NHL Oilers Owner PETER POCKLINGTON has "abruptly"
cancelled plans to buy the 47% of margarine producer Cambra
Foods Ltd. he doesn't already own, after failing to secure
financing for the C$30M acquisition (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL,
12/18)....Reds Owner MARGE SCHOTT was released from a
Cincinnati hospital Tuesday after being treated for a week
for pneumonia ("SportsCenter," ESPN, 12/17)....TIGER WOODS,
upon being named SI's "Sportsman of the Year," called
winning his third U.S. amateur title the "highlight" of his
year, "because pretty much anyone can win a tour event.
That happens all the time. But no one's ever won three
consecutive amateurs, and that's something I'm very proud
of" ("CNN/SI," CNN, 12/17). WOODS, on the death threats he
has received: "I look at it this way: If there's any time to
go, I'd much rather go out on a golf course" ("CNN/SI," CNN,
12/17)....Bulls' F DENNIS RODMAN paid more than $800,000 for
a 1907 gold coin designed for President Theodore Roosevelt
("CNN/SI," CNN, 12/17). ESPN's DAVID ALDRIDGE, on RODMAN: "I
don't think Dennis is going to be a problem the rest of the
year. ... I think, frankly, Dennis is worried about some
endorsement money. He's making $12 million off the court.
And that money is going to be a problem for him if he keeps
acting up and doesn't get to play on the floor" ("NBA
Today," ESPN, 12/17).
