MIKE TYSON was the guest on CNN's "Larry King Live."
Tyson, asked why he is so popular: "One, I'm an exciting
fighter, outside of that, because there are a lot of
exciting fighters. ... I'm one of those people. I'm one of
the people who struggles everyday to get a job, struggles
everyday ... and I just happened to have snuck out of the
situation." Tyson, on DON KING: "Great man. ... He's been a
great influence in my life, been a confidence builder and
he's sure of himself and he believes he's the best. He
wants what everyone else wants, he wants the most of
everything" ("Larry King Live," CNN, 11/12).
OTHER NAMES: Former S.F. Mayor and attorney JOSEPH
ALIOTO is ill with prostate cancer (S.F. EXAMINER, 11/12).
...GREG NORMAN will become the first golfer to drive the
official pace car at next May's Indianapolis 500 (ESPN
SportsZone, 11/13).... Dallas-based HICKS MUSE TATE & FURST
agreed to pay $300M for Untied Artists Theater Group -- the
No. 2 movie theater chain (Mult., 11/13)....The attorney for
ESPN broadcaster GARY MILLER requested a jury trial for
public indecency, aggravated disorderly conduct and
resisting arrest charges against Miller stemming from an
October 14 incident. ESPN's Mike Soltys said Miller "will
go back on the air Friday" during college basketball pregame
and halftime shows (USA TODAY, 11/13)....To mark the NYSE
listing of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, NHL
Rangers C WAYNE GRETZKY was scheduled to ring the opening
bell this morning (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 11/13). Full-page ads
touting Gretzky's appearance were taken out in the Wall
Street Journal, Financial Times and N.Y. Times (11/13).
