Top Rank promoter BOB ARUM will file a suit in L.A.
Superior Court today against UNIVISION SPORTS and CEO JERRY
PERENCHIO, "charging both with interfering with his
promotional contract" with OSCAR DE LA HOYA. Arum's move
"comes in the wake of the announcement" that De La Hoya
hired Perenchio after breaking ties with Arum last month.
Arum said there is "evidence" that Perenchio has "been
interfering in my relationship with Oscar for the last six
years" (L.A. TIMES, 9/27)....Former NFLer RUSS FRANCIS won
the GOP nomination for one of the two U.S. House seats in HI
(BOSTON GLOBE, 9/26)....CBS SportsLine College Football
Senior Writer DENNIS DODD earned first-place in the annual
Football Writers Association of America Best Writing Contest
for the second consecutive year (CBS SportsLine)....Lakers F
RICK FOX, on appearing on HBO's "Oz" for the second straight
year: "It's great to be back, although I don't know how
excited you can be about being in prison" (PEOPLE, 10/2).
...Indianapolis Motor Speedway President TONY GEORGE was
selected as INT'L CITIZEN OF THE YEAR for 2000 by the INT'L
CENTER OF INDIANAPOLIS (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 9/27).
