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Baker And Reds Extend Request For
Obama To Throw Ceremonial First Pitch |
The Reds have "extended a request" for
PRESIDENT OBAMA to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the June 20 White Sox-Reds Civil Rights Game at Great American Ball Park. Reds manager
DUSTY BAKER has a "personal history with Obama dating back to his days in Chicago as manager of the Cubs." Baker "campaigned on Obama's behalf and attended his presidential inauguration in January" (
MLB.com, 3/4).
HONOR ROLL: NCAA President MYLES BRAND will receive a Merit of Honor Award from the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics on June 19 in Orlando. The award will be only the "sixth given in the group's 44-year history" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 3/5)....Penn State Univ. football coach JOE PATERNO and his wife, SUE, will be honored for their charitable contributions at the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association's (CMTA) second annual "Honor a Star. Be a Star. Gala" on April 29 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in N.Y. (CMTA)....Louisville Courier-Journal sports columnist RICK BOZICH, Rock Hill Herald writer GARY MCCANN and late Newsweek writer PETE AXTHELM have been selected for the U.S. Basketball Writers Association HOF (Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL, 3/4).
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Taylor Can See Himself
"Doing Action Films" |
NAMES: Free agent DE JASON TAYLOR, who was released from the Redskins Monday, has an "acting coach and a L.A.-based sports agent who helped him land glossy magazine covers and appearances" with NBC's JAY LENO and CNN's LARRY KING. Taylor said he can see himself "doing action films" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 3/4)....Knicks C EDDY CURRY, who is "being sued for harassment by a former driver," has filed a $50,000 countersuit, accusing the driver and his legal team of "breaching a confidentiality agreement" (N.Y. TIMES, 3/5)....Dodgers LF MANNY RAMIREZ put his Ritz-Carlton penthouse in Boston "on the market" for $8.5M yesterday, the same day he signed his two-year, $45M deal with the Dodgers. Ramirez' condo "features four bedrooms, six bathrooms, three valet parking spaces and a wraparound private terrace" (BOSTON HERALD, 3/5).
IN MEMORY: Manchester Guardian track & field correspondent JOHN RODDA, 78, who covered nine Olympic Games for the newspaper from '60-92, passed away Tuesday. Rodda had been a member of the IOC Press Commission, "on which he served for 18 years" (Manchester GUARDIAN, 3/4)....Nationals President STAN KASTEN learned yesterday morning that his mother, SYLVIA, "passed away after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease" (WASHINGTON POST, 3/5).
