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The Agency Sports Management & Marketing Partner PETER RASKIN has signed four potential Olympians ahead of the '10 Vancouver Games. He signed two snowboardcross athletes -- GRAHAM WATANABE, the '09 Winter X Games silver medalist, and BROOKE SHAW, 17 -- and two speedskaters -- TREVOR MARSICANO and J.R. CELSKI (Tripp Mickle, SportsBusiness Journal)
GOING TO THE CHAPEL: Yankees co-Chair HAL STEINBRENNER reportedly married his longtime girlfriend, CHRISTINA DITULLIO, on Saturday (N.Y. POST, 4/12)....ATP World Tour player ROGER FEDERER on his Web site announced he married his longtime girlfriend, MIROSLAVA VAVRINEC, on Saturday (PEOPLE.com, 4/11)....ATP World Tour player ANDY RODDICK and his fiancée, model BROOKLYN DECKER, reportedly are scheduled to wed this weekend in Austin, Texas (N.Y. POST, 4/14).
NAMES: A dozen Nike employees, including Chair PHIL KNIGHT, followed golfer TIGER WOODS during Sunday's round of The Masters, all wearing red shirts (GOLF.com, 4/12)....The T'Wolves Saturday night presented a $2,500 check to NFL Cardinals WR LARRY FITZGERALD and his father, LARRY FITZGERALD SR., to benefit the Carol Fitzgerald Memorial Fund (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 4/12)....Rockets Owner LESLIE ALEXANDER presented former PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH with a check for $100,000 for the Bush-Clinton Coastal Recovery Fund (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 4/14)....The Pirates yesterday awarded their Pride of the Pirates award to the late GUY BUZZELLI JR., who died in February at the age of 46 after a battle with muscular dystrophy. Buzzelli served in the team's volunteer ticket sales group, Pirates Gold Club, for 20 years (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 4/14).
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