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          In N.Y., Bill Hoffmann profiled ANNA KOURNIKOVA's
     mother, ALLA, and wrote that she "has emerged as the stage
     mother from hell -- accused of being a master manipulator
     making a mint off her daughter -- and ready to dump anybody
     who crosses her" (N.Y. POST,4/9)....Hornets co-Owner GEORGE
     SHINN contributed $114,000 to flood relief victims of
     Hurricane Floyd, which hit Eastern NC last fall.  Hornets
     fans contributed around $86,000 to the fund through
     donations at home games this season (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER,
     4/10)....At least half of the 110 members of the MOTHERS OF
     PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS (MPBP) attended a meeting
     with NBPA Exec Dir BILLY HUNTER in Hoover, AL, over the
     weekend (USA TODAY, 4/10)....Saints RB RICKY WILLIAMS, on
     his new agent LEIGH STEINBERG: "Leigh knows I'm a good guy
     and that I just need to do a better job of showing people
     that.  I'm more comfortable now because I've got people
     helping me, and I'm not on my own anymore" (Nashville
     TENNESSEAN, 4/9)....In Dallas, Helen Bryant noted that
     Cowboys QB TROY AIKMAN and former team publicist RHONDA
     WORTHEY were married Saturday in a "quiet ceremony" at
     Aikman's home.  The marriage "was witnessed by only a few
     family members and friends" (DALLAS MORNING NEWS,
     4/9)....HOK Sport co-Founder RON LABINSKI, who retired
     Friday, was profiled by Jason King of the K.C. STAR, who
     wrote that any "athletic luminary will tell you" that
     Labinski "revolutionized sports architecture in the 20th
     century" (K.C. STAR, 4/9)...Jaguars radio play-by-play
     announcer BRIAN SEXTON was a contestant on last night's "WHO
     WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?"  Sexton won $32,000 (THE DAILY).
          CLARIFICATION: Friday's item citing the ESPN Chilton
     Sports Poll incorrectly labeled one of the sample segments.
     The survey on consumer's favorite beer was taken of 5,595
     beer drinking sports fans, age 21+, and 2,023 beer drinking
     avid sports fans, age 21+ (THE DAILY).

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