Staubach has spent 10 years with JLL Americas and will continue to do selected projectsGETTY IMAGES
Pro Football HOFer ROGER STAUBACH in July "quietly retired" as Exec Chair of the Chicago-based real estate company JLL Americas. Staubach said that he will "continue to do selected projects for JLL." He will be "traveling less and spending more time going to his grandkids' events and doing deals with" former teammate and Columbus Realty Partners Founder ROBERT SHAW. Staubach: "The timing is perfect. It's been 10 years with JLL. There's things that I'll still be able to do for JLL. But I won't be full time with the company, traveling and everything" (DALLASNEWS.com, 10/14).
AT THE PODIUM: Pacers G VICTOR OLADIPO endorsed U.S. Sen. JOE DONNELLY (D-Ind.) on Friday night at a "campaign rally" with former VP JOE BIDEN. Oladipo's brief speech was "focused on his love for Indiana, rather than politics." He will "likely appear at future campaign events on Donnelly's behalf" (INDYSTAR.com, 10/12).
NAMES: Five Suns' players on Friday helped Christian non-profit organization Feed My Starving Children "prepare thousands of meals for desperate children in Mexico." The event intersected with the Suns' last stretch of "'service week' inspiring several players from the team to take advantage of the opportunity before their season begins." The team "hosted several basketball camps, participated in a beautification project at a local school and served meals at St. Vincent de Paul leading up to Friday's event" (AZCENTRAL.com, 10/13)....About 300 guests attended Patriots coach BILL BELICHICK's foundation's "fifth annual Hall of Fame Huddle on Friday at the Seaport World Trade Center." The evening "raised more than $200,000" for the Bill Belichick Foundation. Some of the guests included Baseball HOFers JOE TORRE, TONY LA RUSSA and JIM THOME (BOSTONGLOBE.com, 10/15)....The Celtics held their annual Shamrock Gala last Thursday to raise money for local charities, and an attendee bid $25,000 for an “opportunity to play ‘Fortnite’ at TD Garden” with F GORDON HAYWARD (BOSTONGLOBE.com, 10/12)....Baseball HOFer CAL RIPKEN JR. married Anne Arundel County, Md., Circuit Court Judge LAURA KIESSLING in a “ceremony held over the weekend” (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 10/12)....The “ice has finally thawed” between PAULINA GRETZKY and DUSTIN JOHNSON, as the golfer “shared a snap from his date night with Gretzky” at a KID ROCK concert on Saturday. Johnson’s post “comes a month after Gretzky purged him for her own social media page” (NYPOST.com, 10/14).
