December 18 – Who’d have thought tennis champ Boris Becker would have a second career as a car salesman? At Christie’s for an auction of the very first production model Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, to benefit the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, Becker told us he couldn’t afford the €1.5 million the car was expected to bring. Then he added, “Plus, I have a couple of dealerships for Mercedes. So I would be foolish to buy cars when I own dealerships”. Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk told us that he’d consider buying one of the $400,000+ McLarens “if they bring the price down about a hundred times”. Other sporty types on hand were Monica Seles, Nadia Comaneci, John McEnroe and Edwin Moses. No one was more sporting than Long Island auto dealer Juliana Terian, who won the bidding at €1.7 million (about U.S. $2.1 million) in two minutes flat.