Jazz F KARL MALONE will play himself in an upcoming
episode of NBC's "The Tony Danza Show" this fall (DESERET
NEWS, 8/26)....'96 Olympic Women's Basketball coach TARA
VANDERVEER's memoirs, "Shooting from the Outside; How a
Coach and Her Olympic Team Transformed Women's Basketball,"
will be published by Avon Books. It was written with JOAN
RYAN (N.Y. POST, 8/27)....ALLEN IVERSON pleaded no contest
to carrying a concealed weapon and was placed on three years
of probation yesterday in a New Kent, VA, District Court.
As part of a plea agreement, a marijuana possession charge
was dropped. Under the agreement, Iverson, who was joined
at the trial by 76ers President PAT CROCE, must also undergo
monthly drug testing for two years and may not own a gun
during that time (PHILA. INQUIRER, 8/27)....ANDRE AGASSI, on
his decision not to attend the Arthur Ashe Stadium
dedication Monday night: "A situation arose that I decided
to make a call and quite honestly I was very disappointed
not to be there. Sometimes priorities call and I was very
disappointed not to be there" (WASHINGTON POST, 8/27).
