Falcons Owner ARTHUR BLANK, who "had surgery four weeks ago for prostate cancer," on Thursday "announced that he is now cancer free." Meanwhile, Blank and ANGELA MACUGA are "engaged to be married in June" (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 3/18).
ICEHOUSE OF CARDS: Actor KEVIN SPACEY on Saturday is "expected to attend" Red Wings-Panthers at BB&T Center. Spacey reportedly will "drop the ceremonial first puck and likely meet with the team." Spacey on Thursday "sent out a video through his Twitter account of him packing a bag." After "zipping it up, he unzipped it and placed the custom Florida Panthers jersey he has worn in previous videos shown by the team at games" (MIAMIHERALD.com, 3/17).
GOOD TO SEE YOU! Florida Gulf Coast AD KEN KAVANAGH and North Carolina AD BUBBA CUNNINGHAM on Thursday before the schools' NCAA Tournament matchup "spent a few minutes catching up" on a relationship that "goes back decades to their shared days at Notre Dame." Kavanagh, Cunningham, Georgia Tech AD MIKE BOBINSKI and NCAA VP/D-I Governance KEVIN LENNON all "played on the same intramural basketball team while in school or working at Notre Dame" (NEWS-PRESS.com, 3/17).
NAMES: The "spectacular rise and subsequent fall" of the former NASL N.Y. Cosmos will "be the subject of drama TV series." The project, "now in development, will track the brief existence" of the NASL, which operated from '68-84, "through the story of its most famous club." The drama project is "done with the cooperation" of the Cosmos, with former player WERNER ROTH serving as Exec Producer alongside Rohan Media's ROY HOULETTE, Primary Wave's BEN PRESS and producer MARK ROSS. The search is "underway for a writer" (DEADLINE.com, 3/17).
