South Korea Prime Minister LEE NAK-YON has asked for help from USOC Chair LARRY PROBST in getting PRESIDENT TRUMP "to visit South Korea" for the PyeongChang Games in February. Lee and Probst meet today in Greece "ahead of a ceremony to light the torch" for the Games. Probst said that he "could not make any promises, but that he would make an effort to that end" (YONHAP NEWS, 10/24).
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| Knight said that he has yet to speak to MASN about his arrest over the weekend |
NATS ANALYST IN TROUBLE: MASN Nationals TV analyst RAY KNIGHT has been "charged with assault and battery after an altercation at his home" in Fairfax County, Va., early Sunday. Knight, 64, was "arrested after a fight with a 33-year-old male acquaintance." MASN declined to comment on Knight’s arrest or "whether he would remain an on-air personality." Knight said that he had "yet to speak with MASN about the incident" (WASHINGTON POST, 10/24).
BOOK CLUB: Former NHLer SEAN AVERY's new memoir, "OFFSIDE: MY LIFE CROSSING THE LINE," hits bookshelves today across Canada. Avery "pulls no punches" and is "unapologetically himself in his tell-all." Practically no subject, from "drug use in the NHL to sharing a joint and a kiss with actress SCARLETT JOHANSSON in the back of a New York club, was off-limits for one of the few players who made as many headlines off the ice as he did on it" (TSN.ca, 10/23)....Sources said that COLIN KAEPERNICK is “shopping a book.” A source said he has been “taking meetings with publishers" in the N.Y. offices of WME. He is repped as an athlete by WME's CARLOS FLEMING (N.Y. POST, 10/24).
NAMES: BOB COSTAS, AL MICHAELS and JOE BUCK are among the finalists for the Baseball HOF's '18 Ford Frick Award for "excellence in baseball broadcasting." Baseball HOFers DON DRYSDALE, DIZZY DEAN, JOE MORGAN and PEE WEE REESE and former MLBer BUDDY BLATTNER "also are among the finalists" (AP, 10/23)....Penguins co-Owner MARIO LEMIEUX received the Keith Magnuson Man of the Year Award from the NHL Alumni Association last night, which is "given to an ambassador of the sport who is committed to community and charity causes" (TRIBLIVE.com, 10/23)....Cavaliers Owner DAN GILBERT and rapper BIG SEAN spoke to 400 Detroit Public School Community District middle and high school students yesterday at the Gem Theatre in Detroit (DETROIT NEWS, 10/24).
