Most people here credit one person with making the club a reality: a native son turned sports entrepreneur named Lewis Katz.

October 25 - Jack Kent Cooke, sports entrepreneur (d.1997)

Along those lines, Riley, who has a minority share of the Heat, is a born sports entrepreneur, like his boss, Micky Arison.

Morley, 32, a Colorado real estate developer, said his brainstorm had sports entrepreneurs slapping their foreheads and wishing they had come up with the idea.

Tom Cruise showed Hollywood the money yesterday, with his independent production company announcing that it had lined up financing from a wealthy sports entrepreneur.

April 6 - Jack Kent Cooke, sports entrepreneur (born 1912)

Patrick A. Salvi is an American trial lawyer and sports entrepreneur who lives and works in the Chicago area.

The real question is whether NBC, when confronted for the first time by a sports entrepreneur with principles, will want to renew the relationship.

It is the mean-spirited nature of sports entrepreneurs not only to exploit their boy toys, but also to snatch their glory.

The film's backer, a sports entrepreneur and his wife, independently filmed, promoted and distributed the documentary.