LPGA Tour player Stephanie Sparks has signed an
"exclusive representation agreement" with R.J. Nemer of Chi
Chi Rodriguez Management Group (GOLFWEEK, 11/24 issue).
...The ATP Tour takes out a full-page ad in today's L.A.
TIMES and USA TODAY congratulating Andre Agassi on his year-
end No. 1 ranking. The ad concludes, "From 141 to No. 1 in
just two years. What an achievement! Congratulations
Andre" (THE DAILY)....In NJ, John Rowe noted 76ers G Allen
Iverson wore a "Thugs 'R Us" T-shirt after a recent game and
wrote, "Talk about good public relations" (RECORD, 11/28).
AUSSIE WOMEN BARE ALL TO PROMOTE GAME: Some members of
the Australian women's soccer team have posed nude for a
calendar in order to "lift the profile of their sport before
next year's" 2000 Olympic Games. Team member Amy Taylor, on
posing "completely nude": "I did it to promote soccer and
the women's side of things. The attention is going to be
great so at least people will know who we are now and
they'll see that we can be feminine and look attractive as
well" (Ft. Lauderdale SUN-SENTINEL, 11/26).
