WISE took out a quarter-page ad in today's N.Y. TIMES
congratulating Nike VP/Marketing LIZ DOLAN, WISE's '97 Woman
of the Year (N.Y. TIMES, 7/28)....Celtics Chair PAUL GASTON
was profiled in the BOSTON HERALD by Mark Murphy: "After
years of absorbing hits from his team's disenfranchised
public, he has apparently turned the corner" (BOSTON HERALD,
7/27)....Funeral services for BEN HOGAN will be held Tuesday
at 2:00pm ET at the University Christian Church on the
campus of TCU in Ft. Worth (PGA Tour)......MEL GIBSON
attended a recent pilot taping of "The Magic Hour," MAGIC
JOHNSON's late night talk show scheduled to launch next year
(VARIETY, 7/27). ...In N.Y., George Willis wrote on the
Jets' JAMES FARRIOR replacing agent BRAD BLANK with RALPH
CINDRICH. Farrior's supporters "accused Blank of using
'threatening tactics,' in an unsuccessful attempt to
intimidate" the first-round pick. Blank said it is the
first time he has had a "major dispute" with a client.
Blank: "If I were in a position to tell all the facts, it
would show I'm not the bad guy" (N.Y. POST, 7/27).
...SHAQUILLE O'NEAL will do a guest spot on "Baywatch" (L.A.
TIMES, 7/28)....EVANDER HOLYFIELD, on meeting NELSON
MANDELA, who was a former amateur boxer, during his visit to
South Africa: "I showed him a tip. I was saying, 'Keep your
hands up. Watch your ear'" ("Tonight Show," 7/25). ...The
book, "MICHELLE KWAN: Heart of a Champion," will hit stores
in November. Scholastic Inc. will also publish a Kwan
scrapbook and poster aimed at the youth market (BOSTON
GLOBE, 7/26)....Walt Disney Chair MICHAEL EISNER is
interviewed in BUSINESS WEEK. On a succession plan for the
company: "There is a group of people both inside and outside
this company who could run it if I wasn't here. There isn't
a concrete plan at the moment" (BUSINESS WEEK, 8/4 issue).
