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).