At home in Southern CA due to the lockout, Bruins goalie
JOHN BLUE has spent much of his time-off playing roller hockey --
 but he is also negotiating to buy land on which to build two
roller hockey rinks in Anaheim.  Blue: "It's exploding out here.
Ice hockey is popular, too, but it's hard to for people to get
ice time, and when they can, it's so expensive" (Nancy Marrapese,
BOSTON GLOBE, 11/1).

     Eagles owner JEFFREY LURIE on Sunday visited the White House
to meet with Clinton aides in an attempt to develop a "meaningful
program" to deal with urban community development.  Lurie said
several plans were discussed but he is unsure if the Eagles want
to develop a kind of umbrella strategy to work with the community
or if they want to aid individual organizations on a case-by-case
basis.  Lurie: "We want it to be long-term support with a
sustained impact, not a one-shot deal.  We'll probably look a
little more before we act" (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 10/31).

     JOHN KOSNER has been named VP/Program Planning and
Development of Sports Illustrated TV. Kosner, 34, had been
VP/Broadcasting of the NBA since '91 (SITV)....MARGO HALLE has
been named Director/Production, CBS Sports.  Halle will oversee
budgets for CBS Sports broadcasts and act as liaison to CBS
Sports production and operations departments. She will continue
as planner/coordinator for CBS' coverage of the '98 Winter
Olympics in Nagano.  BOB MATINA is the new Coordinating Dir of
CBS Sports.  Matina will also continue as Coordinating Dir for
the '98 Winter Olympics in Nagano (CBS Sports)....GARY STEVENSON
has been named COO of The Golf Channel.  Stevenson was formerly
Executive VP of Business Affairs for the PGA Tour (PGA Tour).

     U.S. Justice Department prosecutors will begin extradition
proceedings against Toronto attorney and former NHLPA head ALAN
EAGELSON "within the next two weeks," according to NHL sources.
Eagelson was indicted on more than 30 counts of fraud and
embezzlement by a federal grand jury last spring (Toronto GLOBE &
MAIL, 11/1). ....Look for a cameo by Pacers star REGGIE MILLER on
an episode of "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper" this week on ABC (USA
TODAY, 11/1)...FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER says she is training to
run the marathon in the '96 Atlanta Olympics (USA Track &
Field)....SHAQUILLE O'NEAL has joined other prominent African-
Americans -- such as Whitney Houston, Danny Glover and Johnny
Cochran -- to invest approximately $15M into a new Pepsi-Cola
distribution company in Johannesburg, South Africa (ENTERTAINMENT
WEEKLY, 10/28 issue).