NHL Commissioner GARY BETTMAN, MLB Commissioner BUD
SELIG, NBA Commissioner DAVID STERN and NFL Commissioner
PAUL TAGLIABUE will participate in the Museum of TV &
Radio's (MTVR) April 24 seminar titled "Sports on Television
& Radio: The Commissioners' Perspective." The event will be
held at the N.Y. Museum (MTVR)....Jockey CHRIS ANTLEY
married ABC Sports Field Producer NATALIE JOWETT in Las
Vegas last Wednesday. Friends said the two met last year
during Antley's run for the Triple Crown with Charismatic
(DAILY RACING FORM, 4/15)....In OH, Jeff Schudel reports
that Browns OL ORLANDO BROWN is retaining attorney JOHNNIE
COCHRAN to represent him in a suit he plans to file against
the NFL. Brown's career is "in jeopardy because of the eye
injury he suffered" last December when he was hit by a
penalty flag thrown by an NFL official (Willoughby (OH)
NEWS-HERALD, 4/18)...."ET"'s Mary Hart noted that "SNL"'s
WILL FERRELL did a parody of ELTON JOHN's "Candle In The
Wind" by singing, "Goodbye DAN MARINO, you were the greatest
passing quarterback." This and other parodies will be part
of VH1's "Men Strike Back Concert" Tuesday night ("ET,"
4/17)....MAGIC JOHNSON has teamed with CA-based BLACKBOARD
ENTERTAINMENT to launch the children's entertainment
"imprint" MAGIC MEDIA. The first project is a series of
educational comic books for children (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER,
4/18)....NBC's Jay Leno, on Friday's stock market plummet:
"Friday, biggest loss ever. Dow closed down 617 points.
Down 617! Man, that's like halftime at a CLIPPERS game."
Leno, on the thousands of people protesting over the fate of
Elian Gonzalez in Miami: "There were so many people in front
of Elian Gonzalez' house yesterday, some of the FLORIDA
MARLINS players went over there, because they've never seen
a crowd" ("Tonight Show," NBC, 4/17).
