NAMES IN THE NEWS

          EDDIE VEDDER is among the guest conductors at Wrigley
     Field as part of a season-long tribute to HARRY CARAY
     (Mult., 4/8)....Celtics Coach RICK PITINO, on MSG President
     DAVE CHECKETTS: "I heard Dave Checketts said heads will role
     if the Knicks don't make the playoffs.  There's good
     pressure and there's bad pressure.  What he applied was bad
     pressure" (N.Y. POST, 4/9)....Bulls Chair JERRY REINSDORF
     told MICHAEL SNEED in Chicago that First Lady HILLARY RODHAM
     CLINTON has hung an autographed jersey of DENNIS RODMAN in
     her White House bedroom (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 4/9)....In
     Philadelphia, Stan Hochman reviews "My Giant," and writes
     that GHEORGHE MURESAN "steals the movie" (PHILADELPHIA DAILY
     NEWS, 4/9)....The annual GIVAT HAVIVA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
     GALA DINNER -- where MUHAMMAD ALI will receive the '98
     Haviva Reik Award -- will take place Tuesday, April 21 at
     the N.Y. Sheraton Hotel's Imperial Ballroom.  DICK SCHAAP is
     among the guests.  Ticket information can be obtained from
     the Haviva Foundation's N.Y. office (THE DAILY).