Sabres Owner JOHN RIGAS' ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS is
profiled in the current issue of BROADCASTING & CABLE. The
74-year-old operates the business with his three sons,
TIMOTHY, MICHAEL and JAMES. John Rigas: "Sometimes people
ask me which son would take over. I would never want to
make that decision" (BROADCASTING & CABLE, 6/14
issue)....ESPN anchor RICH EISEN has "bagged a bachelor pad"
on the West Side of N.Y. (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 6/17)....After
watching his appearance on "LARRY KING LIVE," Lloyd Grove of
the WASHINGTON POST wonders if MICHAEL JORDAN has "undergone
cosmetic surgery." Jordan's spokesperson ESTEE PORTNOY:
"He's had no work done on him. He shaved off his mustache"
(WASHINGTON POST, 6/17)....DENNIS RODMAN is the cover story
of DETOUR magazine and says, "I have four publicists now. I
ask myself, how did this happen? I do so much, and make so
much money, and there are so many people around me who use
and abuse me to make money for themselves" (DETOUR, 7/99).
Rodman appeared on last night's "Tonight Show" with JAY
LENO. Rodman: "I do it all. The only thing I haven't done
is pornos. That's next." Leno: "That's a sign your career
is on an upswing" (NBC, 6/16)....The Univ. of RI is
"preparing an appeal" to the NCAA that could allow LAMAR
ODOM to return to school to play basketball (PROVIDENCE
JOURNAL, 6/17)....A FL condo association has dropped its
suit against 76ers C MATT GEIGER after receiving a promise
that he will keep the noise down. Geiger has been accused
of playing "loud music all day and night, [making] thumping
noises against his floors and walls" and spreading "trash
onto neighboring properties" (ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, 6/17).
...Prospective Royals Owner MILES PRENTICE has purchased a
condo for he and his family in K.C. Prentice "hopes to
close" on a bigger home once his deal to buy the team in
approved (K.C. STAR, 6/16).....Singer/Songwriter STEVE
POLLAK AKA "THE DUDE OF LIFE" has written the song "PETE
ROSE" for his new CD, "Under The Sound Umbrella," asking MLB
to revoke the lifetime ban against Rose (THE DAILY)....U.S.
Women's Soccer team member BRANDI CHASTAIN appeared on the
"Late Show" with DAVID LETTERMAN" Chastain, on her GEAR
magazine photo feature in which she appears nude holding
only a soccer ball: "It's going on all the walls across the
hotel." Letterman: "Is there a chance before the tournament
is over we'll see the entire team nude?" (CBS, 6/16).
