The informant who allegedly videotaped Cowboys WR MICHAEL
IRVIN buying drugs was placed under a gag order Wednesday by
Dallas judge MANNY ALVAREZ ("SportsCenter," ESPN, 5/8)....The
five finalists for the '96 Women in Sports and Events' Woman of
the Year Award: NBA VP/Business Affairs VAL ACKERMAN; Lady Foot
Locker VP/GM KATHY DAVENPORT; ANITA DEFRANTZ, President, Amateur
Athletic Foundation; ABC Sports VP of Programming LYDIA STEPHANS;
and ABC/ESPN Correspondent LESLEY VISSER. The winner will be
announced June 25 at a Waldorf Astoria luncheon hosted by
ABC/ESPN's ROBIN ROBERTS (WISE)....Bulls GM JERRY KRAUSE is The
Sporting News' NBA Executive of the Year (TSN)....Big Eight
Commissioner CARL JAMES has been chosen by the National
Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to receive the
30th James J. Corbett Memorial Award (NACDA).
CORRECTION: You don't tug on Superman's cape. You don't
spit into the wind. You don't pull the mask of the ol' Lone
Ranger. And you don't confuse Pat with Jim. The President of
the 76ers is Pat Croce.
