MIKE TYSON will ask the state of NJ for a boxing
license today in a hearing. A decision is not expected
today, as the board will have 45 days to decide whether
Tyson will be reinstated (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 7/29)....In
N.Y., Neal Travis reports that The Marquee Group CEO BOB
GUTKOWSKI, who has signed the U.S. WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM to a
representation deal, took the team out to New York's Mangia
e Bevi Restaurant the night before their 2-0 gold medal win
against China (N.Y. POST, 7/29)....JOHNNY BENCH has joined
the Senior PGA Tour and makes his debut this week at the
Gillette Tour Challenge in UT (Mult., 7/29)....SUEDDEUTSCHE
ZEITUNG reported that German officials are investigating
BORIS BECKER on suspicion that he "evaded taxes on millions
of dollars in earnings." Agents searched offices of friends
and sponsors (Mult., 7/29)....ROD LAVER, who suffered a
stroke on Monday, "was conscious and off the critical list"
yesterday at UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Neil Martin said
Laver is "definitely not paralyzed," but added he "is not
out of the woods yet" (AP/Mult., 7/29)....DALE EARNHARDT has
a "small role" in "BASEketball," a new movie from the
creators of "Airplane!" which opens Friday. Other cameos
include BOB COSTAS and KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR (CHARLOTTE
OBSERVER, 7/29).......News Corp. said in a statement
yesterday that ownership and control of the company will not
be affected by the pending divorce of Chair RUPERT MURDOCH
and his wife ANNA (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 7/29).
