Fishing: ANGLING WATERS B'HAM ANGLERS' ASSOCIATION - Birmingham Evening Mail (England)

Tomorrow - All BAA waters are available for pleasure fishingEXCEPT THE FOLLOWING:

River Avon at Salford Priors; Evesham; Charlton 1 & 2; PershoreRB; Bredon 5; Mythe Farm. River Severn at Newhalls; Ladyham.

Fazeley Canal - Marston Field-Dog & Doublet.Sunday - All BAA waters are available for pleasure fishing EXCEPTTHE FOLLOWING:River Avon at Wasperton Manor Farm 2; Welford 1; Dorsington;Barton; Bidford; Marlcliff; Cleeve Prior; Salford Priors; Evesham;Parks Farm; Swifts 2; Wood Norton; Cropthorne 10 & 11; FladburyAbove; Lower Moor; Wick; Pershore RB; Pensham 1-4; Mythe Farm2 & 3.River Severn at Ribbesford 2 & 3; Stourport RB; Newhalls; SevernStoke 104.River Salwarpe at Claines. Uckinghall Pool - pegs 1-20.Staffs/Worcester Canal - Br 7-9; 19-20; 25-26; 28-29; 33-41.HAZELDINE ANGLERS' ASSOCIATIONTomorrow: All waters available.Sunday: All waters available.TOMORROWnFOOTBALLFOOTBALL CONFERENCE: Barrow v Leek Town; Dover Athletic vCheltenham Town; Forest Green v Farnborough; Hayes v Kettering;Northwich v Hereford; Telford v Morecambe; Welling v Woking.DR MARTENS LEAGUE - Premier Division: Atherstone Utd v HastingsTown; Bath City v Merthyr Tydfil; Boston Utd v Burton Albion;CrawleyTown v Tamworth; Dorchester Town v Salisbury City; Gloucester City vBromsgrove Rovers; Grantham Town v Weymouth;Gresle y Rovers v King'sLynn; Halesowen Town v Worcester City; Ilkeston Town v CambridgeCity; Rothwell Town v Nuneaton Borough.Midland Division: Bedworth Utd v Paget Rangers; Bilston Town vRacing Club Warwick; Bloxwich Town v Evesham Utd; Moor Green vNewport AFC; Shepshed Dynamo v Stafford Rangers; Solihull Borough vHinckley Utd; Stamford AFC v Cinderford Town; Stourbridge vSuttonColdfield Town; VS Rugby v Blakenall; Weston Super Mare v RedditchUtd; Wisbech Town v Clevedon Town.INTERLINK EXPRESS MIDLAND ALLIANCE: Barwell v Kings Norton Town;Chasetown v Oldbury Utd; Halesowen Harriers v Rushall Olympic;Knypersley Victoria v Pershore Town; Rocester v Boldmere StMichaels;Sandwell Borough v Stourport Swifts; Shifnal Town vWestMidlandsPolice; Stapenhill v Wednesfield; Stratford Town v Bridgnorth Town;Willenhall Town v Pelsall Villa.BANKS'S BREWERY LEAGUE - Premier Division: Bandon v Tipton Town;Brierley Hill Town v Tividale; Bustleholme v Smethwick Rangers;Cradley Town v Ludlow Town; Ettingshall HT v Dudley Town; Lye Town vWolves Utd; Malvern Town v Darlaston Town; StaffordTownv GornalAthletic; Star v Westfields; Wolves Casuals v Kington Town.Division One North: Cannock Chase v Walsall Wood Res; CorestoneServices v Brereton Social; Heath Hayes v Wolves Casuals Res; LittleDrayton v Wyrley Rangers; Lucas Flight Controls v Wolves Town; MordaUtd v Shifnal Town Res; Newport v Sedgley WhiteLions.Division One South: Borgfeld Celtic v Lye Town Res; Hinton vCradley Town Res; Leominster Town v Malvern Town Res; Pershore TownRes v Tividale Res; Sikh Hunters v Wellington.ENDSLEIGH PRESIDENTS CUP - second round: Blackheath Electro vNorthfield Town; Holly Lane v Studley BKL Res; Kings Norton Town Resv Burntwood.ENDSLEIGH CHALLENGE VASE - third round: Fairfield Villa v GNPSports.ENDSLEIGH CHALLENGE URN - second round: Massey Ferguson Res vKnowle Res.ENDSLEIGH MIDLAND COMBINATION - Premier Division: Alveston vBolehall Swifts; Continental Star v Alvechurch; Coventry Sphinx vHighgate Utd; Dudley Sports v GPT (Coventry); Feckenham v MasseyFerguson; Handrahan Timbers v Coleshill Town; Kenilworth Townv MeirKA; Kings Heath v Southam Utd; Studley BKL v Cheslyn Hay.Division One: Colletts Green v Chelmsley Town; Hams Hall v Alvis;Knowle v Swan Sports; Shirley Town v West Mids Fire; Thimblemill RECv Loughborough Athletic.Division Two: Brownshills Town v Handsaker; Kenilworth Wardens vWyre Forest; Ledbury Town v Earlswood Town; Mile Oak Rovers v CountySports; Old Hill Town v Barlestone St Giles; West Mids Police Res vEnville Athletic.Division Three: Archdale v Continental Star Res; Bustleholme Res vBarnt Green Spartak; Chelmsley Town Res v Dudley Sports Res; MCLClaines v Burman Hi-Ton; Tipton Town Res v Leamington Hibernian;Wilmcote F&E v Lichfield Enots.Reserve Division: Boldmere St Michaels v Barwell; Burton Albion vStourbridge; Nuneaton Borough v Wisbech Town; Oldbury Utd v GresleyRovers; Rushall Olympic v Bedworth Utd; Solihull Borough vWillenhallTown; Tamworth v Atherstone Utd; Worcester City vRushden & Diamonds.BIRMINGHAM COUNTY FA SATURDAY JUNIOR CUP - Round Three (2.00):Attleborough Village v Wonder Vaults; Britannia Old Boys vBulkingtonS&S; Cadbury Athletic v Nuneaton Griff; Causeway Utd v Folly LaneBCOB; Christ the King v Village; Corestone Services vN orthfieldTownRes; Coventry Sphinx v Triumph Athletic; Dunlop v Northfield Townres; Potterton Myson v Brooklands/Jaguar.BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICT AFA - Jeffs Cup - Round Three: Willclare vOld Wulfs; Holly Lodge v Colinthians; Airmark v AFC SChwab; HollyLodge OB v Kings Heath OB; Bantry Rovers v Cresconians; Silhill E vParkfield Ams; Bass Taverns v Sutton Utd; Welwyn vMoxley OB.Premier Division: Holly Lane SP v Handsworth GSOB; Silhill vWalsall Ph; Smethwick Hob v Kynoch IMI; Sutton Utd v Bartley Gn OB;Transaction v Old Wulfs; Wake Green Am v New Fullbrook.Division One: Ajax Utd v Parkfield Ams; Colinthians v Wake GreenAms; Old Norts v College; Lloyds Bank v Tamworth QEOB.Division Two: Bartley Ga v Old Wulfs; Cresconians v Shenstone P;Digby Am v Parkfield Am; Penncroft v Willclare Fuj; Shirley Ath vSutton Utd; Univ Barbs v Welwyn.Division Three: St Francis X v Barclays Bank; Britannic Ass vAston Rangers; Silhill v Wood Wand; Sutton Utd v Village; Wake GreenAm v Colinthians; Holly Lane Sports v