASCAR "Owner of the year." SPORTING NEWS' Bill Marx writes at a "time when teams are looking to cut back, Hendrick has made a bold move by signing MARK MARTIN to drive full time in 2009" (SPORTING NEWS, 12/8 issue).
CHARITY STRIPE: NFL Cardinals DE BERTRAND BERRY and several teammates next Tuesday will lead 50 children on a Target shopping spree (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 12/11)....Most items left behind in the 80 suites at Arrowhead Field following the December 21 Dolphins-Chiefs game will be put up for sale at the Habitat for Humanity store near Kansas City (K.C. STAR, 12/10)....ESPN’s MIKE GREENBERG and MIKE GOLIC appeared on ABC’s “GMA” today to support the Toys for Tots program. The pair broadcast today’s “Mike & Mike in the Morning” ESPN Radio program live from a Toys R Us location in N.Y. ("GMA," ABC, 12/11).
NAMES: Vice President-elect JOE BIDEN watched Tuesday's Knicks-Bulls game from Bulls Chair JERRY REINSDORF's box at the United Center (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 12/11)....Bulls assistant coach PETE MYERS will play President-elect BARACK OBAMA in a new biographical profile that will air on BBC-TV in England on Inauguration Day (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 12/11)....The Web site for Pro Football HOFer DON SHULA's "Shula's 347 Grill" indicated that a new location will open in Davidson, North Carolina, next fall (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 12/11)....Former NBAer DERRICK COLEMAN is helping to open a Tim Hortons coffee and doughnut store in Detroit, its first in the city (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 12/11)....Baseball HOFer TOMMY LASORDA will serve as the Global Ambassador for the '09 World Baseball Classic (WBC).
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