In L.A., Sallie Hofmeister reports that Time Warner
Vice Chair TED TURNER is "suffering seller's remorse" over
AOL's "pending purchase of the company." Turner is "upset
not only about his reduced role in the new company but also
by how it was orchestrated behind his back" (L.A. TIMES,
5/26)....Former Univ. of TX F/C CHRIS MIHM has signed a full
representation contract with Octagon, and Octagon Senior
VP/Basketball JEFF AUSTIN will be Mihm's lead contract
negotiator and will head up the team that will handle Mihm's
national marketing endeavors, PR and day-to-day management
(Octagon)....Former Univ. of WI (UW) RB and Giants first-
round draft pick RON DAYNE "plans to open" RON DAYNE'S
SPORTS BAR AND RESTAURANT in Madison, WI, by July 1 (AP,
5/26)....GREG NORMAN ranks No. 11 on Business Review Week
magazine's list of the top 200 richest people in Australia.
Norman's "personal fortune has gone" from US$88.2M to
US$122.4M (AUSTRALIAN, 5/25). Norman has earned more than
A$1.75M from his licensing agreement with Mildara Blass
wine (THE AGE, 5/25)....Former Pirates co-Owner THOMAS
PHILLIPS JOHNSON passed away Tuesday from respiratory
failure stemming from cancer. He was 85 (Mult., 5/24)....SI
swimsuit model and GQ cover girl ESTELLA WARREN "has been
tapped to star opposite" SYLVESTER STALLONE in "CHAMPS," a
movie on open-wheel racing (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 5/24)....NBC
NBA analyst BILL WALTON writes an Op-Ed in TIME on the case
of IN Univ. men's basketball coach BOBBY KNIGHT: "Indiana's
complacency, and complicity, in the face of the injustice
that has gone on is sad and embarrassing. And so
Nixonesque, to the point that the apologists are being
trotted out to proclaim Knight's integrity" (TIME, 5/29).
....During The Essence Awards 2000 ceremony, MICHAEL JORDAN
was awarded an Essence Award from the Make A Wish Foundation
for both his athletic achievements and his various
philanthropic contributions ("Essence Awards," Fox, 5/25).
