Jones (c), who is a democrat, has been exploring the idea of running for Senate next yearGETTY IMAGES
Kentucky Sports Radio host MATT JONES is "leaving his radio show for the 'near future' after the Republican Party of Kentucky filed a complaint" with the Federal Elections Commission claiming Jones "received illegal campaign contributions from his employers and failed to properly disclose them." The complaint argues Jones has "wrongly been given a platform to promote his campaign by iHeartMedia, which syndicates his radio show, and book publisher Simon and Schuster." Jones has a deal with Simon and Schuster to write a book about U.S. Senate Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL. In a post on the Kentucky Sports Radio website, Jones wrote that iHeartRadio "asked him to not be on the show in the upcoming days" (LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, 11/7).
NAMES: NFL Exec VP/Football Operations TROY VINCENT and former NFLer DONOVAN MCNABB tonight will be inducted into the Philadelphia Sports HOF at the SugarHouse Event Center (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 11/7)....ROB GRONKOWSKI will "star in a new sports game show on CBS" with VENUS WILLIAMS and actor KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY. Gronkowski, Williams and Key also are executive producing "GAME ON!" with CBS late-night host JAMES CORDEN, who hosted a previous U.K. version of the show (BOSTON GLOBE, 11/7)....Browns WR ODELL BECKHAM JR. celebrated his 27th birthday earlier this week at the Avenue night club in N.Y. Beckham arrived at 2:20am ET on Tuesday accompanied by KEVIN DURANT, KYRIE IRVING and the "rest of the Nets." Jets CB DARRYL ROBERTS, RB LE'VEON BELL and LB C.J. MOSLEY all "sat nearby" (N.Y. POST, 11/7)....Monumental Sports & Entertainment Chair & CEO TED LEONSIS and wife LYNN were spotted at BLT Steak in DC last night with Fox News anchor CHRIS WALLACE and his wife LORRAINE SMOTHERS (POLITICO.com, 11/7).
IN MEMORY: Former Golf World magazine editor TERRY GALVIN died on Sunday at the age of 79 in Chico, Calif. Galvin was Golf World's editor from '89-'00 but also spent "nearly three decades running sports departments" around the U.S., including at newspapers in Milwaukee, San Jose, Akron and Miami (GOLFDIGEST.com, 11/6).
