SLOC Managing Dir of Event Operations DOUG ARNOT is
"being sued" by UT resident RICHARD VAN ORDEN in connection
with a March 29 incident in which Arnot "allegedly punched
Van Orden in the face through the driver's side window" of
Arnot's car (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 4/25)....NV-based sports
agent ROBERT WALSH and his associate NATE CEBRUN were
arrested Monday on warrants charging them with violating AL
law, as they allegedly provided $2,500 to former Auburn
Univ. basketball player CHRIS PORTER (Mult., 4/25).
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! Bills QB DOUG FLUTIE will play
himself in a "sports comedy being made" for TNT, which tells
the story of the Bills "losing their entire first string to
food poisoning on the eve of the playoffs and having to
hustle to find fill-ins" for the Super Bowl. JON VOIGHT
will star as the Bills coach (TORONTO SUN, 4/26)....BILLY
CRYSTAL has "drafted" actor BARRY PEPPER as his "second
slugger" in an HBO movie entitled "61," a movie about the
"competition between" ROGER MARIS and MICKEY MANTLE to break
BABE RUTH's HR record in '61. Pepper will play Maris
(HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 4/26)...."SPORTS NIGHT" will return to
ABC with original episodes May 9 and 16, "bumping its
midseason replacement, 'Talk to Me'" (USA TODAY, 4/26).
...Celebrities scheduled to make appearances in NBA.COM's
Celebrity Fashion Show tomorrow night at the NBA Store in
N.Y. include actress CARMEN ELECTRA, rapper ICE CUBE, and
models KYLIE BAX and MARCUS SCHENKENBERG. The show will be
seen live on NBA.com and on NBA.com TV (THE DAILY).
