Stories from the September 14, 2006, Print Edition
Jamie Foxx and his entourage were looking for a game of pickup basketball in Washington Tuesday afternoon. His hotel for the D.C. stay, The Four Seasons on M Street is only blocks away from the L.A. Sports Club, which boasts two full-sized basketball courts, where the District elite sweats.
Regular Foggy Bottom gym-goers know to have their GWorld in hand when walking into "Hell-Well," but a group of five managed to shoot hoops Tuesday after nonchalantly strolling past the lobby ID-checkers. Academy Award-winning actor Jamie Foxx and four others enjoyed special access to the five-year-old building, which University officials said was a courtesy extended to a celebrity; but Foggy Bottom activists said was illegal.
The University plans to resume its subscription to an NFL television package this weekend after canceling the package due to construction on the fifth floor of the Marvin Center, an official said. GW canceled the NFL Sunday Ticket, a DirecTV plan that gives customers out-of-town football games, because they anticipated construction on the seating area for the new Sodexho restaurant WOW Wingery, said Michael Peller, the managing director of the Marvin Center.
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