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NAMES IN THE NEWS

          FSN's Keith Olbermann reported that Yankees P ORLANDO
     HERNANDEZ got four of the five regular numbers right on
     yesterday's $363M Big Game lottery draw, missing only one,
     33, where he had chosen 43 instead.  Hernandez, asked if he
     would have quit baseball if he had won: "No, no, baseball is
     my heart, baseball is my love.  I would play it for nothing
     and I have already."  Olbermann: "Well, you know, that's how
     we feel about The National Sports Report, still, we endorse
     the checks" (FSN, 5/10)....IMAX's "MICHAEL JORDAN TO THE
     MAX" film came in 17th in last weekend's box office
     rankings, even though it was showing on only 40 screens
     (CNBC, 5/10)....Longtime Jazz radio announcer "HOT" ROD
     HUNDLEY will miss Game Three of the Blazers-Jazz series to
     receive his bachelor of arts degree Sunday from WV Univ.
     (USA TODAY, 5/11)....CHELSEA CLINTON attended Tuesday's
     Cardinals-Giants game at Pac Bell Park and sat with Giants
     Managing General Partner PETER MAGOWAN (SUN-TIMES,
     5/11)....The man who created a phony ESPN.com  page and
     reported on a nonexistent trade of Patriots QB DREW BLEDSOE
     "claimed he has received death threats from Boston sports
     buffs" in addition to receiving "legal threats" from ESPN
     (BOSTON GLOBE, 5/11)...."ER"'s ANTHONY EDWARDS will drive
     the pace car at the start of the INDY 500 on May 28.  JAY
     LENO drove the pace car in '99 (INDY STAR, 5/11).

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