JEFF GORDON appears on ABC's "Spin City" tonight at
9:00pm (THE DAILY)....Brazilian soccer star RONALDO was at
the UN yesterday to back a campaign aimed at increasing AIDS
awareness among young people (AP, 11/17)....PBA Founder
EDDIE ELIAS died in Naples, FL, Sunday from complications
associated with pneumonia. In his appreciation, Terry Pluto
wrote, "By marrying TV and corporate sponsors to his bowling
tournaments, he put the PBA on the sporting map" (AKRON
BEACON JOURNAL, 11/17)....BARRON'S Bill Alpert reviews
Blazers/Seahawks Owner PAUL ALLEN's financial portfolio and
that Microsoft "probably remains" Allen's "best-performing
investment." Allen sold about 40 million Microsoft shares,
but his remaining 145 million put his stake in the company
at about $16B (BARRON'S, 11/16 issue)....MASTER P made his
CBA debut with the Ft. Wayne Fury on Saturday and the N.Y.
TIMES' Mike Allen called him "an aggressive but clumsy
player" (11/15)....In Denver, Norm Clarke asked if TERRELL
DAVIS was People magazine's "first choice" for its "sexiest
men" issue over ELVIS GRBAC. Davis: "Someone called a
couple of months ago -- I thought it was People, but I'm not
sure -- and wanted to do an interview about that. I told
them I'd have to postpone it" (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, 11/15).
...Orioles Owner PETER ANGELOS bought the 237-acre Ross
Valley Farm, "one of the most visible horse farms" in MD,
for $2.6M (Baltimore SUN, 11/17)....SHAQUILLE O'NEAL and
REGIS PHILBIN worked out at a local gym today on "Live with
Regis and Kathie Lee." O'Neal bench-pressed Philbin and
then during a game, raised Philbin above his head to allow
him to dunk the ball. During the closing credits, Philbin
called O'Neal "a very hot rap artist" and said "we love him
very much" ("Live with Regis and Kathie Lee," 11/17).
