NAMES IN THE NEWS

          On Tuesday, THE DAILY listed TOTAL SPORT magazine's Top
     10 Best Female Bodies, as voted upon by its readers.  The
     Top 5 Best Male Bodies were: 1) LINFORD CHRISTIE 2) EVANDER
     HOLYFIELD 3) LENNOX LEWIS 4) COLIN JACKSON and 5) STEVE
     REDGRAVE (TOTAL SPORT, 4/98 issue)....Stars C MIKE MODANO
     was featured by ESPN's Shelley Smith in a "SportsCenter"
     cover story entitled "Star Struck."  Having modeled Armani
     and posed for Cosmopolitan magazine, Smith said, "Mike
     Modano might be hockey's heartthrob."  Modano, on his cover
     boy status: "I get razzled from the guys about it, and I'm
     razzled about all those magazine shoots, but they're fun. I
     don't mind doing them" ("SportsCenter," ESPN, 4/22)....DALE
     EARNHARDT will be a guest voice on the May 3 episode of
     Fox's "King of the Hill" (USA TODAY, 4/23)....NFL Oilers
     Owner BUD ADAMS donated $100,000 to support repair efforts
     in the wake of the tornadoes which struck Nashville last
     week.  The NFL matched his donation (USA TODAY, 4/23).
     ...ESPN's CHRIS BERMAN was the main speaker at the sold-out
     Univ. of Calgary sports banquet last night.  Attendees paid
     $125 a ticket (CALGARY SUN, 4/23)....Univ. of Kansas F PAUL
     PIERCE signed with CA-based agent AARON GOODWIN, while his
     former teammate RAEF LAFRENTZ signed with DC-based DAVID
     FALK of F.A.M.E. (K.C. STAR, 4/23).