Magic G GRANT HILL and his wife TAMIA will give Duke
Univ. $1M to establish an endowment fund for athletic
scholarship support (Duke Univ.)....Jets Owner ROBERT WOOD
JOHNSON IV, on donating $12M to the Alliance for Lupus
Research (see THE DAILY, 9/28), a program committed to the
prevention, treatment and cure of lupus within the next ten
years: "This is like breast cancer, but nobody's paying
attention to it" (NEWSDAY, 9/29)....In N.Y., Mitchell Fink
reports that PETE SAMPRAS and BRIDGETTE WILSON will get
married tomorrow in L.A. (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 9/29)....The
DAILY RACING FORM's Matt Hegarty reports that the NYRA "was
served with a federal subpoena" Wednesday "in the wake of an
investigation into possible money-laundering" at the NYRA's
three tracks -- Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga (DAILY RACING
FORM, 9/29)....TX Gov. GEORGE W. BUSH was on the campaign
trail in Green Bay, WI, where he appeared at the Packers
practice facility and was pictured with QB BRETT FAVRE and
coach MIKE SHERMAN. Bush threw passes to a Packers receiver
("CBS Evening News," 9/28). NBC's David Gregory: "Bush ...
even talks about the budget during a practice session with
the [Packers]." One of the Packers asked Bush, "Can we get
the tax bracket lowered?" ("Nightly News," NBC, 9/28).
