Patriots coach BILL BELICHICK "will be playing" in this week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Belichick has "played in this tournament three previous times." Belichick and Patriots QB TOM BRADY were "paired with each other three years ago." Belichick "will be paired" this week with RICKY BARNES, whose dad BRUCE played for the Patriots in the early '70s (EAGLETRIBUNE.com, 2/6). Also joining Belichick at the Pro-Am are WAYNE GRETZKY, ESPN's CHRIS BERMAN, MLB Giants P MATT CAIN, Blue Jays 3B JOSH DONALDSON, Cardinals WR LARRY FITZGERALD, Packers QB AARON RODGERS, Chiefs QB ALEX SMITH, PEYTON MANNING, ANDY RODDICK and surfer KELLY SLATER (GOLFWEEK.com, 2/6).
THE GIVER: Nike co-Founder & Chair Emeritus PHIL KNIGHT and wife PENNY gave $900M to charity in '16, "ranking No. 1 on The Chronicle of Philanthropy's most recent list of the most generous Americans." The Knights gave $500M to the Univ. of Oregon for a science campus in '16 and $400M to Stanford for a "West Coast version of the Rhodes Scholarship" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 2/6).
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| White was selected to go to Disney after making 14 catches in the Super Bowl |
NAMES: Patriots RB JAMES WHITE yesterday was "honored with a parade at Walt Disney World" after making the "I'm going to Disney World" proclamation following Super Bowl LI (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 2/7)....Colts K ADAM VINATIERI received the Sagamore of the Wabash yesterday from Indiana Gov. ERIC HOLCOMB. The award is the state’s "highest civilian honor" (INDYSTAR.com, 2/6)....Putnam Investments CEO BOB REYNOLDS, Bank of America CEO BRIAN MOYNIHAN, Liberty Mutual CEO & Chair DAVID LONG, Hill Holliday Chair & CEO KAREN KAPLAN and Brigham & Women’s Hospital President BETSY NABEL, who is also NFL Chief Medical & Health Adviser, were among the Bostonian business leaders in attendance at the Super Bowl (BOSTON GLOBE, 2/7)....PRESIDENT TRUMP "left his Super Bowl party early, missing a historic comeback by the team he predicted would win." Trump watched the game from his Trump Int'l Golf Club in West Palm Beach but left at about 9:00pm ET to "head back to his Mar-a-Lago estate" (PALMBEACHPOST.com, 2/7)....Panthers QB CAM NEWTON and girlfriend KIA PROCTOR "welcomed their second child over the weekend." Details of the birth, including the baby girl's name, "have not been confirmed" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 2/7).
