TERRENCE HOWARD, star of "THE BEST MAN," will play
MUHAMMAD ALI in MANDALAY SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT's "KING OF THE
WORLD," which is set to air this season on ABC. Meanwhile,
Fox has "given the go-ahead to an Ali biopic" that will be
produced by ROBERT DENIRO's Tribeca Productions (HOLLYWOOD
REPORTER, 10/26)....SI's RICK REILLY has released "SLO MO!
MY UNTRUE STORY," which tells the fictional story of 17-
year-old MAURICE FINSTERNICK's one and only year in the NBA
(Doubleday)....Bruins Owner and Delaware North Chair JEREMY
JACOBS has bought the Butler mansion, "one of Buffalo's
architectural treasures." The 5.4-acre property was "on the
market" for $4.5M (BUFFALO NEWS, 10/24). ....Vikings coach
DENNIS GREEN, on his personal Web site at
www.dennisgreen.com. Green: "Many times as a coach you feel
you're misinterpreted when it comes to your interviews and
stuff, so we do our post-game press conference. We put that
on the live wire, so you can click on that and hear exactly
what I said" (ESPN, 10/25).....DAVID LETTERMAN, on NBC's BOB
COSTAS: "Boy is that Bob chatty. Have you heard him on the
World Series? He just chats and chats and chats. He's
chocked full of facts, give him his due, the boy is loaded
with facts. But he just runs his mouth, just bang, bang,
bang, bang, bang" ("Late Show," CBS, 10/25).