NAMES IN THE NEWS

          Cavs GM WAYNE EMBRY will be honored tomorrow when he
     will be named the '98 Black Professional of the Year by the
     BLACK PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL,
     2/27)....Mariners SS ALEX RODRIGUEZ will help lead the
     first-ever "Read Across America" celebration, sponsored by
     the Nat'l Education Association (NEA), on March 2 by reading
     DR. SEUSS' "Green Eggs and Ham" with students in Phoenix, AZ
     (NEA)....JOE DIMAGGIO, and his role in a new film, "The
     First of May," were featured on "ET" (2/26)....Two members
     of the HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS were featured on ABC's "GMA" at
     the Reebok Sports Club in N.Y. this morning attempting to
     set a new slam dunk record by dunking on a 12-foot rim. 
     Globetrotters Chair MANNIE JACKSON noted that the players
     were wearing Reebok DMX-6s ("GMA," ABC, 2/27).