NAMES IN THE NEWS

          Teen pop group HANSON will sing the National Anthem at
     Game One of the World Series ("Showbiz Today," CNN, 10/15).
     ...The Devils' RANDY MCKAY is hiring agent JEFF SOLOMON to
     represent him (N.Y. POST, 10/12)....DON KING has a cameo in
     the new AL PACINO film, "The Devil's Advocate," which opens
     Friday (VARIETY, 10/13)....WNBA President VAL ACKERMAN will
     be awarded the '97 Distinguished Alumna Award from the Univ.
     of Virginia's Women's Center on October 17 (WNBA)....SHIRLEY
     POVICH, the 92-year-old columnist for the WASHINGTON POST,
     was in stable condition after collapsing yesterday at Camden
     Yards before Game 6 of the ALCS (N.Y. POST, 10/16).