West Hagley.Division Four: Bantry Rovers v Britannia OB; Boldmere SS vSmethwick Hob; Colmore Rvrs v St Philips GSOB; Metakal v Sutton Utd;Walsall Ph v MG Star; West Mids Travel v Yardley Grange.Division Five: Colinthians v Doll and Aitch; Cresconians v OldNorts; H'Worth Wood v Tamworth QEOB; Severn TW v S'Brook Elim; OldWulfs v Solihull Gas; Willclare Fuj v Shirley Ath.Division Six: Village v College; Perryfields L v Smethwick Hob.Division Seven: Britannia OB v Aston 76; Sutton Utd v Walsall Ph;Wythall Sp v FCS Lasermail.Division Eight: Acocks Green v Rowley; Digby Am v H'Worth GSOB;Florence and F v Britannic Ass; Wake Green Am v Walsall Ph;WillclareFuj v Old Norts.Division Nine: BA Plate v Wake Green Am; Old Wulfs v Village;Walsall Ph v H'Worth GSOB; Shirley C v Silhill.Intermediate Cup: West Hagley v Dolland and Aitch.YOUTH ALLIANCE (11.00): Northampton v Birmingham; Stoke v Wolves;WBA v Walsall.nBASKETBALLBUDWEISER LEAGUE: Exide London Towers v ITT L&E Worthing Bears(7.30, Crystal Palace NSC).UNIBALL TROPHY: Renault Leicester Riders v Manchester Giants(7.30, Granby Halls); Milton Keynes Lions v Chester Jets (7.30,Bletchley LC); Newcastle Eagles v adidas Greater London Leopards(7.00, Newcastle Arena); Thames Valley Tigers v WestfieldSheffi eldSharks (8.00, Bracknell SC).nBOWLSMIDLAND COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP: Bedfordshire v Warwickshire(Perdiswell).nHOCKEYMEN'S EHL - Premier Division: Beeston v Reading (1.30, Highfields,Nottingham); Bournville v Canterbury (2.30, King Edward GirlsSchool,Birmingham); Southgate v The Brooklands (2.00, Trent Park, Oakwood);Guildford v Old Loughtonians (12.30, BroadwaterSchool, Godalming);Hounslow v Cannock (1.30, Chiswick Boathouse); Teddington v EastGrinstead (2.00, Reeds School, Oxshott).Division One: Hull v Barford Tigers (2.00, Schultz Sports Centre,North Hull); Stourport v Oxford Hawks (1.30, Kidderminster HS).DTZ DEBENHAM THORPE LEAGUE - Midlands Premier: Coventry & NorthWarwick v Hampton in Arden; Harborne v Edgbaston; Leek v Olton &WestWarwick; North Notts v Khalsa; North Stafford v Shrewsbury;Northampton Saints v Nottingham.Midlands One: Bloxwich v John Player; Bridgnorth v NottinghamUniversity; Chesterfield v Burton; Finchfield v Blossomfield;Lichfield v Belper; Old Halesonians v Kidderminster.nICE HOCKEYBENSON & HEDGES CUP - final: Ayr Scottish Eagles v NottinghamPanthers (7.00, Sheffield Arena).BRITISH NATIONAL LEAGUE: Fife Flyers v Kingston Hawks (7.00).CHRISTMAS CUP: Blackburn Hawks v Allsports Solihull Blaze.nRUGBY UNIONWORLD CUP - European Qualifying Zone, Pool Three: Scotland v Spain(2.30, Murrayfield).INTERNATIONAL MATCH: England v South Africa (2.30, Twickenham).UNDER-21 INTERNATIONAL: England U21 v South Africa U21 (11.45,Twickenham).CHELTENHAM AND GLOUCESTER CUP - First Round, Second Leg (2.30):Rotherham v Leeds (2.15); Wakefield v Bristol; Waterloo v Fylde(2.15).JEWSON NATIONAL LEAGUE - Division One (2.30): Camberley vLiverpool St Helens; Henley v Birmingham/Solihull; Lydney v Reading;Manchester v Wharfedale (2.15); Morley v Rosslyn Park (3.00);Nottingham v Harrogate (3.00); Otley v Newbury (2.15).Two North (2.30): Hinckley v Nuneaton; Kendal v Aspatria;Lichfield v Walsall; Preston Grasshoppers v New Brighton (2.15);Sandal v Sheffield (2.15); Sedgley Park v Winnington Park (2.30);Whitchurch v Stourbridge.Two South (2.30): Bridgwater v Clifton (3.00); Havant v Bracknell;Norwich v North Walsham (2.15); Redruth v Plymouth; Tabard vBarking;Weston-S-Mare v Cheltenham (3.00).ENGLISH CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP - Midlands West Two: Warley v OSaltleians.North Midlands Two: Aldridge v Veseyans; Bredon Star v Harborne;Cleobury Mortimer v Clee; Kynoch v Bournville; Wulfrun v Stourport.NPI CUP - Round Four, Midlands: Ampthill v Stow-on-the-Wold;Dunstablians v Dudley Kingswinford; Ilkeston v Leamington; MarketBosworth v Old Laurentians; Newbold v Hereford; Oakham v Derby; OldNorthamptonians v South Leicester; Stoke on Trent v OldYar dleians.TETLEY BITTER VASE - Round Four, Midland: Atherstone v Wigston;Bedford Swifts v Wheatley; Daventry v Rushden & Higham; OldNewtonians v Upton On Severn; Oswestry v Droitwich; Silhillians vNottinghamians; Wellingborough OG v Uttoxeter.MIDLAND CLUB MATCHES: Birmingham Exiles v Redditch; Broadstreet vStroud; Bromsgrove v Selly Oak; Burbage v Coventry Technical;Earlsdon v O Wheatleyans; Evesham v Edwardian; Kibworth vBuckingham;Kidderminster v Bedworth; Kings Norton v SuttonColdfiel d; Ludlow vBridgnorth; Newport v O Halesonians; O Coventrians v Southam;Shipston v Stratford; Spartans v Manor Park; Stafford vWolverhampton; Tamworth v Keresley; Vipers v South Leicester; Warleyv Burntwood; Willenhall v Longton; Woodrush vErdington .SUNDAYnFOOTBALLAXA-SPONSORED FA CUP - Second Round: Kingstonian v Leyton Orient(1.00).FA CARLING PREMIERSHIP: Middlesbrough v Newcastle (4.00).SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE: Hearts v Celtic (6.05).nBASKETBALLUNIBALL TROPHY: Chester Jets v Thames Valley Tigers (5.30);Edinburgh Rocks v Peugeot Bullets Birmingham (5.00).nHOCKEYMEN'S CUP - round four: Cannock v Harrogate (2.00); OldCranleighans v Bournville (12.00).WOMEN'S CUP - round four: Hightown v Sherwood (12.30); WokingSwifts v Sutton Coldfield (2.00).nICE HOCKEYENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: Allsports Solihull Blaze v WightlinkRaiders.nRUGBY UNIONCHELTENHAM AND GLOUCESTER CUP - First Round, Second Leg (3.00):Bedford v Coventry; Exeter v Worcester; Leicester v Rugby; LondonWelsh v Richmond (2.00); Moseley v Northampton (2.00); Orrell vSale.OWEN CUP: Bloxwich v Barton; Essington v Cannock; Gnosall vWednesbury; Handsworth v Burntwood; Rugeley v Whittington.

