Lakers C SHAQUILLE O'NEAL appeared on the "Tonight
Show" wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt with a DUNK.NET logo.
O'Neal called himself "a chillin' kind of guy." O'Neal, on
coach PHIL JACKSON: "He gave me a book by Nietzsche. The
name of the book was 'Superman.' I didn't want to read
about myself so I haven't read it yet" ("Tonight Show," NBC,
4/13)....Actor ROBERT WUHL on his HBO show "ARLI$$": "A lot
of our stories come from the agents, they come from the
athletes, they tell me stuff that goes on and I try to
incorporate it into a narrative and make it entertaining at
the same time" ("Biz Buzz," CNNfn, 4/13)....Red Sox P PEDRO
MARTINEZ is the cover story of the current GEAR magazine,
and NEW YORK magazine notes that Martinez is "the first male
ever" to grace the publication's cover (NEW YORK, 4/3
issue)....Former AL President GENE BUDIG is joining the
Princeton Univ. faculty in September. He will teach a
course "dealing with the business of sport and the public
trust" (USA TODAY, 4/14)....In Ft. Lauderdale, Luisa Yanex
writes that FL state officials looking into allegations that
the SAMMY SOSA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION "mishandled donations
have subpoenaed all the nonprofit group's financial records"
(SUN-SENTINEL, 4/14)....OSCAR DE LA HOYA donated $350,000 to
the East L.A. Cancer Center, which was named in honor of De
La Hoya's mother CECILIA GONZALEZ DE LA HOYA, who passed
away from cancer ten years ago (L.A. TIMES, 4/13).
