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PRESIDENT TRUMP "jokingly lamented" that his daughter IVANKA's marriage to JARED KUSHNER "blocked him from having" TOM BRADY as his son-in-law. Sources said that Trump "cracked several times that he 'could have had Tom Brady.” Trump: “Instead, I got Jared Kushner” (NYPOST.com, 7/28).
ON THE BIG SCREEN: A documentary on former MLBer CHIEN-MING WANG was "featured at the Asian-American International Film Festival" last night at the Village East Cinema in N.Y. FRANK CHEN produced the 99-minute documentary, titled “LATE LIFE: THE CHIEN-MING WANG STORY." Wang was scheduled to be at the premiere, and is also "scheduled to throw out the first pitch" tonight at a Single-A New York-Penn League Staten Island Yankees game. Chen "followed Wang through 21 cities in making the film, which will have a small theatrical release in New York in mid-October" (N.Y. TIMES, 7/28).
NAMES: Senior EPL club execs have "made informal approaches" to BT Group CEO GAVIN PATTERSON as a "potential new head" of the league. It is understood the EPL "will split" former Exec Chair RICHARD SCUDAMORE's dual role into separate CEO and Chair positions (London TELEGRAPH, 7/28)....Air Force CB BRADLEY KIM "announced Friday that he is gay." Kim, who "shared his story on his Instagram account and through an interview with OutSports, is the first active player at a service academy to publicly come out" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 7/28)....Patriots coach BILL BELICHICK had lunch with fan AIDAN BROWNE at Patriot Place on Saturday. Browne, a partner at Boston-based Sullivan & Worcester, was the "winner of an auction" that benefits Belichick's foundation. Browne "brought nine family members" (BOSTON GLOBE, 7/29)....Mavericks Owner MARK CUBAN had a "huge party Saturday night" to celebrate his 60th birthday, and among those in attendance were THE CHAINSMOKERS and STEVIE WONDER. Cuban turns 60 tomorrow (DALLASNEWS.com, 6/28)....NASCAR driver KURT BUSCH over the weekend "cheered on wife ASHLEY during a charity polo match with PRINCE HARRY" in London (USATODAY.com, 7/28)....Former MLBer JAYSON WERTH and Nationals GM & President of Baseball Operations MIKE RIZZO were at restaurant Due South in DC on Friday "after the ZAC BROWN concert" (POLITICO.com, 7/28)....DraftKings co-Founder & CEO JASON ROBINS and his wife welcomed their "third baby and first girl" early this morning (TWITTER.com, 7/30).
IN MEMORY: CLARK BOOTH, a former TV sports reporter for Boston-based WCVB-ABC, "died Friday in his New Smyrna Beach, Fla., home" at 79. He "widely roamed Boston's sports, news, and features landscapes for 55 years." Former Bruins VP/Media Relations NATE GREENBERG said, "Clark was the gold standard for reporting -- as well-rounded a reporter as anyone" (BOSTON GLOBE, 7/29).
