JOHN TRAVOLTA is filming "A Civil Action" in Boston,
which includes shooting scenes at FENWAY PARK (BOSTON GLOBE,
11/14)....One-on-One Sports Radio Network talk show host
ARNIE SPANIER and his wife BETH, have named their newborn
baby boy SHEA, after Shea Stadium (One-on-One Sports)....KEN
GRIFFEY JR. received an additional $150,000, on top of his
$7.8M contract with the Mariners, when he won the AL MVP
Award (TACOMA TRIBUNE, 11/13)....THE ASSOCIATION OF LUXURY
SUITES DIRECTORS will hold its 8th Annual ALSD Conference
and Trade Show June 28-30, 1998, in Anaheim, CA (ALSD).
...Boston Mayor THOMAS MENINO, in partnership with
Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sports in
Society, will host the first Boston Youth Sports Congress at
the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury
Community College on Saturday from 9:00am to 2:30pm ET (City
of Boston)......"Access Hollywood"'s Pat O'Brien: "On this
Friday night's 'Family Matters,' URKEL gets to take a
million dollar shot at halftime during a Los Angeles
Clippers home game. To make things look as real as
possible, 'Family Matters' shot Urkel's big shot on location
at a real Clippers game" ("Access Hollywood," 11/13).
