RICHARD PETTY is recuperating in a Greensboro, NC,
hospital following bleeding ulcers. Petty's son, KYLE, said
his father is "stabilized" and "doing pretty good" (AP,
6/27)....Univ. of MN President MARK YUDOF said that men's
basketball coach CLEM HASKINS will receive $1.5M in
severance pay, despite "convincing evidence" of "numerous,
maybe even massive incidents of academic misconduct" in the
program....News Corp. Chair RUPERT MURDOCH and former Star
TV exec WENDI DENG were married Friday aboard Murdoch's
yacht in N.Y. Harbor (Mult., 6/26)....Orioles RF ALBERT
BELLE is contributing "an occasional piece" to the "new
tabloid" BALTIMORE PRESS. Belle's first column, which
examines teacher salaries, was published Friday (WASHINGTON
POST, 6/26)...Artist PETER MAX is completing a SAMMY SOSA
painting and will sell 20 original prints for $30,000, 466
limited-edition serigraphs for $4,500 and 166 overpainted
serigraphs for $9,800. 1,066 hand-painted baseballs,
autographed by both Max and Sosa, will sell for $1,000 each
(WASHINGTON POST, 6/26)....Pain from hip-replacement surgery
"became so great" for JACK NICKLAUS during the Senior
Players Championship, that he was forced to use a cart.
Nicklaus, who has spoken out against CASEY MARTIN's request
to use a cart on the PGA TOUR: "No, my position has not
changed. I hate them" (DETROIT NEWS, 6/27).
