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          PRESIDENT CLINTON was a guest of Bullets/Caps Owner Abe
     Pollin at USAir Arena for Friday's Bulls-Bullets game. 
     Clinton became the first president to attend an NBA game
     since Jimmy Carter in '79 (MULT., 2/22)....GREG NORMAN is
     reportedly eyeing a chain of restaurants called "Greg Norman
     Down Under" (FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, 2/22)....KERRI STRUG was
     profiled in the "USA Weekend" section of the N.Y. DAILY NEWS
     by Stephanie Mansfield under the header "Kerri's Struggles." 
     Mansfield:  "The Olympics vaulted Kerri Strug to fame - but
     didn't teach her how to handle it" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 2/21).
     ....ESPN's JOHN FEINSTEIN, on TIGER WOODS: "What was Tiger
     doing in Thailand and Australia the last two weeks.  Answer:
     Picking up huge appearance fees.  Question: Why does this
     kid need one more dollar than he already has.  Answer:
     Greed.  That's why athletes call IMG, Woods' management
     company, I Am Greedy.  This is how IMG and agents everywhere
     constantly burn athletes out -- chasing the money.  Tiger
     Woods needs to chase money about as much as he needs another
     swoosh on his hideously overswooshed golf clothes" ("The
     Sports Reporters," EPSN, 2/23).


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