HASKELL COHEN, the NBA's publicist for 19 years, died
of a heart attack Tuesday night at the age of 86 (Mult.,
6/29)....WV-based Brant Motorsports President TED BRANT died
of a heart attack yesterday at the age of 53. Brant
Motorsports plans to begin construction on a $300M indoor
racetrack near Pittsburgh this year (AP, 6/29)....DAN MARINO
and his wife, CLAIRE, have listed their 13,278-square-foot
"Mediterranean-style mansion" in Weston, FL, for $8M. The
home sits on 4.3 acres of land (MIAMI HERALD, 6/29)....In
N.Y., Filip Bondy writes of the "romances" between players
on the Sanex WTA and ATP Tours, including MARTINA HINGIS and
MAGNUS NORMAN. Bondy: "All tennis romances are doomed. And
yet, they stubbornly spring up around the [Wimbledon]
grounds like potted flowers waiting to be clipped."
Journalist BUD COLLINS: "No tennis romances work. Maybe
Andre's [Agassi] has a chance, because Steffi [Graf] already
quit" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 6/29).....NBC's Hoda Kotbe previewed
People's upcoming issue featuring "America's 100 Most
Eligible Bachelors." Yankees SS DEREK JETER was named the
second most eligible bachelor. Others on the list include
Lions WR JOHNNIE MORTON, Cardinals 1B MARK MCGWIRE, golfer
CASEY MARTIN and Mariners SS ALEX RODRIGUEZ (NBC, 6/28).
