Dolphins QB DAN MARINO appeared live via satellite from
the Dolphins training facility last Friday on "Late Show"
with DAVID LETTERMAN as it broadcast from Miami. Marino:
"Dave, in honor of you being in Miami tonight, I am going to
attempt during the rest of the show to eat 100 stone crabs.
Think I can do it?" Marino had a plate filled with crabs in
front of him and during final credits, he was shown
supposedly eating his last crab ("Late Show," CBS, 11/22).
....AL Umpire JOHN HIRSCHBECK said he turned down $50,000
for a motel commercial immediately after the spitting
incident with ROBERTO ALOMAR (N.Y. TIMES, 11/24)....Raptors'
MARCUS CAMBY purchased a $438,000 home for his mother and
two sisters in South Windsor, CT (HARTFORD COURANT,
11/23).....TED TURNER has amassed nearly 1.3 million acres
of ranch land, and is now looking to purchase land in
Argentina. Turner: "In case I don't like being vice
chairman of Time Warner, I can always come here (N.Y. TIMES,
11/24)....TOMMY LASORDA is negotiating to open a restaurants
chain offering Subway and hoagie-type sandwiches in Ramada
hotels across the U.S. (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 11/25).