CHER will sing the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXXIII
at Pro Player Stadium (Ft. Lauderdale SUN-SENTINEL, 11/18).
...WEEB EWBANK, who coached the Colts to the '58 NFL
Championship and the '68 Jets to a Super Bowl III win, died
yesterday at the age of 91 (N.Y. TIMES, 11/18)....Despite
the claims of agent DWIGHT MANLEY, DENNIS RODMAN released a
statement which "confirmed his marriage" to actress CARMEN
ELECTRA (USA TODAY, 11/18)....Lions Vice Chair BILL FORD is
featured on the cover of NEWSWEEK under the header "In
Search Of The Super Car: Does Bill Ford Have A Better Idea?"
(NEWSWEEK, 11/23 issue)....FRANK STRONACH will pay $126M to
buy the Santa Anita (CA) Racetrack from Meditrust.
Stronach, who heads Magna Int'l, an autoparts manufacturing
company, said he expects the closing to be completed on
December 15 (L.A. TIMES, 11/17). ...Country singer MINDY
MCCREADY brought Predators D DRAKE BEREHOWSKY to Dreamworks'
screening of "The Prince of Egypt" on Monday (USA TODAY,
11/18)....Suns Exec VP & GM BRYAN COLANGELO, 36, is featured
in THE BUSINESS JOURNAL of Phoenix's "Most Influential"
issue in the "Under 40" category. Writer Stephanie Balzer:
"In the microcosmic world of Phoenix, the Colangelo name is
famous and Bryan has grown up under its legacy. He seems
guarded because of that" (THE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 11/6).