Caddies receive scholarship dollars; Walker tribute planned.(Sports) - Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)

You don't need a low handicap to earn a golf scholarship.

In fact, you can make all the bogeys and double bogeys you want over 18 holes.

It's nice to know you can carry someone's clubs around a golf course, never hit a shot yourself and earn valuable financial help for your college education.

The Evans Scholars Foundation will award 69 full tuition and housing scholarships in Illinois for the 2000-01 academic year.

The scholarship caddies at high schools in this Daily Herald circulation area are Jason Biggs of Leyden, who caddies at River Forest Country Club and will attend Northern Illinois; Mark Dominguez, also of Leyden who caddies at River Forest and will attend Illinois; Alexander Hickey of Mundelein (The Ivanoe Club and Indiana University); and Matthew Zahringer of Stevenson (Northmoor C.C. and the University of Wisconsin).

All of the Scholars are golf caddies who earned scholarships based on four criteria: caddie record, academic record, financial need and character.

Funds for the scholarships, named for famed amateur golfer Charles 'Chick' Evans, Jr., come mostly from contributions by more than 100,000 golfers who annually donate more than $5 million to the Foundation.

The scholarship program is also supported by 23 affiliated golf associations and from proceeds generated by the Western Open at Cog Hill.

Evans Scholars Alumni also donate over $1 million annually.

Jean Walker tribute

Jean Walker, who is retiring as a health teacher and girls athletic director at Prospect High School, will be honored by her friends at a luncheon on Sunday, May 21.

The tribute is scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m. at The Wellington of Arlington, 2121 S. Arlington Heights Road.

Any former students, athletes, coaches or teachers at Prospect or friends of Walker from the high school community who would like to attend the tribute are encouraged to contact Sandy Pifer at Prospect for information.

Pifer can be contacted by e-mail at spifer@@dist214.k12.il.us or at the school - (847) 718-5200.

Walker is one of the legendary figures in the history of Illinois high school girls sports.

She has worked at Prospect since 1968 and was the school's long- time varsity girls basketball and tennis coach. She coached every sport in the early years.

Walker, who is in the Illinois Girls Coaches Association Hall of Fame, also managed the IHSA girls tennis tourney for 22 years.

She was named Northwest Community Hospital Sportsman of the Year in 1996.

In April of 1999, Walker was the Illinois winner of the national Pathfinder Award for dedication to the enhancement of girls' experiences in sports and was honored in Boston.

Last January, she was inducted into the Illinois High School Tennis Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Because of Walker's status in the area and state, the event organizers hope for early responses to help in the planning.

Baseball

Kevin Ibach (Hersey) of LaSalle enjoyed a big day in a major league park, going 2-for-3 with a double against St. Joseph's in the Liberty Bell Classic at the Phillies' Veterans Stadium. The senior shortstop also had an impressive weekend with 6 hits in Atlantic 10 Conference play and helping turn 7 double plays in three games. He is on a 5-game hitting streak after having a recent 10-game streak.

- Nick Albu (Rolling Meadows), a sophomore left-hander at Eastern Illinois University, collected his first college win in an Ohio Valley Conference game with Murray State. Albu has made 7 pitching appearances this year and is 1-1.

- Senior Rob Pomazak (Rolling Meadows) had 15 hits in North Central's first 12 games for a .366 average. He also stole 6 bases.

- R.J. Cropper (Conant) of Carthage has a 2-0 pitching record and 9 hits in 25 at bats as a right fielder/first baseman.

- Scott Abercrombie (Mundelein) was 4-0 after 33.2 innings as a pitcher with the University of Indianapolis.

Softball

Megan Kuebler (Buffalo Grove) of the University of Missouri-St. Louis posted a 5-2 pitching decision over Lewis University as her team swept a doubleheader. Lewis was 17-1 heading into the action and rated as the top team in the Great Lakes Region.

Basketball

Daryl Schaffeld (Fremd) of the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, the Midwestern Collegiate Conference's career 3-point leader, hit four 3-pointers against Cleveland State in her final college game.

- Jimmy Roberts (Lake Zurich) closed out his Northern Michigan University playing days with 531 career points.

- Todd Bergmann (Conant) of Eastern Illinois University stepped into the starting lineup midway through the year at power forward and earned the team's most improved award.

- Freshman John Camardella (Hersey) earned a varsity letter at Illinois Wesleyan. He played in 17 varsity games and had a high of 12 points against North Central. He averaged 18.2 in five JV games.

Swimming

Sophomore Bethany Jost (Libertyville) of Truman State earned All-American status when she helped her 200 medley relay finish third in the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships in Buffalo, N.Y.

- Tim Weidner (Prospect) of Valparaiso University was named to the GTE Academic All-District V first team and is now eligible for national honors. He has a 3.8 grade point average in the College of Engineering. Weidner was a first-team all-Mid-Continent selection and conference champ in the 50-meter freestyle. He holds seven school records.

Fencing

Junior Carly Wells (Hersey) of Northwestern finished fifth in the sabre division in the NCAA Fencing Championships in Palo Alto, Calif. Wells, a second-team All-American, finished her season with a 100-21 overall record.

Track and field

Courtney Munz (Prospect) ran an impressive leg on the Hope College (Holland, Mich.) 4x400 meter relay that had its best outdoor performance at 4:09.62.

Gymnastics

Sabrina Ashton (Hoffman Estates), team captain at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, was the national floor champion (19.475) and sixth on beam at the NCGA Championships in Springfield, Mass. She broke the school floor record and also had titles in the NCGA West Region and conference championships.

Men's baseball tryouts

Tryouts will be held in April for any men who are between the ages of 18 and 40 and are interested in playing with a Chicago area team this summer.

For additional information, call (847) 776-7563 or (773) 625- 2617.

