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NAMES IN THE NEWS

          FRANKIE MUNIZ, star of the new Fox series "Malcolm in
     the Middle," appeared on CBS' "The Early Show" this morning
     and was asked by Jane Clayson if he has a "backup plan"
     should he leave acting one day.  Muniz: "I'd like to be a
     geographer, own the L.A. CLIPPERS, be on the PGA TOUR or be
     in the Blue Man Group."  Bryant Gumbel: "Frankie, why the
     Clippers?  Why not a real NBA team?"  Muniz: "The Clippers
     rule.  I love 'em."  Gumbel: "The Clippers.  Man.  The kid's
     got his work cut out for him" ("The Early Show," CBS, 2/29).
          WEDDING BELLS: Panthers RW PAVEL BURE "didn't dispute"
     a report that he asked ANNA KOURNIKOVA to marry him last
     week in Miami.  Bure: "We don't deny it" (PALM BEACH POST,
     2/29). SHAREEF MALNIK, who owns Miami restaurant The Forge,
     where Bure reportedly proposed to Kournikova, said, "Let me
     tell you one thing.  They are going to have beautiful babies
     -- beautiful, strong, fast, perfect" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS,
     2/29)....LPGA player KELLI KUEHNE married Vikings T JAY
     HUMPHREY on February 12 in Dallas.  The couple will reside
     in Dallas and Minnesota (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 2/26).
          NAME: The WALL STREET JOURNAL's June Kronholz profiles
     Washington Sports & Entertainment Minority Owner RAUL
     FERNANDEZ and writes that Fernandez is "living the dot-com
     dream."  Fernandez's VA-based company Proxicom, which "helps
     corporate giants devise their Internet strategies, design
     their Web sites and get them running," reported a profit
     last year of $4.3M (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2/29).

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