After CBS' "60 Minutes" recently aired a feature on
Hawks C DIKEMBE MUTOMBO's plan to build a $3M, 300-bed
hospital in his native Congo, more than 80 e-mails were sent
to the Hawks' offices "offering contributions" (SI, 3/20
issue)....The HOCKEY NEWS' McKenzie & Cressman report that
Ontario Hockey League Barrie Colts coach/GM BILL STEWART was
"stripped of his GM duties after an 18-year-old Ukrainian
player was twice smuggled across the Canada-U.S. border in
the lower baggage compartment" of the team bus (THE HOCKEY
NEWS, 3/17 issue)....MN Gov. JESSE VENTURA appeared on
CNBC's "Hardball" and "fielded a question from the audience
about the way" the Internet has "contributed to the growing
problem of violence" in the U.S. Ventura: "[W]e ought to do
something about hockey. You know, hockey's the only sport I
know where fighting is acceptable" (OTTAWA CITIZEN, 3/21).
....In N.Y., Mitchell Fink writes that SNOOP DOGG and his
"posse" arrived at the NBA Store 15 minutes before it opened
on Sunday to get Lakers merchandise before Sunday's game
against the Knicks. Snoop Dogg "dropped $1,500 on Lakers
gear (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 3/21)....NBC's Jay Leno, on GEORGE W.
BUSH: "A reporter asked Bush how he felt about the NRA and
Bush said, 'Hey, I think the LAKERS are going to win
everything'" ("Tonight Show," NBC, 3/20).
