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Allaster Says Replacing Scott
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In Toronto, Mary Ormsby profiles Sony Ericsson WTA Tour President STACEY ALLASTER, who is "considered the front-runner to replace outgoing boss" Chair & CEO LARRY SCOTT after Scott resigns June 30 to become Pac-10 Commissioner. Allaster: "I believe this would be a natural progression for my career, if you look at my career path, to be the next chairman and CEO but I very much respect the process we're going through." Blue Jays interim CEO PAUL BEESTON noted Allaster has had a "meteoric rise." Beeston: "People aren't given these opportunities unless they've actually earned them and she's obviously earned it." Ormsby notes search firm Korn Ferry was hired by the WTA Tour BOG to "size up all candidates, including Allaster," and the BOG is "expected to announce its choice this summer, with no firm date set" (TORONTO STAR, 6/17).
BOOK SHELF: In N.Y., Janet Maslin wrote LARRY TYE's biography of late Baseball HOFer SATCHEL PAIGE, "THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN AMERICAN LEGEND," is a "discerning, empathetic and hype-free" biography that suggests Paige in his prime "might have been the most famous black man in America." Tye's willingness to "come to these or any other level-headed conclusions about his subject is made remarkable by the elusiveness of hard facts," as while Paige's life has "become the stuff of legend, its particulars are not easily verified" (N.Y. TIMES, 6/15)...."REMEMBERING HARRY KALAS," co-authored by former Cherry Hill Courier-Post Phillies beat writer MIKE RADANO, is now on-sale at convenience store Wawa locations (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 6/16).
NAMES: Yankees spokesperson HOWARD RUBENSTEIN received the Caritas Medal from St. John's Univ., Rubenstein's alma mater, yesterday at The University Club in N.Y. At the ceremony, Yankees Vice Chair JENNIFER STEINBRENNER "unveiled a pair of seats from the old Yankee Stadium" for Rubenstein. New York Gov. DAVID PATERSON, IVANKA TRUMP and NBC's AL ROKER were among the guests (N.Y. POST, 6/17)....The "All-Star Comedy Jam" series, from Suns C SHAQUILLE O'NEAL and Codeblack Entertainment Producer & CEO JEFF CLANAGAN, premieres tonight on Showtime "as part of the network's Laugh Out Loud comedy initiative." The show was "filmed in Phoenix the night before this year's NBA All-Star Game." The second installment of the series, hosted by actor D.L. HUGHLEY, "will be filmed live at the 13th annual American Black Film Festival on June 26 in Miami and premiere on Showtime in January 2010" (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 6/17)....Triad Racing Technologies and BDR Acquisition filed a lawsuit in North Carolina Superior Court in Charlotte last Wednesday against suspended NASCAR driver/team owner JEREMY MAYFIELD's Mayfield Motorsports Inc (MMI). The companies sued MMI "for $86,304.55 for parts, pieces and chassis work" (SCENEDAILY.com, 6/16)....Heat G DWYANE WADE has accepted PRESIDENT OBAMA’s invitation to participate Friday in a “day-long event in honor of Father’s Day, and focusing on male mentorship” at the White House. Obama extended the invitation after members of his staff “learned that Wade was hoping to meet the President and perhaps even play some one-on-one” (South Florida SUN-SENTINEL, 6/17)….NBA D-League Bakersfield Jam G MATEEN CLEAVES plans to open a restaurant in East Lansing, Michigan, “with the help” of TNT NBA analyst CHRIS WEBBER. Cleaves and Webber, who co-own and operate the Center Court restaurant in Sacramento, have yet to pick a location for the Michigan restaurant, but they said that it “will be established in the near future” (STATE NEWS, 6/15).
IN MEMORY: Former WGBB-AM Station Manager and Islanders announcer BOB LAWRENCE died Friday of lung cancer at the age of 70 (NEWSDAY, 6/17).
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