In Orlando, Chris Harry reports that Jaguars RB FRED
TAYLOR "lost an estimated" $15M in an "investment scheme
backed by a recommendation" by former agent WILLIAM "TANK"
BLACK. Taylor "lost his entire" $5M signing bonus, or more
than $3M after taxes, from a six-year contract he signed in
'98 (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 1/24)....In N.Y., James McKinley
examined the lack of a central governing body in boxing to
"enforce safety rules, create credible rankings and insure
that the best fighters advance in the sport" (N.Y. TIMES,
1/22)....ANNA KOURNIKOVA makes an appearance in the upcoming
JIM CARREY film, "Me, Myself and Irene" (SYDNEY MORNING
HERALD, 1/24)....Former NBAer DENNIS RODMAN "will star" in a
new TV series called "The Consultants," in which he'll play
a "smart private investigator/war veteran with a bullet
lodged in his brain" (WASHINGTON POST, 1/22)....The Mets are
"considering bringing" singer GARTH BROOKS to spring
training (AP, 1/22)....Jazz Owner LARRY MILLER donated the
37,000-square-foot Larry H. Miller Entrepreneurship Training
Center to Salt Lake Community College (DESERET NEWS, 1/22).
