OWNERS SPIN MOVES: WAYNE HUIZENGA is selling "one of
his two houses" on Nantucket that features six bedrooms and
five-and-a-half baths. The home is listed at $4.5M (WALL
STREET JOURNAL, 8/25)....PHILIP ANSCHUTZ is "close to a deal
to take control" of United Artists Theatre in a transaction
"expected to include a prearranged Chapter 11 reorganization
filing next month" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 8/25)....In St.
Paul, Charley Walters notes that Twins Owner CARL POHLAD and
his family received $661M "in cash, stock and assumed debt"
this week for PepsiAmericas, which "is enough, basically, to
build not one but two stadiums" (PIONEER PRESS, 8/25).
NAMES: Lakers C SHAQUILLE O'NEAL appeared on last
night's "Late Show" with David Letterman wearing a Dunk.net
T-shirt. O'Neal, on who started the riots in L.A. following
the Lakers' NBA Championship win: "It wasn't me. I didn't
tell them to do anything. I'm sure. You know what, it was
[the "Late Show's" Biff Henderson]. Just think about it.
He was there interviewing me and then when I turned around,
he wasn't there. It was Biff." O'Neal said he watches WNBA
games and was hoping the Comets would win the championship,
saying, "They post-up very hard" ("Late Show," CBS, 8/24).
O'Neal also appeared on CBS' "The Early Show" this morning
and discussed Dunk.net. O'Neal, on the product
customization offered on the site: "At Dunk.net, we give you
the ability to be yourself, rather than be like Mike or be
like Shaq" ("The Early Show," CBS, 8/25)....Univ. of Memphis
men's basketball coach JOHN CALIPARI is "lending his name to
a new restaurant" opening in Memphis in October that will be
called Cal's Championship Steaks. Calipari "doesn't intend
to appear out front in advertising for the restaurant"
(Memphis COMMERCIAL APPEAL, 8/25)....Comets C MONICA LAMB
has been named winner of the second annual AmEx Small
Business Services WNBA Entrepreneurial Achievement Award.
Lamb was honored for founding the Monica Lamb Wellness
Foundation, a non-profit that is "dedicated to promoting
health, wellness and fitness from a holistic standpoint for
women and children" (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 8/25)....JAY LENO,
on "Survivor" castaway SUE HAWK calling fellow "Survivor"
contestant KELLY WIGLESWORTH a "rat": "Even BOBBY KNIGHT was
sitting at home, going, 'Chill out babe, winning isn't
everything. Take it easy'" ("Tonight Show," 8/24)....BILLIE
JEAN KING appeared on CBS' "The Early Show" and said that
the WORLD TEAM TENNIS championship match, featuring the
Delaware Smash against the Sacramento Capitals, will be held
at 2:30 Saturday, following Arthur Ashe Kids Day at the U.S.
Open. King said admission to the match is free and added of
WTT, "We have co-ed, it's equal, we have gender equity on
the court, it's crowd participation" (CBS, 8/25).
