Names In The News
The Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA) last night awarded the Horrigan Award, given annually to the person who "helped the media best do their job," to Steelers Chair DAN ROONEY. Also, the Cardinals won the Rozelle Award as the league's top PR department, while Sports Illustrated's PETER KING won the McCann Award, given to a PFWA member who has "provided long and distinguished service to the profession." Additionally, Cardinals QB KURT WARNER won the PFWA's Good Guy Award, while Buccaneers K Matt Bryant won the Halas Award (AP, 4/27).
SOLE PATROL: In N.Y., James Covert cites sources as saying that Foot Locker Chair & CEO MATT SERRA, whose contract expires in January, is "gearing up for retirement." Sources said that the Foot Locker BOD has hired exec-search firm Spencer Stuart to find a new CEO. The company already has "interviewed external candidates," though sources indicated that a Foot Locker "insider may be tapped." Foot Locker officials did not comment (N.Y. POST, 4/28).
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Danica Patrick Featured On
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ON THE NEWSSTAND: DR. ANTHONY SMITH and KEITH HOLLIHAN have partnered with John Wiley & Sons to publish "ESPN: THE COMPANY -- THE STORY AND LESSONS BEHIND THE MOST FANATICAL BRAND IN SPORTS." The book is slated for a September release to coincide with the net's 30th anniversary. Proceeds from the sale of the book will benefit the The V Foundation (ESPN)....IRL driver DANICA PATRICK appears on the cover of Shape magazine's June issue (PEOPLE.com, 4/24).
NAMES: Former 76ers President & GM BILLY KING, who was fired in '07, "wants another NBA team to run." King: "I am at a point where I am anxious to come back" (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 4/28)....PRESIDENT OBAMA yesterday, after congratulating the Univ. of Connecticut's women's basketball team for winning the national championship, "hustled the team over to the outdoor half-court" at the White House and "prevailed in a brief, impromptu game of P-I-G with a few of the players" (AP, 4/27)....NASCAR driver CARL EDWARDS yesterday spoke to lawmakers in DC "about the merits of Ford's hybrid Fusion" (WASHINGTON POST, 4/28)....People.com is asking readers to vote on whether Patriots QB TOM BRADY, Cowboys QB TONY ROMO or Saints RB REGGIE BUSH deserves his "own celebrity profile page." The winner will be revealed May 11 (BOSTON GLOBE, 4/27)....Bobcats Managing Member of Basketball Operations MICHAEL JORDAN headlines the list of celebrities slated to attend this year's Kentucky Derby Grand Gala. Colts DE DWIGHT FREENEY, Raiders CB NNAMDI ASOMUGHA, Buccaneers QB BYRON LEFTWICH and actress GABRIELLE UNION also are scheduled to attend (Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL, 4/28)....The Professional Hockey Players' Association (PHPA) has named the CBC's DON CHERRY and RON MACLEAN as the co-recipients of the '09 Curt Leichner Distinguished Member Award, given annually to a person making contributions to minor league hockey (PHPA).
IN MEMORY: UNLV basketball radio analyst GLEN GONDREZICK, who starred on the school's first Final Four team in '77, died yesterday at the age of 53 of "apparent complications from a heart transplant he received in September" (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 4/28).
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