To ex-players, and their agents, television should recite some rules.
So far, those had been drawn by his pursuers: federal agents, television producers, the victims of his phony stock deals and bogus loans.
More than a decade ago, when lists were compiled of the 20th century's most influential sports people, the most accurate included some who had never stepped on to a playing field: agents, television executives, administrators.
Direct conflicts of interest among football's various groups have also arisen: players, agents, television networks, competition sponsors, clubs, national bodies, continental associations, and FIFA all have divergent views regarding the staging of football tournaments and the distribution of football's income.
We'd vowed to experience life without our creature comforts (books, music, lovemaking) and numbing agents (television, radio, booze) and begin the process of finding sanctuary within ourselves.
It has become a cliché to compare him to Eliot Ness, the Chicago Prohibition agent whom television and movies made into a symbol of incorruptible law enforcement.
A DARK TRUTH A C.I.A. agent turned television host (Andy Garcia) travels to a South American country to investigate a massacre, and finds the local military cracking down on water-rights protesters led by Eva Longoria and Forest Whitaker.
Also under investigation are Emilio Fede, 79, one of Mr. Berlusconi's oldest friends and the director of a news program owned by his company, Mediaset; and Lele Mora, 55, an agent for television personalities.
The former talent agent and television producer focused on three areas which now provide the bulk of Bafta's roughly £6m annual turnover: the awards, membership fees and the organisation's landmark, but decaying, headquarters on Piccadilly in London.
The calls come from the United States Embassy in Germany, from Michael Jordan's agent, from television producers and from St .Anthony High School, where Hurley holds his second job and where he long ago earned his reputation as one of the best basketball coaches in the country.
