Attorney DARREN HEITNER, who reps Official Brands Inc., yesterday said that a "civil lawsuit was filed" in Dallas County against Roc Nation Sports. Official Brands created Cowboys WR DEZ BRYANT's "official website and designed and sold merchandise featuring the receiver’s brand." The lawsuit contends Roc Nation -- which reps Bryant -- committed “tortious interference." The lawsuit requests a "jury trial and seeks damages of more than $200,000 but not more" than $1M (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 4/22).
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Fliegel founded CoachUp, which connects athletes
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COACH SPEAK: INC. magazine profiles CoachUp Founder & President JORDAN FLIEGEL on its annual "30 Under 30" list. CoachUp "connects athletes with private coaches," and three years after its launch, the company "connects over 13,000 trainers with more than 100,000 clients" in the U.S. Warriors G STEPHEN CURRY in March "became partial owner and company spokesman" (INC., 5/'15 issue).
NAMES: Raiders Owner MARK DAVIS on Monday "presented a $50,000 donation to the Biletnikoff Foundation" to kick off a "new, organizational effort to prevent domestic violence and sexual assault." The foundation was created by Pro Football HOFer FRED BILETNIKOFF and his wife ANGELA (CSNBAYAREA.com, 4/21)...Louisville football coach BOBBY PETRINO and his family yesterday attended the "unveiling of the Petrino Family Trauma Room at Kosair Children's Hospital" in downtown Louisville. It is the product of a $1M "gift from the Petrino Family Foundation" (Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL, 4/22)....Colts QB ANDREW LUCK yesterday visited the Indiana Statehouse to promote a "health and fitness initiative for children" (AP, 4/21)....Georgia’s MARK RICHT “is the only coach” on the new NCAA D-I Football Oversight Committee, which serves as the “overarching clearinghouse” on all D-I football issues. Miami AD BLAKE JAMES, Arizona State VP/Athletics RAY ANDERSON, UCF VP & AD TODD STANSBURY and Nebraska AD SHAWN EICHORSTalso are on the committee (CBSSPORTS.com, 4/20)....Approximately 1,500 people Monday night attended “An Evening of Conversation With Mo & Joe” at Southern Connecticut State Univ., which featured a Q&A session with MLB Chief Baseball Officer JOE TORRE and former MLBer MARIANO RIVERA, moderated by ESPN anchor LINDA COHN (MLB.com, 4/20)....NBA Commissioner ADAM SILVER, skier LINDSEY VONN, U.S. women's national team F ABBY WAMBACH and News Corp. Chair & CEO RUPERT MURDOCH attended last night's TIME 100 Gala in N.Y. at Jazz at Lincoln Center (POLITICO.com, 4/22).
