Raptors VP ISIAH THOMAS said he'd be "very interested"
in getting involved in bringing an NFL franchise to Toronto
(FINANCIAL POST, 3/23)....In Chicago, Phil Rosenthal writes:
"The surprise inclusion of DENNIS RODMAN on tape on the
Oscars telecast having been spoiled, we hear the Academy
Awards people now want to spring Rodman and his thespian
tendencies on viewers as a presenter tonight." Rodman: "I
don't know what I'm doing. ... I probably am (presenting)"
(CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 3/24)....WAYNE GRETZKY and MARK MESSIER
were featured in Sunday's N.Y. TIMES MAGAZINE under the
header "Elders On Ice" (N.Y. TIMES MAGAZINE, 3/23)....Stars
Owner TOM HICKS was featured in Sunday's Business section of
the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Hicks' firm, Hicks, Muse, Tate &
Furst Inc., "now has big stakes" in about 270 radio
stations, and Hicks says that the plan is to "increase that
number by 50 percent within five years" (DALLAS MORNING
NEWS, 3/23)....Mariners SS ALEX RODRIGUEZ was profiled in
Sunday's SEATTLE TIMES under the header "Alex The Great --
Baseball's Mr. Nice May Be The Coolest Guy In Seattle"
(SEATTLE TIMES, 3/23)....The Yankees' TINO MARTINEZ, BERNIE
WILLIAMS, DEREK JETER, DWIGHT GOODEN, and JORGE POSADA were
fetaured in the Sunday N.Y. TIMES' "Men's Fashion of the
Times." Jeter is on the cover (N.Y. TIMES MAGAZINE, 3/23).
