Lopez was in possession of clothing that belonged to a vintage Epcot animatronic called BuzzyNBAE/GETTY IMAGES
The ORLANDO SENTINEL in a front-page piece notes Bucks C ROBIN LOPEZ, a "longtime Disney fan, unwittingly bought rare items stolen from Disney World in a high-profile criminal case." Lopez was "in possession of clothing that belonged to a vintage Epcot animatronic called Buzzy -- items that authorities later discovered were stolen before the clothes could be sent to Disney's archives in Anaheim" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 10/29).
TOP BILLING: MSG Co. Exec Chair & CEO JAMES DOLAN's FY '19 compensation package "jumped" to $54.1M, up from $11.6M in '18 (HOLLYWOODREPORTER.com, 10/25).
EVACUATION ROUTE: LEBRON JAMES said that he and his family were "forced to flee" their California home in the "face of wildfires that have cut power to millions and sent the state into crisis." James and his family were "fleeing the Getty fire, which broke out" early yesterday in western L.A. (N.Y. TIMES, 10/29). Disney Chair & CEO BOB IGER also has a home "in the evacuation zone" (FOXNEWS.com, 10/28).
NAMES: Canadiens C MAX DOMI today released a new book titled, "NO DAYS OFF: MY LIFE WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES AND JOURNEY TO THE NHL" (MONTREAL GAZETTE, 10/29)....Saints LB DEMARIO DAVIS, who won his appeal against the NFL over his fine for wearing a "Man Of God" headband against the Seahawks, "stopped by the St. Louis King of France School" in Metairie, La., for a "surprise visit to an eager crowd of elementary students" yesterday afternoon. Davis "brought pizza, soft drinks and of course headbands to give away to the private school students after the school posted pictures of students wearing paper re-creations of the headband" (NOLA.com, 10/28)....Esports organization Natus Vincere will "no longer field its two-person Fornite team," which was started in January, "due to profitability concerns" (REUTERS, 10/28).
IN MEMORY: Former Knicks GM AL BIANCHI died yesterday of natural causes at 87. Bianchi was Knicks GM from '87-91 (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 10/29)....Circuit of the Americas announced the death of former COO KATJA HEIM, who died yesterday after a "long battle" (COTA).
