Flyers Chair ED SNIDER is "battling an unspecified cancer and completed chemotherapy this week." Comcast-Spectacor VP/PR IKE RICHMAN said the condition is "non-life-threatening" and Snider is "doing well." Richman added that Snider's involvement with the team and company "was not affected by his condition and treatment" (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 5/30).
AWARDS & HONORS: The Paley Center for Media on Wednesday honored ESPN on its 35th anniversary at its annual spring benefit dinner in N.Y. Paley Center President & CEO MAUREEN REIDY awarded ESPN President JOHN SKIPPER and outgoing Exec Chair GEORGE BODENHEIMER with the Paley Prize for Innovation & Excellence (THE DAILY)....The D.C. City Council on Wednesday approved a ceremonial resolution honoring the Wizards (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 5/29).
NAMES: The Braves "will be represented in decisions to allocate funding in the Cumberland Community Improvement District for the next three years" after Exec VP/Business Operations MIKE PLANT on Thursday was appointed to the CID’s board (MARIETTA DAILY JOURNAL, 5/30)....Pepsi on Thursday hosted its “Pepsi Soccer Town Hall” at the company’s White Plains, N.Y., HQ. ESPN’s MAX BRETOS led a panel with ESPN analyst and former MLSer ALEXI LALAS, MLS VP/Competition JEFF AGOOS and U.S. Soccer Federation President SUNIL GULATI (THE DAILY)....NASCAR driver KASEY KAHNE on Wednesday “donned a heavy firefighters’ suit and took part in a crash course on fire fighting and rescue techniques” as part of an appearance at New Hampshire’s Fire Academy (BOSTON GLOBE, 5/29)....Pro Football HOFer DAN MARINO and former NFLer DAMON HUARD have partnered to launch Passing Time cabernet sauvignon, to be released next year (Passing Time)....FS Midwest analyst and former MLBer JIM EDMONDS is asking $6.95M for his 10,000-square-foot Irvine, Calif., home, down from $7.999M when he “first listed it for sale a year ago” (LATIMES.com, 5/29)....Titans OT MICHAEL OHER purchased a home in the Forest Hills area of Tennessee for $1.3M (TENNESSEAN.com, 5/28).
