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Texans WR DEANDRE HOPKINS has "pledged his next gameday check" to the family of 7-year-old JAZMINE BARNES to "cover funeral costs" after she died in a shooting Sunday. In a tweet, Hopkins "vowed to give his earnings from Saturday's AFC wild-card game" against the Colts to the girl's family. Under the CBA, NFLers make $29,000 for "playing in the wild-card round." Houston police officer KENNETH MILES and SHAQUILLE O'NEAL are also "teaming up to help pay" for funeral expenses. Just before dawn Sunday, a suspect opened fire "into the car carrying Jazmine" (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 1/4). 

PASSION PROJECT: Film director PENNY MARSHALL died Dec. 17, and up until her death, she was "working on a film" about DENNIS RODMAN, a documentary that could still be completed. Marshall had been making the movie since '12 after Rodman, who had been "sporadically shooting a doc with another director, asked her to take over." A longtime NBA fan, Marshall "struck up a courtside friendship" with Rodman in the '90s. By '12, she had "all but given up on directing." However, Marshall was worried about Rodman and "decided to accept the offer to direct his doc, if for no other reason than to keep an eye on him." Marshall's son-in-law, MATTHEW CONLAN, who is a producer on the film, said that the doc "will get finished, maybe in time" for a September release (HOLLYWOODREPORTER.com, 1/3).

NAMES: Former NFLers JARED ALLEN, MARC BULGER, KEITH BULLOCK and MICHAEL ROOS are "attempting to qualify for the U.S. national curling championships." Adopting the name All-Pro Curling Team, they "started from scratch in March and kept their plans under wraps until they felt they had made enough progress." This weekend, the former NFLers are attending the USA Men's Challenge Round in Blaine, Minn., where they are "competing for one of four remaining spots in next month's national championships" (USATODAY.com, 1/4)....Some Jupiter, Fla. residents are “angry at the way” JACK NICKLAUS is running the Bear’s Club community. Through the years, more of the cost of maintaining the golf community has “shifted to the homeowners from the golf club, with no say from the homeowners, according to a lawsuit filed last month by a Bear’s Club resident” (PALM BEACH POST, 1/4)....PRESIDENT TRUMP “signed legislation Thursday to award STEVE GLEASON the Congressional Gold Medal,” giving the former NFLer “one of the government’s highest civilian honors.” Now, Gleason’s charity and the U.S. Mint will help “design the medal and schedule a ceremony to present it to him.” Gleason has battled ALS since ’11 (New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE, 1/4)....IndyCar driver JAY HOWARD “will host the inaugural Celebrity Karting Enduro to benefit One Cure on Jan. 27 at K1 Speed” in Fishers, Ind. One Cure “brings awareness to comparative oncology” (INDYSTAR.com, 1/3).

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