Anderson saw Arizona State's football team improve its academic performance last yeargetty images
Arizona State VP/Athletics RAY ANDERSON "will get" nearly $348,310 in bonuses based on how well the school's teams, particularly the football team, did in the NCAA's annual Academic Progress Rate figures released yesterday. Univ. of North Carolina men's basketball coach ROY WILLIAMS will receive $75,000 for a perfect 1000 APR score; Florida State AD STAN WILCOX will receive $17,000 -- a total based on him getting $1,000 for each team that had an APR above 950 (USA TODAY, 5/24).
NAMES: The Bruins "donated $80,000 worth of brand new street hockey equipment" to nearly 80 public schools in and around Boston (BOSTONHERALD.com, 5/24)....The Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project gave Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment Exec VP/Business Affairs and Chief Legal & Compliance Officer JEFFREY GEWIRTZ its Tradition of Excellence Award (THE DAILY)....New Line Cinema has acquired the pitch “PUBLIC ENEMY,” with LEBRON JAMES and CHANNING TATUM’s production companies, SpringHill Entertainment and Free Association, “on as producers.” James' SpringHill Entertainment partner MAVERICK CARTER also “will produce” (VARIETY.com, 5/23)....Gold Medal-winning U.S. skier LINDSEY VONN and WWE’s RONDA ROUSEY will be appearing on Discovery Channel’s Shark Week this summer. Also appearing that week will be Packers QB AARON RODGERS and Patriots TE ROB GRONKOWSKI (NBCSPORTS.com, 5/23)....Lions WR MARVIN JONES and his wife, JAZMYN, are “bringing their cake franchise” Nothing Bundt Cakes to Troy, Mich., next month (DETROITNEWS.com, 5/23).
