Hockey HOFer BOBBY HULL responded to a Moscow Times
story that suggested he was a racist "with a fierce denial
and a threat to sue." Hull: "I will use all legal means
against those responsible for these outrageous lies and
distortions of the truth" (CP/EDMONTON JOURNAL, 8/27).
Among the comments reportedly said by Hull in the Moscow
interview was that Adolf Hitler had some "good ideas." Hull
told the N.Y. POST, "Hitler was a horrible man" (N.Y. POST,
8/27). The Moscow Times "said it is standing by its story"
(Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 8/27)....JAMIE LYNN BENCE sang the
National Anthem before Game One of the Angels-Yankees
doubleheader yesterday, becoming the youngest person to sing
at all 30 MLB ballparks. Bence, on her interest in
baseball: "As far as players go, I don't know any of their
names. I'm more of a singer" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 8/27)....
Cowboys QB TROY AIKMAN, who bought 30 acres of land in '95
in Westlake, TX, has sold it back to Mavs Owner ROSS PEROT
JR., "apparently abandoning plans for a 15,000-square-foot
ranch house" (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 8/27)....Bucs DT
WARREN SAPP is interviewed in the next issue of Penthouse.
Bucs coach TONY DUNGY, on Sapp appearing in the magazine:
"It was really kind of a non-issue. We're involved in the
sports business and it goes through a lot of channels. I'm
not a big beer drinker, but if it weren't for beer and all
the money spent on advertising, I probably wouldn't have a
job" (TAMPA TRIBUNE, 8/27)....Warner Books Exec Editor
RICHARD WOLFF has co-written a book with N.Y. Times sports
writer RICHARD SANDOMIR called "Don't Worry, Stop Sweating,
Use Deodorant" (N.Y. POST, 8/26).
