CHARLES BARKLEY, on Steve Forbes and his proposed flat tax:
"They're killin' me with that 50% [tax bracket]. Steve Forbes
has some good ideas. I could retire sooner." Forbes, with the
Arizona Primary on Tuesday, was in attendance at yesterday's Suns
game (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 2/26)....NBC's Peter Vecsey: "My feeling
is that they [the Knicks] have a chance to go out and get MICHAEL
JORDAN. If JERRY REINSDORF, the owner of the Bulls, does not
give Jordan what he wants, if he considers it an insult, I think
Jordan will make Reinsdorf pay one way or the other - and the
best way to make him pay would be to come to New York for less
money" ("NBA on NBC," 2/25)....The Braves make a visit to the
White House today. Braves 3B CHIPPER JONES: "I want to see that
little red telephone. All I have to do is pick it up and World
War III starts" (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 2/26)....BO JACKSON on his
acting career: "I'm not going to be another Brian Bosworth"
(MIAMI HERALD, 2/25)....Daytona 500 champ DALE JARRETT made a
cameo appearance on "The Tonight Show" Friday night. Jarrett
polished JAY LENO'S dress shoes with a gigantic red buffer
attached to the back wheel of a Ford convertible car ("Tonight
Show," 2/23).... Lakers star CEDRIC CEBALLOS will appear on the
children's TV program, "The Puzzle Place" ("Inside Stuff," 2/24).
