Senators C ALEXEI YASHIN has hired Ottawa-based PR
manager PETER O'MALLEY as he prepares to explain why he
withdrew his C$1M donation to Ottawa's National Arts Centre
(OTTAWA SUN, 1/26)....MARK MCGWIRE will appear in the
February 22 episode of NBC's "Mad About You" (Mult.,
1/25)....Dolphins LB ZACH THOMAS, on why nobody came to his
assistance as he was being robbed during a recent trip to
N.Y.: "They're big time Jets fans over there" (MIAMI HERALD,
1/26)....Sports management agency KSR SPORTS was profiled by
Brenda Bouw of the FINANCIAL POST. The Canadian
organization is "staking its reputation on being a 'new
breed' of sports agents" (FINANCIAL POST, 1/25)....After his
baseball-themed movie "FOR LOVE OF THE GAME" ran into
"budget snarls," KEVIN COSTNER has given up his $20M
guaranteed salary in exchange for a cut of the first-dollar
gross of the movie (Mult, 1/24)....KATARINA WITT has "cut
ties" with her longtime adviser DIETER DEHM. Witt said that
Dehm had been elected a Deputy Party Chair of the Party of
Democratic Socialism without her knowledge (Mult., 1/24).
