Names In The News
NFL Cardinals QB KURT WARNER and his wife, BRENDA, on June 30 will release their new book, "FIRST THINGS FIRST: THE RULES OF BEING A WARNER." The couple in the book "talk candidly about their marriage, the responsibility of instilling values in their seven children, and discuss the mistakes they've made along the way" (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 6/13). Meanwhile, ESPN film crews Sunday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, held a seven-segment, two-hour taping for an upcoming episode of "Homecoming with RICK REILLY" centered around Warner (DES MOINES REGISTER, 6/15).
AWARDS & CEREMONIES: Yankees manager JOE GIRARDI's Catch 25 Foundation yesterday held its second-annual "Remember When, Remember Now" gala in Manhattan to assist Alzheimer's research. Girardi was joined by CBS Sports' JIM NANTZ and Yankees broadcast personalities DAVID CONE, JOHN FLAHERTY, AL LEITER and MICHAEL KAY, among others, at the event (MLB.com, 6/16). ESPNews anchor MIKE YAM received the Joan Pasheluk Tribute Award at last night's benefit for raising awareness of Alzheimer's in the media (ESPN).
CHARITY STRIPE: Bruins VP CAM NEELY yesterday held his annual golf tournament in Newton, Massachusetts. Actor MICHAEL J. FOX was the "center of attention" at the event, which raises money for the Cam Neely Foundation's Michael Neely Center for Brain Tumor Care & Research at Tufts Medical Center (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/16)....Colts QB PEYTON MANNING has launched Project 18, a statewide school health and wellness campaign "designed to improve obesity problems among Indiana children" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 6/16)....Former WNBAer TAMIKA RAYMOND has been named the recipient of the '08 Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award in recognition of her community work in Connecticut (WNBA).
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Brady Takes Part In SmartWater
Event At Pebble Beach |
NAMES: Patriots QB TOM BRADY yesterday played golf at Pebble Beach as part of the Smartwater Tee with Tom Invitational. Brady, a spokesperson for Smartwater, played with company execs while "wearing a baseball hat bearing" his "TB" logo (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/16)....Canada's New Democratic Party has invited Bruins D ANDREW FERENCE to "deliver a keynote speech on the environment during its national convention in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in mid-August." Ference, whose "interests in issues like global warming and energy conservation are well known," has indicated that he "might be interested in running for public office post-hockey" (BOSTON HERALD, 6/16)....Braves Scout & Assistant to the GM CHUCK MCMICHAEL yesterday was released from the Univ. of Maryland Medical Center after suffering a seizure during Sunday's Braves-Orioles game at Camden Yards (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 6/16).
IN MEMORY: Northeast Conference Commissioner BRENDA WEARE died Saturday at the age of 51 "after battling synovial cell sarcoma," a rare form of cancer (Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 6/16).
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