In Jacksonville, Don Coble reports that NASCAR Nextel Cup driver KIRK SHELMERDINE does not have a full-time sponsor on his Ford, “so he’s dedicating the space on his rear fenders to PRESIDENT BUSH’s re-election campaign.” The fenders read, “Bush Cheney ‘04” (FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, 9/30)....GOLFWORLD’s John Strege reports LPGAer NATALIE GULBIS will be featured in a pictorial layout in the November issue of FHM (GOLFWORLD, 10/1 issue)....NIKE ranked No. 14 among the EPA’s “Best Workplaces for Commuters” (EPA).
BY THE BOOK: Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor for Sports GEORGE SOLOMON and LYNN POVICH, the daughter of late Washington Post columnist SHIRLEY POVICH, have compiled an anthology of Povich’s columns that will be published next spring. Povich wrote for the Post for 75 years before passing away in ’98 (WASHINGTON POST, 9/30)....KEVEN DAVIS, an attorney for VENUS and SERENA WILLIAMS yesterday threatened to sue Florida-based tennis coach RICK MACCI if Macci writes a tell-all book about coaching the sisters. Davis said that Macci by writing a book would be in breach of a $250,000 contract signed in ’97. But Macci said that RICHARD WILLIAMS had already “rendered the agreement null and void” by minimizing Macci’s role in the sisters’ success (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 9/30)....Louisville-based attorney J. BRUCE MILLER has written a book titled “AIR BALL” that outlines Louisville’s past attempts to land NBA teams including the Rockets, Grizzlies and Hornets. In Louisville, Rick Bozich writes Miller “argues that [Louisville’s] love of college basketball has come at a price –- excessive and irrational antagonism toward pro basketball” (Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL, 9/30).
