LAMAR HUNT was profiled by DONALD VAN DE MARK on
"Business Unusual with Lou Dobbs." Hunt, who owns the MLS
Crew and Wizards, on MLS' future: "I think it's gonna take
off. Even the fact that the U.S. has again qualified for
the World Cup helps a lot" ("Business Unusual," CNN, 1/10).
OTHER NAMES: PEYTON MANNING has signed with agent LEIGH
STEINBERG (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 1/11)....HOWIE LONG's
"Firestorm," which opened Friday, was the seventh-highest
grossing film over the weekend, bringing in $4M overall
(HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 1/12)....O.J. SIMPSON will be
interviewed on ESPN's "Up Close" on Thursday. An ESPN
source told Larry Stewart of the L.A. TIMES that there will
be no restrictions on questions, and Simpson said, "They can
ask me anything they want" (L.A. TIMES, 1/10)....TERRY
PLEDGER, who won $1M at the Orange Bowl in the Gillette
Touchdown Challenge, was a guest on the "Late Show" with
DAVID LETTERMAN on Friday. "Gillette" was mentioned five
times, and the video from the FedEx Orange Bowl, with
prominent Gillette signage, was shown ("Late Show," 1/9).
