In Detroit, Perry Farrell reports that Pistons F
CHRISTIAN LAETTNER was involved in a fight with G JERRY
STACKHOUSE over "a card game that got out hand" during the
team flight Wednesday from Charlotte. One source said the
players were "arguing" over $2,000 and an unnamed player
said, "I couldn't believe it. I looked up and they were
going at it, throwing blows. The Pistons "intend to ban"
card games on future flights (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 4/23).
...Time Warner Vice Chair TED TURNER a ranch is SD,
"believed to be" around 100,000 acres. The new property
would bring his total land holdings to 1.5 million acres in
states that include NE, MT and NM (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION,
4/23)....Magic Owner RICH DEVOS will undergo arthroscopic
surgery on his left knee on Saturday. DeVos suffered a
cartilage tear in the knee while doing his "usual" deep knee
bends (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 4/23)....Magic Senior VP PAT
WILLIAMS, who ran in the Boston Marathon with his wife,
Ruth: "By the time we crossed the finish line, the Kenyans
already were on the plane going home" (ORL. SENTINEL, 4/23).
...MUHAMMAD ALI was one of eight witnesses testifying before
U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and the Commerce Committee
yesterday at a hearing on boxing reform (Mult., 4/23)