NAMES IN THE NEWS

          School officials in Cross Creek (FL) and Westchase (FL)
     "would like to honor" Yankees Owner GEORGE STEINBRENNER for
     his charitable donations by "naming a new school" George
     Steinbrenner High.  Steinbrenner is a resident of Tampa (ST.
     PETERSBURG TIMES, 9/24)....Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox Owner
     BEN MONDOR has been named Int'l League Exec of the Year 
     (BOSTON GLOBE, 9/24)....ANDRE AGASSI, U.S. Soccer team
     member JULIE FOUDY and ESPN college basketball analyst DICK
     VITALE were in Las Vegas yesterday to promote ESPN's Espy
     Awards, which will take place on February 14, 2000 at the
     MGM Grand (L.V. REVIEW-JOURNAL, 9/24)....SI's "Scorecard"
     profiles 17-year-old gymnast VANESSA ATLER and writes that
     while she "hasn't competed" in the Olympics yet, people are
     "already flipping over her a year before the Games" thanks
     to her "uncommon blend of polish and pop" (SI, 9/27 issue).