The MLB Giants invited Olympic decathlon gold medalist
DAN O'BRIEN to work out with the team on Saturday in an
attempt to "reinforce the importance of top fitness" for
their players (S.F. CHRONICLE, 2/20)....The National Marrow
Donor Program has received 16,578 phone calls regarding the
program since Sunday's telecast of the Daytona 500. The
"overwhelming" interest was due to a special drive started
by NASCAR for race car owner RICK HENDRICK (The Marrow
Foundation)....SI swimsuit issue cover girl TYRA BANKS was a
guest on the "Tonight Show" with JAY LENO. Leno showed a
shot from the issue of Banks laying on her stomach in a blue
thong. Banks said the photographer convinced her to do the
shot. Banks: "I have this clause, it's almost like a
contractual thing, but a verbal thing. I don't like any
shots of my butt. The public has never seen my butt."
("Tonight Show," NBC, 2/19)....MAGIC JOHNSON is in talks to
produce films and TV shows for 20th Century Fox. Early
reports say the "first project" in the deal would be
"Homeboy," a comedy about a family that adopts a child in
hopes he'll become a professional basketball player"
(CHARLOTTE OBSERVER/L.A. TIMES, 2/20).
