The WALL STREET JOURNAL's Alex Raskin notes boxer TERENCE "BUD" CRAWFORD and Berkshire Hathaway Chair & CEO WARREN BUFFETT two years ago "began an unlikely alliance," and Buffett’s support for Crawford now is "unabashed." Both Crawford and Buffett are natives of Omaha, and Buffett has "sized up the boxer’s game as carefully as the balance sheets of companies in which he invests." Crawford was "invited last year to an hour-long meeting at Berkshire Hathaway’s offices," but Buffett "didn’t offer any investing tips, instead sharing a few cautionary words about wealth" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 5/19). Crawford on Saturday will defend his WBC and WBO junior welterweight championships against FELIX DIAZ in MSG (THE DAILY).
NAMES: Broncos LB VON MILLER on Thursday "asked to join in honoring" the team's employees in an annual service recognition day for those who have reached milestones with the organization. Miller during the ceremony "took to the podium inside the Pat Bowlen Fieldhouse and, on behalf of the players, thanked the 200-plus employees from both the stadium in Denver and the team’s practice facility in Englewood for their year-round work" (DENVER POST, 5/19)....The city of Philadelphia on Thursday renamed a "section of 11th Street" after late Flyers Chair ED SNIDER (PHILLY.com, 5/18)....IndyCar driver TOWNSEND BELL was slated to be "among four Americans matched against four Saudis in the Race of Heroes Friday in Riyadh for a "male-only crowd." The race will take place on a “custom-built track inside a soccer stadium” (USA TODAY, 5/19)....Former NFLer BRANDON FIELDS and his wife, KATIE, plan to open a brewpub named Inside the Five Brewing Co. at the Maplewood Marketplace in Toledo next spring (TOLEDO BLADE, 5/19).
