Knicks G CHARLIE WARD, on allowing female reporters in
the locker room: "I don't want it to seem I'm sexist. My
whole thing is not against women. I've been feeling
uncomfortable for a long time. Just to have people come in
the locker room ... they might still be doing their jobs,
but every now and then there is going to be an accident"
(N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 4/20)....Bucks G RAY ALLEN has been
nominated for the '99 MTV Movie Award's "Best Breakthrough
Performance" category for his role in SPIKE LEE's "HE GOT
GAME" (MTV)....Kings C VLADE DIVAC believes the NATO
airstrikes "should stop." Divac: "Now everybody talks about
(sending) the ground troops. Are we crazy? I mean, it's
going to be (like) Vietnam, or a Third World War" (AP,
4/20)....JOHN ELWAY and his wife JANET donated $10,000 to
the Mile High United Way (DENVER POST, 4/16)....WALT FRAZIER
will autograph copies of his new book, "The Complete Idiot's
Guide to Basketball" at the NBA Store in N.Y. tomorrow from
12:30pm to 2:30pm (NBA)....A UT landscaper has been arrested
for "allegedly trying to hire someone to kill" IHL UT
Grizzlies Owner DAVID ELMORE. MARK WOODLAND claimed Elmore
owed him money for landscaping work (DESERET NEWS, 4/19).
