Steelers DE STEPHON TUITT, LB ARTHUR MOATS, G B.J. FINNEY, LB FARRINGTON HUGUENIN and RB JAMES CONNER on Tuesday participated in the ninth annual Healthy Cooking and Eating for Breast Cancer Awareness with the team at Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh. The players "donned chef coats instead of game-day jerseys and joined the Magee nutrition and culinary staff to prepare two healthy dishes, team-competition style, for 30 breast cancer patients and survivors" (TRIBLIVE.com, 10/24).
LEAVING A LEGACY: UCF President JOHN HITT will "step down next year." His athletic career has been "monumental," as fans "can’t truly appreciate where UCF is without remembering where it was when Hitt arrived." UCF previously was "thrilled to draw 10,000 fans to its games in the Citrus Bowl." Before Hitt, if 100 UCF students on campus were surveyed, 93 of them "would have had a UF or FSU sticker on their car" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 10/26).
BASEBALL FANS AMONG US: Among the celebrities in attendance for Astros-Dodgers World Series Game 2 last night in L.A. were musicians JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, BRAD PAISLEY, JOHN LEGEND, JOHN FOGERTY and Mötley Crüe's NIKKI SIXX. Actors in attendance included JESSICA BIEL, MILA KUNIS, ASHTON KUTCHER, MARK WAHLBERG, JASON BATEMAN, JUSTIN HARTLEY, DANNY TREJO, ROBERT PATRICK and MICHAEL PENA, as well as model CHRISSY TEIGEN and comedian GEORGE LOPEZ. Sports figures in attendance included PEYTON MANNING, Packers QB AARON RODGERS, TIGER WOODS, Golden Boy Promotions CEO OSCAR DE LA HOYA, Basketball HOFer KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR, Marlins RF GIANCARLO STANTON, NHL Kings players MARIAN GABORIK, JEFF CARTER and KYLE CLIFFORD, golfer FRED COUPLES, Pirates P GERRIT COLE and former MLBer NICK SWISHER (ESPN.com, 10/25).
NAMES: Tennis HOFer JOHN MCENROE has been named as the honorary ambassador of the inaugural N.Y. Open ATP World Tour event being held at NYCB Live from Feb. 11-18 (ATP)....ESPN's JAY BILAS spoke before a "sold-out crowd" at Rochester's Honeoye Falls-Lima High School last night (ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, 10/26)....The Bucks and BuyCostumes.com “offered to donate Halloween costumes to more than 225 elementary school kids served by their programs” (JSONLINE.com, 10/25)....Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief JOHN MICKLETHWAIT and NFL Commissioner ROGER GOODELL will be among the speakers at Bloomberg’s “The Year Ahead” summit Nov. 8 (POLITICO.com, 10/26)....T’Wolves G JIMMY BUTLER is featured in country musician LUKE BRYAN’s recently released music video “LIGHT IT UP” (STARTRIBUNE.com, 10/25)....Cavaliers G ISAIAH THOMAS appeared on last night’s episode of NBC’s “LAW & ORDER: SVU” (CLEVELAND.com, 10/25).
