S.F. Chronicle sportswriter GARY SWAN passed away
Thursday in Daytona Beach, FL, where he was covering the
Daytona 500. He was 51 (CBS SportsLine, 2/18).
MORE NAMES: BLOOMBERG NEWS' Scott Soshnick reported
that Clippers G DEREK ANDERSON has signed with agent TONY
DUTT after firing agent PERCY "MASTER P" MILLER (see THE
DAILY, 1/10) (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 2/16)....Marlins P JOSH
BECKETT has donated $100,000 out of his $7M contract to be
used toward the Marlins' new Miami youth baseball tournament
(AP, 2/18)....WNBA Rockers VP/Business Operations GAYLE
BIBBY-CREME has been honored with a Distinguished Sales and
Marketing Award by the Sales and Marketing Executives of
Cleveland (Ohio NEWS-HERALD, 2/17).