Names in the News

State Appellate Division judges in Albany unanimously voted to "dismiss a lawsuit" filed by landscaper WILLIAM VICKERS that accused Pro Football HOFer BILL PARCELLS of "negligence." Vickers, who started doing yard work for Parcells in '10, "blamed the coach for a tumble he took when he and two buddies showed up to trim bushes" at Parcells' Saratoga Springs property on Sept. 27, 2014 (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 10/22)....HBO has "picked up rights to a MICHAEL STRAHAN-produced documentary about the strange saga of the Bishop Sycamore football team." The documentary is "set for a 2022 premiere" (HOLLYWOODREPORTER.com, 10/21).

IN MEMORY: Former Cowboys minority owner MIKE MCCOY, the founder of the "famous trade chart that places a point value on draft picks," died Sunday at 73. No cause of death was given. McCoy was part-owner of the Cowboys until '96 (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 10/22).