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NAMES IN THE NEWS

          Agent TODD MUSBURGER, who represents Bulls coach PHIL
     JACKSON, is profiled by Bonnie DeSimone in the CHICAGO
     TRIBUNE.  DeSimone, on Musburger: "A plain-spoken jazz lover
     who sometimes rides his bicycle from his Evanston home to
     his office off North Michigan Avenue, he prides himself on
     being the antithesis of the stereotypical slick, self-
     aggrandizing agent" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 7/18)....KEVIN PAYNE,
     President of the MLS D.C. United, is profiled in USA TODAY. 
     MLS Deputy Commissioner SUNIL GULATI: "Kevin is one of the
     most knowledgeable people in the U.S. regarding soccer and
     the business of soccer"  (USA TODAY, 7/18)....GABRIELLE
     REECE was on "Good Morning America" to discuss her book,
     "Big Girl in the Middle."  Reece: "I just wanted to talk
     about some of the positive things about sports.  Not just
     the obvious, but really some of the more productive, life-
     oriented lessons I learned through sports" (ABC, 7/18).

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