Elk Grove Legion

Any baseball players from the Elk Grove and Conant attendance areas who are interested in more information on the new Elk Grove American Legion team should contact Joe De Rosa at (847) 358- 1784. The fax is identical to the phone number.

ON CAMPUS - The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
04-14-1993
ON CAMPUS
Date: 04-14-1993, Wednesday
Section: ALL COMMUNITY SECTIONS
Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early
Column: ON CAMPUS

BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Dr. Philip C. Dolce of Ridgewood, dean of social sciences
and communication arts, has been named to the Bergen County Police
Training and Education Advisory Board by Bergen County Executive William
'Pat' Schuber. Dolce, whose term on the board will end on Jan. 31, 1995,
is host of the weekly radio series 'Suburbia: The American Dream and
Dilemma' and author of a book by the same title.

BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC

James Scott McCann, a drummer who will enter the Boston
college as a professional music major, has been awarded a Berklee
Professional Scholarship for 1993-94. McCann is from Oradell.

BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Seth Friedman, a junior majoring in art history and English
at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., participated in Boston
University's London Internship Program last semester. The Harrington
Park student interned for the Royal Academy of Art in addition to taking
courses.

Matthew Stenerson, a senior from Norwood majoring in film at
Boston University, interned with MediaLabs in conjunction with MTV as
part of the semester abroad.

BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY

Dora Czike, a sophomore from Ramsey, is a member of Alpha
Lambda Delta national honor society and newly inducted member of Kappa
Alpha Theta soroity.

CONCORDIA COLLEGE

Corinne Latyak, a junior from Waldwick majoring in
elementary education, has been elected treasurer of the Student
Government Association.

FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Samantha K. Senack, a menswear student, earned the
third-prize cash award in a student competition sponsored by Wellington
Leisure Products Inc., a Georgia-based water sports company that owns
the logo to The America's Cup.

Senack, who grew up in Oakland, designed fashionable, functional
vests for men, women, and children in the waterskiing, fishing, and
boating categories of the competition.

Vice president of the institute's Menswear Club who works as a
part-time design assistant with a fashion design company, Senack
received the Leonard N. Pollatschek Memorial Award for outstanding
potential in the menswear industry in 1992.

GETTYSBURG COLLEGE

Miles O'Meara, a junior from Bergenfield, has been elected
president of the college's chapter of Bacchus/Gamma, an alcohol
awareness club.

KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY

Elaine Janet Steiniger of Saddle Brook participated in
Senior Show I in the university's Sharadin Gallery. The exhibit featured
the work of students who will graduate this spring or summer with a
bachelor of fine arts degree in communication design.

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

Melissa Nussbaum, a sophomore from Tenafly, will appear in a
Music at Lehigh production on Sunday at the Bethlehem, Pa., campus. The
program, 'An Afternoon of Musical Theater,' will feature scenes from
operas and musicals.

The 1993 edition of 'Who's Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges' will include Susan L. Berkowitz of
Bergenfield, Jennifer M. Gentile of Franklin Lakes, Lori Norian of
Ridgewood.

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

Erin Smith, a senior from Ridgefield majoring in health
education and counseling, is beginning an internship with the AIDS
Project of Center County, Pa. She will assist the director with AIDS
education programs for local schools, businesses, and organizations and
supervise a high school Peer AIDS Education Group.

ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

Cynthia L. Ondrick, a graduating senior who plans to study
community and learning in international artists colonies, has received a
1993 fellowship from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation. Her research will
take the Waldwick student to New Zealand, Israel, Ireland, and the
Dominican Republic.

Ondrick is a member of the fine arts honorary society at the
Canton, N.Y., university, which has purchased her artwork for its
permanent collection.

TAYLOR UNIVERSITY

Timothy M. Captain, a freshman chemistry and physics major
from Paramus, spent the interterm studying in England with the Indiana
university's honors English class. Captain is a recipient of Taylor's
Valedictorian Scholarship.

WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE

Vanessa Conde, a voice performance student from Teaneck,
placed sixth in the sophomore women category of the National Association
of Teachers of Singing competition.

WILLIAM PATERSON COLLEGE

Seniors Lissette Garcia of Ridgefield and Michelle Hartman
of Wyckoff have been selected for the 1993 edition of Who's Who Among
Students in American Universities and Colleges.

Copyright 1993 Bergen Record Corp. All rights reserved.

Alexander, Donnell - Contemporary Authors

ALEXANDER, Donnell

PERSONAL: Married Amy Osburn (divorced); children: Forrest and Wyatt. Education: Attended Sacramento City College and Fresno State University.

ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, Crown Publishers, 280 Park Ave., New York, NY 10017. E-mail— donnell@ghettocelebrity.com.

CAREER: Author and journalist. Has written for Might, L.A. Weekly, and ESPN: The Magazine.

WRITINGS:

Ghetto Celebrity: Searching for My Father in Me (memoir), Crown Publishers (New York, NY), 2003.

Contributor to Jointz, Source, and the Los Angeles Times.

WORK IN PROGRESS: 'Fiction about a three-tool punter who transforms pro football.'

SIDELIGHTS: Donnell Alexander was raised in Sandusky, Ohio, where his petty-criminal father, Delbert, abandoned his family early on. Alexander left Ohio and attended college in California. He made his way to Los Angeles, where he built a freelance writing career covering popular culture and sports. Eventually, Alexander's talents took him to ESPN: The Magazine and brought him within reach of the New York publishing world.

Alexander's memoir Ghetto Celebrity: Searching for the Delbert in Me covers his entire life, from Sandusky, through college and his now-defunct marriage, to the birth and raising of his two children, his freelance and magazine jobs and the lifestyle he enjoyed as a result of them. Throughout it all weaves the presence of his father, Delbert, whom Alexander seeks out when he is in his thirties. Ghetto Celebrity becomes Alexander's discovery of how much of Delbert is in him and how that reconciles with how he sees himself and his own young family. Carina Chocano, writing for Entertainment Weekly, found this to be the strength of the book, in that Alexander is most 'effective exploring his conflicted feelings about his background, his interracial marriage, and the legacy of his father.'

Reviewing the book for Library Journal, Bill Piekarski praised the author's 'rhythmic, inventive, liquid prose.' Andy Battaglia of the Onion A.V. Club noted, 'The book mines interesting racial terrain in accounts of articles on ghettoized figures like basketball player Latrell Sprewell and rap group The Pharcyde, but Alexander's self-regard makes the story more about him than his work.' However, Battaglia found that while 'the manic mix makes for more slop than it should . . . when its heart takes the stage, Ghetto Celebrity filters the blood of family down to a healing tonic.' Darryl Lorenzo Wellington of American Journalism Review felt that the book was 'an intermittently enjoyable read—by an author with a smart style and interesting, if self-indulgent, observations.' While Wellington felt that Alexander was 'too much the braggart, and too defensive regarding his ghetto identity,' he also praised his 'real gift for quick-witted writing, loaded with stinging phrases.' A reviewer for Kirkus Reviews took a similar tack, put off by Alexander's 'increasingly wearying' placement of his persona at the center of 'the cultural milieu he loves.' A reviewer for Publishers Weekly, was impressed by the 'dizzying memoir, which shifts seamlessly from one literary style to the next,' and felt that 'Alexander has given his inner demons a powerful voice, only to shout them down and prove himself at the top of his game.'

