U.S. Sen ORRIN HATCH (R-UT) raised $300,000 from a
$1,000-a-plate presidential fundraiser, which was attended
by Jazz F KARL MALONE (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 8/20)....D'Backs
LF LUIS GONZALEZ has purchased season tickets to the NFL
Cardinals and an America West Arena suite for Coyotes games
(ARIZONA DAILY STAR, 8/20)....Attorneys for MUHAMMAD ALI are
suing Ali's former attorney RICHARD HIRSCHFELD and Ali
associate JABIR HERBERT MUHAMMAD claiming the two "duped
[Ali] into signing away rights to his life story" and of
"taking advantage of Ali's weak condition" (AP,
8/18)....Upper Deck CEO RICHARD MCWILLIAM repurchased a rare
MICHAEL JORDAN Game Jersey card for $50,000 at a SportsFest
Chicago auction. The card, which was No. 1 in a series of
275, was given only to Upper Deck employees as a gift this
summer (SportsFest Chicago)....Orioles Owner PETER ANGELOS
is being "sued for legal malpractice" in Miami by CAROL
SIMPSON, whose husband died of an asbestos-related disease.
Simpson claims Angeles, who she hired as representation, let
the statute of limitations expire on the case (MIAMI HERALD,
8/20)....MIKE TYSON was profiled on last night's
"Entertainment Tonight" by Mark Steines. Tyson, on his new
music label, TYSON RECORDS: "We established something in one
particular field, which we will dominate again, and that's
the boxing field. And now we're starting an establishment
in the music industry" ("ET," 8/19).
