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).