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

American Journalism Review, October-November, 2003, Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, review of Ghetto Celebrity: Searching for My Father in Me, p.87.

Booklist, May 1, 2003, John Green, review of GhettoCelebrity, p. 1567.

Entertainment Weekly, June 20, 2003, Carina Chocano, review of Ghetto Celebrity, p. 76.

Kirkus Reviews, April 15, 2003, review of GhettoCelebrity, p. 579.

Library Journal, May 1, 2003, Bill Piekarski, review of Ghetto Celebrity, p. 128.

Publishers Weekly, May 5, 2003, review of GhettoCelebrity, p. 212.

ONLINE

Baltimore City Paper,http://www.citypaper.com/ (July 2-July 8, 2003), Patrick Sullivan, review of Ghetto Celebrity.

Boston Phoenix,http://www.bostonphoenix.com/ (May 28, 2004), Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, review of Ghetto Celebrity.

Donnell Alexander Home Page,http://www.ghettocelebrity.com/ (March 6, 2003).

New York Press,http://www.nypress.com/ (March 6, 2003), Andy Wang, review of Ghetto Celebrity.

Onion A.V. Club,http://www.theonionavclub.com/ (July 9, 2003), Andy Battaglia, review of Ghetto Celebrity.

Cities hope to score with All-Star Game - The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)

When he saw two dozen stretch limousines pull up outside of CoorsField in Denver, Steve Sabitini became convinced Major LeagueBaseball's All-Star Game was more than just a game.

'They all lined up at the curb, and the doors opened up, and itwas all owners of major league teams, some Hall of Famers and allkinds of big shots from companies,' said Sabatini, who saw theprocession while working across the street from the stadium as awaiter at the Breckenridge Brewing Co.

'I grew up watching games in Fenway Park, and this is really ahistoric event, here,' said Sabatini, a native of Arlington, and aself-styled baseball guru. 'But it's also brought a lot of moneyinto town -- lots of money.'

Indeed it has. According to tourist and hospitality industryofficials in several major cities, the showcase of Major LeagueBaseball's most luminous stars has spurred spending of $28 million to$38.5 million annually in recent years.

Officials in Denver have prepared feverishly, eyeing an evenhigher payout.

In Boston, which will host the 1999 All-Star game, planning isalready well under way. The Greater Boston Convention & VisitorsBureau projects the city will realize at least $40 million inrevenue.

'It's a big economic boost for the city, it's not just an All-Stargame,' said Mayor Thomas Menino, who is in Denver to meet with MayorWellington Webb and his staff for advice on hosting the event. 'InCleveland two years ago, it attracted 120,000 people, and Boston is amore attractive destination. So we ought to do better than that.'

Beyond the revenue from tourism, baseball's All-Star game providesa huge civic marketing opportunity. Hundreds of officials from majorcorporations and their favored customers fly from across the countryto attend the game and the large, staged events that now envelop it.

'The bottom line is, in terms of the convention and touristindustry perspective, it'll be another way to show the country andthe world what Boston is, and what we can do,' said Patrick B.Moscaritolo, president and chief executive of the Visitors Bureau.

Officials of the Colorado Rockies and the Red Sox, the localtourist industries, and the city governments in Denver and Boston allsay they have had to forge a well-coordinated master plan for bothAll-Star Games.

Major League Baseball provides a 28-page list of items that thehost franchise and city must accomplish -- everything from how todecorate the field and the ballpark to how corporate sponsors of thegame may use and display the 'marks' of Major League Baseball and theAll-Star game.

Denver and the Rockies have amassed 1,200 to 1,500 volunteersserving as hospitality agents in the airport, hotels, restaurants,information areas and at the ballpark. They are guiding the 100,000to 150,000 visitors -- two to three times the capacity of Coors Field-- to the myriad of events that form what Major League Baseball likesto call 'All-Star Week.' A similar number of volunteers will besought in Boston next July.

Events began officially on Friday, but many of the businessmen andteam owners were in Denver as early as Wednesday, when Sabatini stoodand watched the line of limos roll up to the ballpark. On Friday,Saturday, and Sunday, tens of thousands of fans attended The All-StarFanFest at the Colorado Convention Center. The FanFest is an amalgamof events and displays arrayed around 300,000 square feet of indoorspace that take fans on an extensive, often-interactive tour of thesport. Because far more fans attend All-Star week than can fit intoCoors Field or Fenway Park, FanFest and other ancillary events nowprovide nearly as much of an attraction for visitors as the gameitself.

'It's got races, and throwing skills, batting, it has displaysabout how gloves are made -- on and on. It's terrific,' said Red Soxspokesman Richard L. Bresciani, describing FanFest. 'In Boston, thisthing should attract 125,000 people.'

Indeed, Major League Baseball has been an enormous businesssuccess in Denver, driving the dramatic revitalization of the oldestsection of the city -- the so-called LoDo (Lower Downtown) district,where Coors Field and about 85 restaurants and microbreweries, 20 artgalleries and 500 loft apartments have opened in the once-abandonedwarehouse district.

Throughout LoDo Friday through tonight, restaurants and bars havebeen rented out by companies sponsoring private parties for employeesand customers.

'We're all psyched up,' said Sabatini, who helped play host toMasterCard, which rented out the Breckenridge Brewing Co. for a partyfeaturing the club's microbrews and barbeque and pub food. 'We closethree days a year: Memorial Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.But we're going to close down for MasterCard.'

A few blocks further into the LoDo and away from Coors Field, TheDenver Post is sponsoring a party today for employees and readers atthe Wynkoop Brew Co. The Post and the Rocky Mountain News competefor the hearts of Rockies fans as they compete for readers. Whilethe News is an official sponsor of the team, the Post likes to callitself 'the official sponsor of the fans.' The Wynkoop was preparedto handle more than 1,000 people at the Post's party.

'You gotta love any event that happens early in the week, if youare a restaurant,' said Matt McAleer, the Wynkoop's marketingdirector. 'And the All-Star game is always on a Tuesday.'

Denver officials say they hope all of this secures the future ofLoDo. The refurbishment of the area has sparkled since Coors Fieldopened, in part because of spillover parking. Planners intentionallyprovided parking for only 5,000 cars near the field, so fans parkalong the streets in LoDo, often eating dinner before games andstopping in for a nightcap afterward.

'It is hot now,' said Eugene Dilbeck, president and chiefexecutive of the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. 'Thisweek it is the focus of national attention.'

