Bucks Senior VP ALEX LASRY is "closing in on" Lt. Gov. MANDELA BARNES in Wisconsin’s Senate Democratic primary, according to a new internal poll. Thirty-four percent of likely Democratic voters “support Barnes,” while “31 percent are for Lasry.” The poll is the latest sign that the battleground primary has “become a close race” between Barnes, a progressive backed by U.S. Sen. ELIZABETH WARREN (D-Mass.) and the Working Families Party, and Lasry, a "more center-left candidate who has won the endorsement of local labor unions.” Lasry, who has “loaned millions out of his own pocket to his campaign, began airing TV ads” in October ‘21. He is “on leave” from his job with the Bucks (POLITICO.com, 5/27).
TROUBLE WITH THE LAW: Former F1 CEO BERNIE ECCLESTONE was arrested in Brazil late on Wednesday for illegally carrying a gun while boarding a private plane to Switzerland. Police said that Ecclestone acknowledged owning the gun, but said that he was “unaware it was in his luggage at the time.” Ecclestone “paid bail and was freed” to travel to Switzerland (REUTERS, 5/27)....Professional poker player CORY ZEIDMAN was arrested Wednesday on charges of fraud and money laundering related to a sports betting scheme that “brought in more than $25 million” from alleged victims. Zeidman faces federal charges of conspiracy to “commit wire fraud and mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering” as part of the scheme that spanned from ‘04 to 20. Zeidman won a bracelet at the ‘12 World Series of Poker (ESPN.com, 5/26).
BUYERS & SELLERS: Former NFLer ORLANDO FRANKLIN is putting his Colorado mansion in Cherry Hills Farm “on the market” for $9.95M. The seven-bed, 11-bath house spans almost 14,400 square feet, and includes a “designer kitchen, a movie theater, a 'man cave,' a six-car garage, salt water fish tanks, a golf simulator and more” (DENVER POST, 5/27)....Colts QB NICK FOLES placed his seven-bedroom, 7,664-square-foot mansion in Glencoe, Ill., “on the market” for $3.29M. Other features include a "first-floor guest room and a primary bedroom suite with custom bookshelves, motorized draperies and a wet bar.” On the lower level are “10-foot ceilings, a theater room with motorized leather seats, a sound system and a projector," as well as an "exercise room with a rubber floor, a recreation room with a bar and a sauna” (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 5/27).
NAMES: Canton native MARION MOTLEY joins BILL WILLIS, KENNY WASHINGTON and WOODY STRODE -- four men who “broke the color barrier” in pro football -- in being selected to share the Pro Football HOF Ralph Hay Pioneer Award this year. Known sometimes as the Forgotten Four, the quartet each "began playing pro football" in ‘46, becoming the “first Black players to do so” since the early ‘30s (Canton REPOSITORY, 5/27)....At the Indianapolis 500, BLAKE SHELTON will "give the traditional command for drivers to report to their cars" during the official pre-race ceremonies. Actor MILES TELLER had “previously been announced” as the honorary starter (AP, 5/27)....Former IOC Dir and long-time Olympic commentator MICHAEL PAYNE has won the Illustrated Book of the Year Award for his book “Toon In!” at the ’22 Sunday Times Sports Book Awards. The book uses the cutting insight of 400 of the world’s greatest cartoonists from 50 countries to help tell the extraordinary story behind the modern Olympic Games (Sports Book Awards).
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USA Track & Field celebrates a decade of being under the guidance CEO Max Siegel and discusses how he bridged the gap between the performance on the field and in the front office. Joining us on today's episode are Olympians Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Chaunte Lowe and Wallace Spearman along with USATF CEO Max Siegel himself.
Today’s episode features Matt Caldwell, president and CEO of the Florida Panthers, talking with SBJ’s Abe Madkour about his unconventional path into the industry, his experience at West Point and during combat in Iraq, and how the leadership and teamwork he encountered in the military shapes his career today. Caldwell is a member of SBJ’s Forty Under 40 class of 2018.
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