Time Warner Vice Chair TED TURNER sold 1.39 million
shares of the company, raising "roughly" $125M as part of
his program to raise money for his UN Foundation and other
charities (DAILY VARIETY, 10/27)....Warriors G LATRELL
SPREWELL sued his agent ARN TELLEM on Monday for "failing to
negotiate a personal conduct salary protection clause in his
contract with the Warriors." Sprewell claimed that as a
result he lost pay for the games he was suspended (USA
TODAY, 10/27)....The CHRIS EVERT/TYCO INT'L CELEBRITY TENNIS
TOURNAMENT at the Delray Beach Tennis Center over the
weekend drew more than 5,000 fans and raised $800,000 for
the Chris Evert Charities over the weekend (Ft. Lauderdale
SUN-SENTINEL, 10/26)....Heat coach PAT RILEY was named the
"most stylish man" at GQ Magazine's "Men of the Year" awards
last week (AP, 10/24)....Yankees Manager JOE TORRE was on
the "Late Show" with DAVID LETTERMAN. Torre: "I think I've
probably talked GEORGE [STEINBRENNER] out of firing me a few
times." Letterman: "George ain't going to fire you. I'll
tell you why George is not going to fire you and not only
because of the World Series. You're a smart guy. And
George knows you're smarter than he is" (CBS, 10/27).
