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NAMES IN THE NEWS

          Browns President CARMEN POLICY filmed a segment in
     Cleveland for HBO's "ARLI$$," which will air this summer. 
     Policy: "I made sure there was no nudity" (Cleveland PLAIN
     DEALER, 6/13)....Bears RB CURTIS ENIS has dropped agent GREG
     FESTE, who is "affiliated with the Champions for Christ --
     an agency that uses religion as a selling point."  Enis has
     hired NY-based JOEL SEGAL of Worldwide Entertainment (Jay
     Glazer, N.Y. POST, 6/13)....EVANDER HOLYFIELD makes a cameo
     in SPIKE LEE's new film, "SUMMER OF SAM" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS,
     6/11)....Yesterday's attendance at the TOYOTA MARIO LEMIEUX
     CELEBRITY INVITATIONAL in Pittsburgh was estimated at 15,000
     (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 6/14)....MICHAEL JORDAN will
     appear on CNN's "LARRY KING LIVE" tonight (USA TODAY,
     6/14)....STEFFI GRAF took out a half-page ad in Friday's
     French sports daily, L'Equipe, thanking "fans for their
     support" during the French Open (Mult., 6/12)....49ers QB
     STEVE YOUNG is an investor and board member of Found.com, a
     Internet search engine "placing geographic boundaries on the
     Internet" (S.F. EXAMINER, 6/13).In L.A., Karen Crouse
     examined the stalking of professional female athletes and
     wrote that the WNBA "has its eyes wide open to the
     obsessive-fan phenomenon" (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 6/13).

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