The "goal" of 76ers President PAT CROCE since "having
his leg shattered in 10 places" in a motorcycle accident
June 17, "has been to walk without the aid of crutches or a
cane" by November 2, when his team opens its NBA season.
Croce, who "understands" amputation is a "way distant"
possibility, on reaching his goal: "I still say it's
possible, but the odds are getting a little further against
me. The season is six weeks away and I have no bone growth
yet" (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 9/22)....MICHAEL JORDAN
graces the cover of the current ESPN MAGAZINE, as Gene
Wojciechowski reports on JORDAN'S FLIGHT SCHOOL in Las
Vegas, which costs $15,000 to attend (ESPN Magazine).
....DAILY VARIETY's Michael Fleming wrote that agent LEIGH
STEINBERG "has become Hollywood's go-to guy on jock fare."
Steinberg gets paid "about" $50,000 a picture to serve as a
consultant and worked on "FOR LOVE OF THE GAME" and "ANY
GIVEN SUNDAY" (DAILY VARIETY, 9/21)....ESPN's 11:00pm ET
edition of "SportsCenter" gave viewers the chance to select
the "hottest couple in sports" by logging on to ESPN.com and
voting. The results were revealed at the end of the show
and the top six choices were (57,995 votes): SERGEI
FEDOROV/ANNA KOURNIKOVA (61.9%), ANDRE AGASSI/STEFFI GRAF
(21.2%), BRADY ANDERSON/AMANDA COETZER (6.6%), ROBERTO
ALOMAR/MARY PIERCE (5.2%), RAY KNIGHT/NANCY LOPEZ (3.4%) and
TOM ROUEN/AMY VAN DYKEN (1.3%) (ESPN, 9/21).
