Sharks radio broadcaster DAN RUSANOWSKY is in guarded
but stable condition following a two-car accident near San
Jose Arena on Saturday afternoon. He suffered a "broken
femur, fractured pelvis, ruptured diaphragm and a punctured
lung as well as a possible concussion" in the crash.
Rusanowsky has been the team's play-by-play broadcaster
since '91. Sharks President GREG JOHNSON visited Rusanowsky
and said that the "prognosis was positive" (MERCURY NEWS,
11/26)....OSCAR DE LA HOYA made his singing network TV debut
on NBC's "Tonight Show" and sang a song from his new self-
titled CD. Leno, on De La Hoya fighting other pop singers:
"I'd like to see that. Maybe have a tagteam with [Enrique]
Iglesias and Ricky Martin, you take out the two of them"
("Tonight Show," NBC, 11/24)....Actor ROGER MOORE will host
the second annual WORLD SPORTS AWARDS on January 16 in
London. The awards will honor athletes in nine categories.
The World Sports Awards "is negotiating with networks for a
TV broadcast" (DAILY VARIETY, 11/27). ...CBS Sports' DICK
ENBERG has a new book out published by Andrews McMeel, "DICK
ENBERG'S HUMOROUS QUOTES FOR ALL OCCASIONS" (USA TODAY,
11/27)....Filmmaker DANNY DEVITO wants to hire figure staker
ELVIS STOJKO to do choreography for DeVito's next film
(GLOBE & MAIL, 11/25)....Former NBAer JOHN SALLEY appears in
an HBO special on sex and sports debuting on December 20,
and "suggested an openly gay player would face 'worse'
criticism than Jackie Robinson did in breaking baseball's
color line" (USA TODAY, 11/27)....NBC's Jay Leno: "Did you
see the LAKERS on the news serving hot meals to the less
fortunate -- the CLIPPERS?" ("Tonight Show," NBC, 11/24).
....N.Y. Daily News' MIKE LUPICA, on his new book, "BUMP &
RUN," about how sports has become corrupted: "I've thought
for a long time that there's more action going on up in the
luxury boxes than there is down on the field, especially in
the [NFL] because owning a football team has become the
greatest rich boy toy of them all" (FSN, 11/26)....Last
night's broadcast of Fox's "KING OF THE HILL" featured the
voices of Fox Sports' TERRY BRADSHAW, JAMES BROWN and HOWIE
LONG ("King of the Hill," Fox, 11/26).
