Names In The News
MEN'S JOURNAL profiles sports psychologist HARVEY DORFMAN, who works with several MLB players and "dishes out common sense, cognitive therapy, and hard-headed discipline to the sport's fragile egos and powerful bodies." Dorfman's MLB clients include Yankees 3B ALEX RODRIGUEZ, Blue Jays P ROY HALLADAY and Phillies LF RAUL IBANEZ. Free agent P JAMIE MOYER said Dorfman's book, "THE MENTAL GAME OF BASEBALL," is "great, but it's only a part of it." Moyer: "You have to go see Harvey to get the full benefit" (MEN'S JOURNAL, 2/ '09 issue).
NAME THAT TUNE: The Boston Pops Orchestra and Conductor KEITH LOCKHART have recorded a new CD, "The Red Sox Album." For the orchestra's version of "The National March," a sound byte of Red Sox DH DAVID ORTIZ hitting the ball replaces a cymbal crash (BOSTON HERALD, 2/6)....Singer JORDIN SPARKS will sing the national anthem at the NBA All-Star Game on February 15 at US Airways Arena in Phoenix (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 2/6).
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Hank Aaron Celebrates 75th Birthday
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NAMES: U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida Judge DONALD GRAHAM Thursday rejected a "handful of defense moves to undercut the U.S. government's tax-evasion case" against IRL driver HELIO CASTRONEVES, including motions to seek a separate trial and dismiss the charges. Castroneves said, "They're trying to show something that doesn't exist" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 2/6)....Golfer MIKE WEIR has been elected to the Canadian Golf HOF, and will be inducted this July during the PGA Tour RBC Canadian Open (AP, 2/5)....Spurs G TONY PARKER and his wife, actress EVA LONGORIA PARKER, have put their home in San Antonio on sale for $900,000. Parker in '01 bought the five-bedroom house for $782,040 (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2/6)....The Pacers Foundation in '08 donated more than $700,000 to 40 different organizations aiding children around Indiana, including a $500,000 grant to the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce (AP, 2/5)....Fox NFL analyst TROY AIKMAN recently completed course work to earn a bachelor's degree in sociology from UCLA (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 2/6)....Baseball HOFer HANK AARON Thursday night celebrated his 75th birthday at the Marriott Marquis with 755 guests, including MLB Commissioner BUD SELIG, former President BILL CLINTON, NBC's BOB COSTAS and Baseball HOFer DAVE WINFIELD (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 2/6).
IN MEMORY: Former Toledo Blade Sports Editor and writer WILLIAM FOX died Monday of cancer at the age of 81 (TOLEDO BLADE, 2/4).
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