NBC's MARV ALBERT will receive the Basketball Hall of
Fame's Curt Gowdy media award on May 31 at the Hall's annual
Awards Dinner (Basketball Hall of Fame)....The WOMEN'S
SPORTS FOUNDATION will hold its Summit '97 this Thursday
through Sunday in Bloomingdale, IL (WSF)....ALBERTO TOMBA
said he will star in a TV action series. He will begin
shooting in April '98, after the Nagano Games. Tomba will
recite his lines in English, so the series can be marketed
in the U.S. (USA TODAY, 5/14)....The group that won the
feature documentary Oscar for "When We Were Kings," the
fight film about MUHAMMAD ALI and GEORGE FOREMAN, is being
sued by a group led by HENRY SCHWARTZ, which claims it owns
the footage to the fight in Zaire (N.Y. POST, 5/14)....In
Toronto, Frank Zicarelli reports that Raptors Exec VP ISIAH
THOMAS' involvement in buying the team and discussions with
the Maple Leafs on a joint arena has prevented Thomas from
purchasing Sure Shot Int'l, which specializes in basketball-
related products. The company filed for bankruptcy
yesterday (TORONTO SUN, 5/14).
