Smith throughout her career has overseen major renovations to both Fenway Park and Dodger StadiumJANET MARIE SMITH
In California, Bill Plunkett profiles Dodgers Senior VP/Planning & Development JANET MARIE SMITH, who since joining the team in '12 has "overseen the ongoing renovations at Dodger Stadium" that began with a $100M investment in '13. Smith "spent eight years in the same role" with the Red Sox. She said that "rescuing Fenway Park" with a $285M renovation project was "much different than modernizing Dodger Stadium." Smith: "The very act of saving a park that had been on the chopping block for so long made this a newsworthy story. Dodger Stadium, maybe it got old and tired somewhere in there, but it was never threatened in the same way.” Now Smith is "getting another project" with the All-Star Game coming to Dodger Stadium in '20 (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 10/26). Smith said the idea of ballparks being a "place where families have gone for generations, in both Los Angeles and Boston, is something that we have looked to celebrate" (L.A. TIMES, 10/26).
NAMES: TIGER WOODS and PHIL MICKELSON have announced plans for charitable proceeds raised from their Nov. 23, $9M, winner-take-all PPV match. Mickelson will donate portions to his Children of 58 Fund and the Las Vegas Shriners Hospitals for Children. Woods will donate portions to the Tiger Woods Foundation and other local charities (GOLFCHANNEL.com, 10/24)....Red Sox RF MOOKIE BETTS after World Series Game 2 on Wednesday "shifted his attention to Boston's homeless community" by "providing trays of food outside the Boston Public Library." There were "no television cameras or reporters to cover his act," which might have "flown under the radar if not for a tweet" from WEEI-FM host LOU MERLONI (NBCSPORTSBOSTON.com, 10/25)....Rockets F CARMELO ANTHONY had his first Carmelo Anthony Foundation Tools for Teachers event in Houston on Thursday, "contributing supply packs to 150 teachers" from local elementary schools (HOUSTONCHRONICLE.com, 10/25)....S.F. Mayor LONDON BREED announced a public-private partnership with Warriors F KEVIN DURANT's foundation as part of the the HOPE SF initiative that will increase access to high-quality basketball facilities and open spaces for local underprivileged youth (DKC PR).