Yesterday was MCI All-Star Workout Day, with the long-distancecarrier spending a tidy sum to sponsor the day and other companiespaying to sponsor individual events, including the Fleer DiamondSkills National Finals, the MCI All-Star hitting challenge and theService Merchandise Home Run Derby. All of the money from WorkoutDay goes to charity, with Major League Baseball and the hostfranchise splitting the donations 50-50.

In Denver yesterday, many fans who could not obtain tickets tothe game tried instead for tickets to Workout Day. In fact, withFenway Park's limited capacity, there is a possibility Workout Daywill be close to a sellout next year. And because both stadiums areconsidered sluggers' parks -- Coors Field because of the thin air atthe high altitude, and Fenway because of its cozy confines -- thehome run competition is especially popular with the fans.

About 5,000 people also were expected to gather last night at theDenver Performing Arts Complex for the All-Star Gala, featuring food,drink and entertainment, and another 5,000 fans were expected todayat the Major League Baseball Pre-Game Celebration.

Officials in Boston are already preparing for many of the sameevents next year.

Bresciani says the Red Sox have sent 25 employees to Denver tohelp them conceptualize what the team must do in and around FenwayPark next July. The All-Star Game has not been played at Fenway Parksince 1961.

Moscaritolo and a member of his staff, and Robert V. Colarossi,president of the Massachusetts Sports Partnership, are all joiningMenino in Denver in anticipation of the work that lies ahead toprepare Boston for next year's event.

Moscaritolo says 18 hotels already have been assembled in Bostonto provide 14,000 hotel rooms, and he and Bresciani say the hunt ison for venues large enough to host many of the ancillary events.

'We're already gearing up to provide a really first-classexperience,' Moscaritolo said. SIDEBAR ALL STAR NUMBERS

FIXTURES: What will you be watching this weekend? - Biggleswade Chronicle (Biggleswade, England)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4

UCL Division One: Wellingborough Whitworth v Irchester United.


SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5

FA Carlsberg Vase

Third Round: Brimsdown Rovers v Newport Pagnell Town; Chertsey Town v Sleaford Town; Leiston v Daventry Town; Long Buckby v Wellington; Stotfold v Badshot Lea; Hoddesdon Town v Kirkley & Pakefield; Royston Town v Stanway Rovers.


ZAMARETTO SOUTHERN LEAGUE

Premier Division: Bashley v Halesowen Town; Brackley Town v Oxford City; Clevedon Town v Bedford Town; Didcot Town v Rugby Town; Evesham United v Swindon Supermarine; Farnborough v Nuneaton Town; Hednesford Town v Chippenham Town; Hemel Hempstead Town v Banbury United; Merthyr Tydfil v Cambridge City; Stourbridge v Truro City; Tiverton Town v Leamington.

Division One Midlands: Barton Rovers v Romulus; Biggleswade Town v Beaconsfield SYCOB; Bromsgrove Rovers v AFC Sudbury; Chesham United v Arlesey Town; Hitchin Town v Aylesbury United; Leighton Town v Bedworth United; Marlow v Rothwell Town; Slough Town v Bury Town; Stourport Swifts v Burnham; Sutton Coldfield Town v Soham Town Rangers; Woodford United v Atherstone Town.


HEREWARD SPORTSWEAR UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUE

Premier Division: Bourne Town v Cogenhoe United; Daventry United v Blackstones; Deeping Rangers v Raunds Town; Holbeach United v Rothwell Corinthians; Northampton Spencer v Stewarts & Lloyds Corby; St Neots Town v Boston Town; Yaxley v Wellingborough Town.

Division One: Burton Park Wanderers v AFC Kempston Rovers; Eynesbury Rovers v Rushden & Higham United; Huntingdon Town v Thrapston Town; ON Chenecks v Bugbrooke St Michaels; Sileby Rangers v Buckingham Town; Potton United v Peterborough Northern Star.

Reserve Division One: Blackstones v Northampton Spencer; Desborough v Stotfold; Peterborough Northern Star v Huntingdon Town; Raunds Town v Wellingborough Whitworth; Stewarts & Lloyds Corby v Sileby Rangers; Wellingborough v Woodford United.


MOLTEN SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Premier Division: Broxbourne Borough v Langford; Colney Heath v Haringey Borough; Hillingdon Borough v Chalfont St Peter; Kingsbury London Tigers v Hanwell Town; Leverstock Green v Kentish Town; Oxhey Jets v Aylesbury; St Margaretsbury v Dunstable Town; Tring Athletic v Hatfield Town; Welwyn Garden City v Biggleswade United.

Division One: Ampthill Town v Kings Langley; Bedford Town Res; Harpenden Town v Brache Sparta Community; London Colney v Hadley; Sport London e Benfica v Crawley Green; Sun Postal Sports v Cockfosters; Tokyngton Manor v Stony Stratford Town.

Reserve Challenge Trophy: Hatfield Town v Tring Corinthians; AFC Dunstable v Oxhey Jets; Kings Langley v Colney Heath.
Reserve Division One: Cockfosters v Hadley Reserves; Langford v St Margaretsbury; Stony Stratford Town v Crawley Green.


THE BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Watson Shield Group One: Dinamo Flitwick v Riseley Sports Res. Group Three: Caldecote 'A' v Sharnbrook Res. Group Four: Queens Park Crescents v M & DH Oakley. Group Five: Westoning Recreation Club Res v Wilshamstead Res. Group Six: Stewartby Village v Renhold Village. Group Seven: Clifton Res v Sandy Res.

Premier Division supported by Sportsform: AFC Kempston Town v Dunton; Blunham v Campton; Caldecote v Wilshamstead; Ickwell & Old Warden v Woburn; Oakley Sports v Renhold United; Sharnbrook v Westoning Recreation Club.

Division One: Bedford Sports Athletic v Blunham Res; Campton Res v Meltis Albion; FC Meppershall v Henlow; Flitwick Town v AFC Kempston Town Res; Kempston Hammers Sports v Caldecote Res; Leighton United v Sandy; Marston Social v Kempston; Stevington v Ickwell & Old Warden Res.

Division Two: Arlesey Social Galacticos v Brache Sparta Community Res; Elstow Abbey v Great Barford; Kempston Royals v Clifton; Marabese Ceramics v Harpur FC; Potton Wanderers v Bedford Hatters; Shefford Town v Marston Shelton Rovers; Shillington v Kings AFC.

Division Three: Dunton Res v Stopsley Park.

Division Four: Bedford Park Rangers v Sundon Park Rangers; Eastcotts v Thurleigh.


SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6

MICHAEL R PETERS BEDFORD & DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE

Beds FA Sunday Junior Cup a Second Round: Celtic SC Luton Res v Newtown Rangers.

Brian Craddock Jubilee Cup a Second Round: Marston Reds v Sharks.

