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Louisville Courier Journal
LOUISVILLE, Ky. A former consultant to Adidas says in a sworn statement that the company provided airfare and other benefits to college players, including former Duke basketball star Zion Williamson.
In a deposition in a lawsuit filed by disqualified University of Louisville recruit Brian Bowen Jr., Dan Cutler said an Adidas representative provided four airline tickets for Williamson’s family before he enrolled at Duke.
In a September 2015 text message to an AAU coach, Cutler also said he had arranged to put up Williamson’s family in a hotel, adding, We officially aren’t putting any parents up, so let’s make sure we all keep that private, please.
In 1912, Owen Burns – Sarasota’s first and most prolific builder – was 43 years old, single, and ready to settle down. Enter the young and beautiful Vernona Freeman, who came to Sarasota with her relatives for a vacation in March.
The Sarasota Times, always mindful of reporting on newcomers, wrote that Mr. Leonard L. Hill, “a well- known capitalist and Mrs. Hill a prominent society leader of New York City were guests of Mr. Owen Burns.”
The entourage was accommodated at Burns Villa, formerly the Halton Sanitarium/Hotel, which lodged both Bertha Palmer and Burns when each arrived in Sarasota in 1910.
The lovely Vernona was described as “one of New York’s most charming debutantes and a favorite among Sarasota’s younger set.”