MEETING OF THE MINDS: KEITH OLBERMANN, ROBIN ROBERTS
and BOB COSTAS competed in "CELEBRITY JEOPARDY" last night.
Costas emerged victorious with $20,000, compared to
Olbermann's $5,900 and Roberts' $0. $25,000 was donated to
Costas' charity of choice, the CARDINAL GLENON CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL in St. Louis, while $10,000 went to Olbermann's
charity, the DAMIAN SOCIAL WELFARE CENTER in India and
Roberts' GENESIS FOUNDATION in MS ("Jeopardy," 3/22).
OTHER NAMES: LENNOX LEWIS' co-Promoter DINO DUVA told
Liz Mullen of the SportsBusiness Journal that Lewis has not
agreed to a rematch with EVANDER HOLYFIELD. Duva: "The only
thing that has happened is DON KING is shooting his mouth
off to the media and trying to steam roll everybody." But
Duva added, "We would probably be willing to go into the
(rematch) fight with $15 million guaranteed and a percentage
of the revenue" (THE DAILY)....Lakers F DENNIS RODMAN will
guest star in an upcoming episode of CBS' "L.A. DOCTORS,"
playing either "himself or an athlete much like him"
(Michael Fleming, DAILY VARIETY, 3/23)....Of the 1,116
entrants in an Atlanta Constitution NCAA Tournament contest,
REM bassist MIKE MILLS was one of eight to correctly pick
the Final Four and picked seven of the eight regional
finalists, missing only Gonzaga (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION,
3/23)....PBA bowler RUDY KASIMAKIS is profiled in ESQUIRE by
Steve Friedman, who calls him "240 pounds of high-swinging,
rapid-revving, pin-scattering muscle" (ESQUIRE, 4/99 issue).
NEWSDAY's Richard Oliver wrote on the "emerging bad boy"
Kasimakis. Oliver: "For a sport desperately trying to catch
the eye of advertisers and channel-surfers everywhere, the
trash-talking, chest-thumping, self-promoting whirling
dervish that is Kasimakis is as welcome as a toppling 10-
pin" (NEWSDAY, 3/21)....The All Star Cafe in N.Y. will host
the fourth annual METROSTARS KICK-OFF party tonight at
7:00pm (MetroStars)....MICHELLE KWAN is profiled in NEWSWEEK
by Mark Starr, who writes that Kwan's "classy demeanor stood
out" after her Silver medal win in the '98 Winter Olympics,
losing the Gold to TARA LIPINSKI. Upon returning to the
U.S., Kwan's "popularity and marketability had not
diminished -- and had perhaps even grown" (NEWSWEEK, 3/29).
...ILIE NASTASE plans a $12M tennis academy and residential
development in Bucharest, and "is about" to unveil his new
clothing line under the "NASTY" label (FIN. TIMES, 3/21).
