Phil Rosenthal of the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES commenting on DENNIS
RODMAN'S "wedding" yesterday in New York's Rockefeller Center:
"The people who call Wednesday's media event a publicity stunt
because Rodman didn't get married miss the point. Even if he had
gotten married to someone, it still would have been a publicity
stunt" (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 8/22)....JOHN CALIPARI'S book "Refuse
to Lose" will be released on September 9 by Ballantine Books.
Calipari will be making appearances in the following cities: New
York/New Jersey (Sept. 16, 17), Pittsburgh (Sept. 18), Boston
(Sept. 19, 21), and Amherst (Sept. 20) (Ballantine).....A jury
ruled in favor of DEION SANDERS in a $1M lawsuit filed by a
security guard at Riverfront Stadium who claimed he was injured
by Sanders leaving the stadium on a motor scooter (USA TODAY,
8/22)......STEFFI GRAF was interviewed on "Good Morning America."
She is in New York before the U.S. Open participating in a
program sponsored by Corel and the New York City Parks department
to teach tennis to New York City youths ("Good Morning America,"
ABC, 8/22)....Gymnast KERRI STRUG was on "Bloomberg Business
News" to discuss her Olympic performance and her plans to attend
UCLA this fall ("Bloomberg Business News," PBS, 8/22).