DON KING will receive an honorary doctorate degree
tomorrow from Shaw Univ. for his "humanitarian contributions
to the poor and underprivileged" (Mult., 11/18).....Veteran
boxing promoter CHRIS DUNDEE, who promoted the '64 CASSIUS
CLAY-SONNY LISTON fight, died Monday at the age of 91 (N.Y.
TIMES, 11/19)....DWIGHT MANLEY, the agent for DENNIS RODMAN,
on Rodman's marriage to CARMEN ELECTRA: "If it made him
happy to marry Miss Piggy, I'd be happy. As long as he's
protected ... My business position is to protect Dennis and
his assets, not to dictate his social life" (N.Y. DAILY
NEWS, 11/19). JAY LENO, on Rodman saying that "he can't
wait" to have children with new wife: "Imagine that, huh?
An NBA player getting married and then having children.
That's Dennis -- what a rebel" ("Tonight Show," NBC,
11/18)....Long Island HS basketball player NICOLE
KACZMARKSKI announced that she will attend UCLA in the fall
(NEWSDAY, 11/19)....MAGIC JOHNSON will receive $75,000 to
sign 500 autographs at the Gibraltar Trade Center in MI on
Saturday. The "lowest fee" that will be charged for his
signature is $135 (DETROIT NEWS, 11/19)....Veteran NBA ref
TOMMY NUNEZ was profiled in the Portland OREGONIAN. Nunez
has coordinated the Tommy Nunez National Hispanic Basketball
Classic, which has raised nearly $200,000 for college
scholarships and funding for youth sports and academic
causes since '80 (Portland OREGONIAN, 11/18)....Disney Chair
MICHAEL EISNER told a group of Beverly Hills academics and
managers that "many executives are ill-prepared for the
reality of the inevitable economic downturn." Eisner: "My
gut tells me it can't last forever. ... Economic slumps are
due for a big comeback" (FINANCIAL TIMES, 11/19).
