Browns QB TIM COUCH received standing ovations on both
the House and Senate floors of the KY General Assembly
yesterday when it was announced that a stretch of KY 118
that leads to his hometown of Hyden, KY, will be renamed
"TIM COUCH PASS" (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 1/19)....FIGHT NIGHT
FOR KIDS FOUNDATION, a non-profit organization, will host
FIGHT NIGHT 2000, tonight in Charlotte. The event will
raise money for children's charities in Mecklenburg County,
NC, and the surrounding area. Celebrity guests include:
SUGAR RAY LEONARD, JAMES "BONECRUSHER" SMITH and ANGELO
DUNDEE (Charlotte Sports Commission)....Lakers G KOBE BRYANT
said that model TYRA BANKS has volunteered to sing "for
free" on his upcoming debut rap album. Banks will be with
Bryant on February 12 at the NBA TEAMUP CELEBRATION,
performing Bryant's first single, "K-O-B-E" (ORANGE COUNTY
REGISTER, 1/18)....FORBES' Stephane Fitch reports that the
$1B plan in '98 for a casino, hotels, theaters and
restaurants in Niagara Falls, N.Y., by Islanders co-Owner
HOWARD MILSTEIN stalled later that year when it was rejected
by "more than 1,000" business leaders and locals. Fitch
writes that today "not a single shovel is in the ground" as
it seems "much of his own money is tied up in professional
sports" (FORBES, 1/24).
