USA Hockey President WALTER BUSH was re-elected to a
     second term as VP of the Int'l Ice Hockey Federation (USA
     Hockey)....BOB HURLEY will end his 15-year reign at beach-
     wear manufacture Billabong USA to establish his own surf-
     wear business (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 6/3)....USA Swimming
     named MARY WAGNER Media Relations Coordinator (USA Swimming)
     ....CARRIE HOFFMAN has joined P.S./StarGames.  She will
     manage the "Nancy Kerrigan World of Figure Skating" site on
     AOL (P.S./StarGames)....MOLLY MURPHY was named
     Communications Manager for Team Sports at Wilson Sporting
     Goods (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 6/5)....The Hurricanes named JASON
     KARMANOS as Assistant GM (Raleigh NEWS & OBSERVER, 6/4). 

          Longtime Washington Post sports columnist SHIRLEY
     POVICH died last night of a heart attack at the age of 92. 
     Povich's final column, titled "Recent Baseball Feats Require
     Footnotes," appears on the front-page of today's sports
     section (WASHINGTON POST, 6/5)....Nike's chief designer
     TINKER HATFIELD was named among TIME's "Most Influential
     Designers" in its "Artists and Entertainers of the Century"
     issue (TIME, 6/8)....Lakers F RICK FOX, Mavericks G ROBERT
     PACK and AVP player DAIN BLANTON are among EBONY's "25
     Handsome and Available Hunks" (EBONY, 6/98)....In Milwaukee,
     food critic Dennis Getto gives BRETT FAVRE'S STEAKHOUSE two
     stars and writes, "While it's a fine shrine, Brett Favre's
     isn't all that great a restaurant" (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 6/5).