Beds FA Sunday Lower Junior Cup a Third Round: New Inn Biggleswade v Sarries United; Renhold v Luton Dukes; Axe & Compasses v Black Tom Rangers; Dunstable Athletic v Sears Morgan.

Beds FA Sunday Centenary Cup a Third Round: Phoenix v Rose Biggleswade; Bedford Allsters v Gardeners Call; M & DH Clapham Sunday v Gardeners Arms Biggleswade; Grafton Celtics v Luton Wanderers; Chalton Athletic v Bromham.

M&DH Insurance Services Premier Division: Atletico Europa v Sandy Sunday; Bird in Hand Bedford v Partizan; Inter Cople v Caldecote Young Boys; Supreme v Lawson Park Rangers.

Britannia H&R First Division: Bell Sandy v Haynes; Clearglaze Diamonds v Burnaby Arms Bedford; Oakley v AFC Greyfriars; Stewartby v Houghton Conquest.

Dearden Trophies Second Division: Eagle Heating v Sharnbrook Casuals; Meltis Mexicans v Wootton Park Rangers; Ship Inn Bedford v Cross Keys Wootton; Wootton Wanderers v Bird in Hand Res.

Tavistock Sound Third Division: Harrold v Bell Sandy Res; Kempston Constitutional Club v Cranfield United; Salento v Partizan Res.

Modplan Fourth Division: Bedford Panthers v Embankment; Constant & Co Ath Res v Flitwick Eagles Sunday; Harpur Sunday v North End Astros; Hobgoblin Old Boys v Mowsbury Athletic; Wells Stars v Bellini's.


MONDAY, DECEMBER 7

Zamaretto Southern League Premier Division: Cambridge City v Hemel Hempstead.

Zamaretto Division One Midlands: Beaconsfield SYCOB v Leighton Town


TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8

Hinchingbrooke Cup a First Round: Biggleswade United v Stotfold.

Zamaretto Southern League Premier Division: Banbury United v Farnborough; Bedford Town v Hednesford; Chippenham Town v Bashley; Nuneaton Town v Stourbridge; Oxford City v Clevedon; Rugby Town v Brackley Town; Truro City v Evesham United.

Zamaretto Division One Midlands: AFC Sudbury v Biggleswade Town; Arlesey Town v Slough Town; Burnham v Chesham United; Bury Town v Barton Rovers; Romulus v Woodford United; Rothwell Town v Sutton Coldfield; Soham Town Rangers v Hitchin Town.

UCL League Cup: Wootton Blue Cross v St Ives Town.

UCL Premier Division: Long Buckby v Stewarts & Lloyds Corby.

South Midlands Senior Floodlit Cup: St Margaretsbury v Oxhey Jets.

SSML Premier Division: Kingsbury London Tigers v Royston Town.

SSML Division One: Cockfosters v Hoddesdon Town.

SSML Reserve Division One: Harpenden Town v Stony Stratford; Hoddesdon v AFC Dunstable; Holmer Green v Oxhey Jets; London Colney v Kings Langley; Royston Town v Colney Heath.


WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9

Zamaretto Southern League Premier Division: Halesowen v Merthyr Tydfil; Swindon Supermarine v Tiverton Town.

Zamaretto Division One Midlands: Aylesbury United v Marlow.

SSML Division One: Hadley v Bedford.

NFL owners in a league of their own. - The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)

Byline: Chris Harry

ORLANDO _ Just last week, New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft was leaving his weekly Monday night tennis match with some friends when he was stopped by a stranger at his club.

'Thank you,' the man said.

The man told Kraft he recently had taken a copy of the Feb. 4 newspaper_the day after the Patriots' upset of the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI_and laid it at the gravesite of his father, a lifelong Boston sports fan and Patriots season-ticket holder.

Kraft listened, then issued a thank-you in return. For the loyalty. For the passion. For the tale.

'Obviously, this meant a lot to him,' Kraft said. 'Those of us who are fortunate enough to own a franchise in the National Football League are often reminded that we truly are customers of communal assistance.'

NFL owners are big on reminders. Always have been. Call it institutional memory. It has been the driving force behind the league since its founding more than 81 years ago when the heads of 12 club teams gathered Sept. 17, 1920, in the showroom of a Canton, Ohio, automobile dealership and formed the American Professional Football Association. Those 12 clubs were franchised at a cost of $100.

In the years to come_amid unfathomable growth and prosperity_the league would look for stability through the likes of icon owners such as George Halas, Art Rooney and Wellington Mara but also thrive under mavericks such as Al Davis, Joe Robbie and Eddie DeBartolo, and welcome new-age wealth with the likes of Jerry Jones and Daniel Snyder.

Through this parade of diversified personalities, the philosophy set forth in that showroom eight decades ago has remained the overriding constant to make the NFL the envy of pro sports. On Sunday, as the NFL and its 32 owners_along with team executives and head coaches_arrive in Orlando for their annual meetings at the Hyatt Grand Cypress, there will be discussions and differences among these powerful men and women.

In time, barriers will be scaled, not necessarily to the complete satisfaction of each_and not to the benefit of the owner with the most money or the team in the largest market.

Instead, it will be done in a way that will guarantee financial prosperity for franchises across the board_like it always has been done.

'The people who set up our league don't get enough credit for formulating a structure that is superior to any other league_and it's not necessarily close,' said Tampa Bay General Manager Rich McKay, who doubles as co-chair of the NFL Competition Committee. 'They created a system, from revenue-sharing and competitive standpoints, that not only has withstood the test of time, it's gotten better.'

While baseball, basketball and hockey deal with such issues as competitive imbalance, TV contracts and sagging attendance, the NFL is thriving within the framework of its charter system and under the guiding hand of Commissioner Paul Tagliabue.

In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks_which occurred three days into the 2001 regular season_the NFL emerged to stage one of the greatest seasons in its storied history, capped by arguably the most exciting Super Bowl of them all.

Now, compare that to Major League Baseball, our former national pastime. Its World Series also was one for the books, with the Arizona Diamondbacks coming from behind to defeat the three-time champion New York Yankees in a stirring seventh game on the game's final at-bat.

Yet, a week later, baseball's commissioner was talking about folding two teams.

'You wind up like the 6-year-old Woody Allen character in Annie Hall who slaps his forehead, always the wrong answer (coming from a slow classmate),' author Michael MacCambridge says of baseball. ' `Seven plus three is nine.' '

Football conquers America

MacCambridge has spent the last three years researching a book scheduled for release in the fall of 2003 tentatively titled The Big Game: How Pro Football Conquered America. The book will examine how the NFL overtook baseball as the nation's most popular sport, a surge that began in post-World War II and accelerated during the 1960s under then-commissioner Pete Rozelle.

Rozelle oversaw the passage of the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act, which resulted in network contracts that required all games of all teams to be televised, providing for equal shares of revenue distributed to all teams. Its framework set the table for similar structural features with NFL Films and merchandising that strengthened the league in cities of all sizes.

