EVANDER HOLYFIELD and LENNOX LEWIS presented the "Top
Ten Least Intimidating Things to Say to Your Opponent Before
a Prizefight" on last night's "Late Show" with DAVID
LETTERMAN. No. 10) "Take it easy -- I don't want to get all
sweaty." No. 9) "Please hold me." No. 7) "I've been very,
very bad -- punish me." No. 3) "I float like a butterfly --
I love butterflies." No. 2) "That 'Sixth Sense' movie made
me tremble like a newborn doe" (CBS, 9/29)....Callaway Golf
"plans to appeal" the ruling of a San Diego Superior Court
judge that allows former Callaway sales exec MARK KING to
continue as Taylor Made President. Callaway CEO Ely
Callaway: "It is not our intention to enslave people. Most
states in the union outside of California do recognize
noncompete (clauses) in contracts" (S.D. UNION-TRIBUNE,
9/29)....Hornets coach PAUL SILAS and members of the team,
including ANTHONY MASON and BRAD MILLER, will travel to
parts of eastern NC today "to help lift the morale" of the
victims of Hurricane Floyd (Hornets).....NASCAR's FRANCE
FAMILY, including LESA, JIM, BRIAN and BILL JR., is profiled
by FORBES' Peter Spiegel, who writes that the family's
fortune "has grown over the past half century in large part
because each France generation has had an uncanny ability to
pick up where the previous one left off" (FORBES, 10/11
issue)....In Toronto, Chris Young profiles Raptors G VINCE
CARTER, who is becoming "one of the continent's most
recognizable and charismatic young athletes." Carter will
film a TV spot promoting TNT's NBA coverage, joining
T'Wolves F KEVIN GARNETT and 76ers G ALLEN IVERSON (TORONTO
STAR, 9/30)....IMG's MIKE BARNETT said that WAYNE GRETZKY
has purchased a personal plane, "a Hawker nine-passenger
jet." Barnett: "He's a lot better flyer now" (EDMONTON SUN,
9/30)....In Philadelphia, Harriet Lessy reports that ESPN
ZONE is a "serious contender to go into the DisneyQuest
urban entertainment center" in Philadelphia (PHILADELPHIA
DAILY NEWS, 9/30)....USA TODAY's Bob Minzesheimer reviews
DAVID MARANISS' biography of VINCE LOMBARDI, "When Pride
Still Mattered," and calls it a "thoughtful, engaging and
well-written biography of a complex, contradictory man" (USA
TODAY, 9/30)....DAVID DUVAL, on criticism from European
players on the Americans' celebration at the Ryder Cup: "To
direct some of the remarks that they have towards the [U.S.]
players. I think it's inexcusable and it's just a case of
sore losers" ("Up Close," 9/29). BEN CRENSHAW, asked if he
would campaign for GOP Presidential candidate George W.
Bush: "I'm a big believer in him. I really am. I'll do
whatever I can for him" ("Hardball," CNBC, 9/29).
