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          The SHOCK will host the first ever "WOMEN'S SPORTS
     FOUNDATION Night" when the team plays the LIBERTY tomorrow
     at the Palace.  The WSF will receive about one-half of
     ticket proceeds, which will be used to fund girls and women
     sports programs.  A VIP reception will be held prior to the
     game (WSF)....NASCAR VP/Marketing GEORGE PYNE is profiled in
     AD AGE's "On a Roll."  On expanding NASCAR's "reach into
     urban markets," Pyne says that Philadelphia "is our
     strongest market by far." Pyne adds, "Teen-agers are our
     fastest-growing audience sector, up 36% in the last three
     years" (AD AGE, 8/9)....In Philadelphia, Harriet Lessy wrote
     that the $3.4M sale of the FLYERS practice facility in
     Voorhees, NJ, is "done."  76ers G AARON MCKIE, who is
     "financed with" a $2.75M loan from Crusader Bank, is a
     partner in the deal (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 8/11).
     ...Patriots RB CHRIS FLOYD named BRAD BLANK as his agent. 
     Floyd left WOOLF ASSOCIATES when ANDREW BRANDT left the firm
     (BOSTON GLOBE, 8/12).  Blank is profiled in BOSTON MAGAZINE:
     "I get players good contracts, get them financially secure,
     help them with their endorsements.  There are very few
     elements of their life that I don't get involved in" (BOSTON
     MAGAZINE, 8/99 issue)....DENNIS RODMAN shoots a guest spot
     today in Showtime's "Linc's" series, playing a "JERRY
     SPRINGER-like" talk show host named BARRY DUBARRY, who hosts
     a show called "Dirty Drawers" (DAILY VARIETY,
     8/12)....ALEXANDRA STEVENSON, asked why she curtsied after a
     win at Wimbledon: "I was watching [ANDRE] AGASSI win the
     French Open and he bowed to four corners.  And I love Andre. 
     He's so cool.  I love how he markets himself, and I want to
     be like a girl Andre" ("Up Close," ESPN, 8/11). 

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