The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER's Steven Zeitchik reports director RON SHELTON will direct " Q SCHOOL ," a golf comedy he co-wrote with JOHN NORVILLE . The film is "described as a comedy in which a group of hopefuls battle it out in a competition to make the PGA Tour." Actors DENNIS QUAID and TIM ALLEN are "eyeing the project as a starring vehicle." Shelton directed " TIN CUP ," as well as a "veritable scorecard of sports movies" ( HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 8/14 ). LOVE OF THE GAME : The CP's Bill Brioux profiles film producer JERRY BRUCKHEIMER 's interest in hockey, and writes Bruckheimer has "invested in a new sports arena in Las Vegas, and his name always comes up in rumours about possible ownership in an NHL franchise there." Bruckheimer "got into hockey after working out with" former NHLer MARTY MCSORLEY , and NHL Kings President of Business Operations Luc Robitaille is "part of Bruckheimer's puck posse." Bruckheimer "scrimmages at least once a week whenever he's in the L.A. area, with famous actor clients such as TOM CRUISE and CUBA GOODING, JR., sometimes joining him on the ice" ( CP, 8/13 ). SPECIAL GUESTS : McDonald's JOHN LEWICKI and DEAN BARRETT , 24 Hour Fitness' CARL LIEBERT , Adecco's PAUL SHANAHAN , Coca-Cola's DINA GERSON and DIANE WARD , Hilton's DIANNA VAUGHAN and SCOTT BRENNAN , IMG's MIKE MURRAY , Allstate's TOM WILSON and LISA COCHRANE and actor DENNIS HAYSBERT were among the attendees at the U.S. Olympic HOF induction ceremony Wednesday in Chicago ( USOC ). FUTURE OF MEDIA? In Providence, Bill Reynolds notes Patriots QB TOM BRADY is featured on the cover of the newest edition of Details magazine. Reynolds: "Welcome to the new landscape of sports journalism." Readers will "find out infinitely more about Brady in glossy magazines these days than you will ever find in a daily newspaper, or web site, or some blog somewhere," as celebrities "don't give it out for free." Reynolds: "That's just the way it is, and particularly so with the Patriots, where saying next to nothing has long been almost an art form" ( PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, 8/14 ). NAMES : Swimmer MICHAEL PHELPS was "shaken but apparently uninjured Thursday night" when the car he was driving in Baltimore "collided with another vehicle, seriously damaging Phelps' vehicle, the other car and a parked vehicle" ( BALTIMORESUN.com, 8/14 )....Blue Entertainment Sports Television (BEST), a division of Louisville-based Blue Equity LLC, was ranked No. 21 on Inc. magazine's list of the 500 fastest growing private companies. BEST also was the top-rated company in Inc.'s "Media" category. The ranking is "based on year-over-year sales growth from the previous three years" ( BIZJOURNALS.com, 8/12 )....NASCAR driver BRAD KESELOWSKI has "invited 52 laid-off autoworkers from UAW 5960" in Lake Orion, Michigan, to attend Saturday's Nationwide Series Carfax 250 at Michigan Int'l Speedway (MIS). Keselowski is "paying their transportation to the track and will meet with them." MIS is "supplying the tickets" ( DETROIT NEWS, 8/14 )....Former NHLers TIE DOMI , GLENN ANDERSON and SEAN BURKE will pair up with former Olympic figure skaters in a seven-week, "elimination-style dance competition" debuting this October on the CBC called "Battle of the Blades" ( CP, 8/12 )....Former Nuggets GM & coach DAN ISSEL in June filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, claiming that he is more than $4.5M in debt ( DENVER POST, 8/14 )….Hawks F AL HORFORD , 76ers G WILLIE GREEN and C SAMUEL DALEMBERT and Nets F EDUARDO NAJERA last week helped lead the NBA’s “Basketball Without Borders Americas” program in Mexico City ( ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 8/12 ).
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