Bucs Owner MALCOLM GLAZER has donated $75,000 to the
Tampa Bay Sports Commission. Glazer also pledged $7,500 to
the Commission for each game the team wins over the next 30
years. The pledge includes regular-season games and the
amount could increase to $100,000 a year. The total amount
of the donation could reach $3M (TAMPA TRIBUNE, 10/28)...
...JEFF GORDON appeared on the "Tonight Show" last night.
Gordon, who drove the limousine provided by the show on his
way to the studio: "I just can't ride in the back seat. I
get carsick if I'm in the back seat. I'm too used to
driving all the time" ("Tonight Show," NBC, 10/28)....MIKE
HAYNES was honored at halftime of the Broncos-Patriots game
on Monday night. Haynes is now a Licensing Manager for
Callaway Golf (BOSTON GLOBE, 10/28)....Lakers Exec VP JERRY
WEST is interviewed in the L.A. TIMES. West: "It amazes me
sometimes when I hear other people talking about our blase
fans. We have good fans. But one thing that we've done,
we've been competing against ourselves, and that's awfully
hard to do sometimes" (L.A. TIMES, 10/29)....REGGIE JACKSON
is suing Upper Deck Co. claiming the company failed to pay
him for his work from '93-96 (USA TODAY, 10/29)....Houston
Mayoral Candidate LEE BROWN refunded a $10,000 campaign
contribution Tuesday from a PAC that Rockets Owner LES
ALEXANDER "had used to exceed the $5,000 limit on individual
donations" (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 10/29).