The result of baseball's imbalance is at an all-time high. After reaching their fifth World Series in the last six seasons last year, the 2002 Yankees will operate with a record payroll of more than $120 million, a figure financed in large part by the team's own cable TV package and other local revenue that generated $217.8 million in 2001. Now compare those numbers to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, whose local revenue was $62 million and whose payroll for the upcoming season figures to be about $34 million. What sort of chance do they have? And the Devil Rays are much better off than the Montreal Expos, whose local revenue streams produced a grand total of $9.8 million in 2001.

With such a discrepancy, this should come as no surprise: Since 1995, baseball has had only five teams whose payrolls were in the lower half of the league qualify for the playoffs.

Not even baseball can ignore the imbalance any longer.

'We've gotten into a situation where some clubs are backing off payroll because it doesn't make sense given the cost of each additional win and what it would cost to be competitive,' says Sandy Alderson, the executive vice president of baseball operations. 'We need to get those teams spending money again on talent.'

In contrast, the NFL last year operated under guidelines of a Collective Bargaining Agreement in its ninth season. The CBA called for all teams to remain under a league-imposed salary cap ($67.4 million in `01). The result was a third different Super Bowl champion in as many years. And none of the three had a winning record the season before claiming its title.

As for the money, the NFL's 31 teams brought in a combined $4.2 billion in TV revenue alone, with each franchise getting a $75 million split.

'Nobody shares like the NFL does,' Jacksonville Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver says. 'Everything we do is to make sure we aren't a league of haves and have-nots.'

Papa Bear

In 1981, Halas_then the owner of the Chicago Bears_testified before a Congressional subcommittee on relocation of NFL franchises. In one of the most memorable statements in league history, Halas reminded a nation about the NFL's mission statement.

Perhaps no one was more qualified to speak on the subject. Halas, after all, was in that showroom in 1920. He recalled how there weren't enough chairs, so he parked himself on the running board of a Hupmobile.

'Our league for me was then_and still is_best exemplified as a wheel,' Halas said. 'In 1920, we were 12 independent spokes. But spokes, if they are to serve a useful purpose and make a contribution, must have a rim. A spoke may weaken, even break, but the rim prevents collapse. Our league was and is our rim. The credo of sharing became the foundation of our league. On this foundation, professional football was built. This sharing concept was unprecedented in sport.'

In many ways, it still is.

'I think the real phenomena is with how (the owners) have adjusted over time,' says Joel Glazer, executive vice president of the Bucs and son of Tampa Bay owner Malcolm Glazer. 'Give credit to the pioneers and forefathers, if you will, but just as important is the way things have been adjusted as time has gone on. The world has changed. New things have come into play that no one could have imagined back then. But every step of the way, (the owners) have stepped up and said, `OK, what's in the best interest of the NFL?' '

A year ago, the hot-button item at the annual meetings was realignment. With the expansion Houston Texans set to join the league in `02, the NFL had to agree to a new and more practical NFC-AFC split. The issue had the potential to be contentious, but Tagliabue began his damage control more than a year earlier by meeting with smaller groups of owners and listening to their concerns as decision time drew near.

'The commissioner got everyone involved early and let everybody be a part of the process,' Glazer says. 'Not only that, but you had a group of owners who at the end of the day was going to do what was best for the National Football League.'

The most sensible solution was a proposal that sent the Seattle Seahawks jumping from the AFC to the NFC and the Bucs losing their rivalries in the NFC Central to join a new NFC South. Both moves ended 25-year affiliations for the teams.

'Did we want to move? No. Was it in the best interest of the National Football League for the Buccaneers to move? Yes,' Glazer says. 'So we moved.'

When it came time to move on the proposal, it was ratified in one day after the owners agreed to share gate receipts evenly across the league. By doing so, it made moot any arguments about teams wanting to be in divisions with sparkling new stadiums, armed with lucrative luxury boxes and club seats.

The split would be the same for everyone.

'My father was known for his friendship with everybody. He always gave the others a chance to say what his problem was. He would listen and he would try to work things out,' says Steelers President Dan Rooney, who took over team operations when his father died in 1988. 'I think that's pretty much the norm among the majority of owners in our league. We had our struggling times. We had the depression in the `30s, the war in the `40s and the AFL in the `60s. We survived them all.'

The replacements

In 1987, the NFL endured perhaps its ugliest episode when ownership thumbed its nose at a striking players union and staged games with replacement players. The move led to the decertification of the NFL Players Union and sent the two sides to court.

The case eventually was settled in 1993 and resulted in the current CBA, which includes a benefits package unmatched in sports. It also granted players their long-fought desire for an acceptable form of free agency, albeit a balanced avenue for movement to keep salaries under control_to the benefit of each team.

Last October, the CBA was extended through the 2007 season, meaning the NFL is guaranteed at least 20 years of labor peace.

'All it takes is a couple of work stoppages, and your (CBA) contract is going to look a little different because the game is going to be perceived as different,' says McKay, who credits NFLPA Executive Director Gene Upshaw with helping keep manageable what could have been a mess. 'The players want to know, when the game is over for them, `What is my severance package? What are my personal benefits? What's my retirement look like?'

'I say in our sport today, it all looks tremendous. Now those aren't things that are necessarily going to be written about or be at the forefront of anyone's stories, but they're critical, believe me.'

Critical, also, was the league's implementing a stadium-financing program in 1997, a development that addressed the issue of franchise relocation. From 1982 to `95, six teams relocated, including the Raiders twice (from Oakland to Los Angeles, then back to Oakland). The financing plan, known as 'G-3,' now allows teams facing stadium issues to get a loan from the NFL at favorable interest rates. So far, eight projects have netted loans of about $650 million. Palatial stadiums in Detroit and New England are set to debut in the fall, with new ones in Philadelphia and Chicago scheduled for `03.

'Relocation was a problem,' MacCambridge says. 'But the structure was there to deal with it.'

There appears the structure to deal with any bump in the NFL's road. Is it any wonder that pro football left baseball in its rearview mirror more than 30 years ago?

For perspective, MacCambridge suggests watching highlights of the first Super Bowl, circa 1967. Now compare that NFL Films footage to World Series highlights_if you can find any_of the same era.

'There is no comparison,' he says. 'You really get a sense at how stark the difference was and how many light years the NFL was ahead of other sports.'

The same conclusion can be drawn with regard to the NFL's overall structure in relation to rival leagues.

After all, how many can say a franchise in New York holds no competitive edge over one in Green Bay, Wis.?

End of argument.

'The only time we don't have aligned interest is during those three hours on Sunday when we're competing against one another,' Kraft says. 'Having passionate fans in every city in the country is really what our game is about, and it's good for the Patriots that 31 other cities care about their teams the same way we care for ours. We're sort of like one big family. We have our differences in our house, but outside, our bonds are too strong to let anyone else crack in.'

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