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          SI notes that Warner Brothers has begun casting
     "JUWANNA MANN," a comedy about an NBA star who gets kicked
     out of the league for his on-court antics, then disguises
     himself as a woman to join the WNBA (SI, 7/17 issue)....
     Guests on this week's episode of HBO's "ARLI$$" (Sunday
     9:30pm ET) include ERIC DICKERSON and JOSE LIMA (THE
     DAILY)....LPGA golfer KELLI KUEHNE has left IMG and signed
     with Gaylord Sports (Thomas Bonk, L.A. TIMES, 7/14)...
     .DENNIS RODMAN announced plans to place cameras around his
     home during parties and provide Internet coverage on
     RodmanTV.com.  Rodman's friend DAVID MCALLISTER said that it
     will "be at least two months before Rodman is ready to put
     on a show" (AP, 7/14)...In Detroit, Neal Rubin writes that
     plans by CBA Owner ISIAH THOMAS and his wife LYNN to move to
     Atlanta "have been officially scrapped, and depending on
     which of their friends you talk to," their $4M house in
     Atlanta is "either on the block or about to be" (DETROIT
     NEWS, 7/14)....CHARLES DEMPSEY, whose decision to abstain on
     the final ballot gave Germany the 2006 World Cup over South
     Africa, resigned from FIFA Thursday (Mult., 7/13)....
     Billionaire JOE LEWIS bid $2.1M Tuesday in a charity auction
     to play a round of golf with TIGER WOODS (AP, 7/13).

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