The 23-city, 12 day U.S. promotional tour of Julio Caesar-
Chavez and Oscar De La Hoya is profiled in the BOSTON GLOBE. Ron
Borges notes that promoter Bob Arum lined up mariachi bands in
each city and predicts that the closed-circuit broadcast will be
the biggest seller ever (BOSTON GLOBE, 3/10)....Greg Norman
confirmed that he earned $40M, not the reported $26M, from
American Brands' buyout of Cobra Golf, of which he has partial
ownership (GOLFWORLD, 3/8 issue)....NBC opened coverage of the
Magic/Suns game with a montage of Charles Barkley and Shaquille
O'Neal commercials ("NBA on NBC," 3/10)....Gwen Knapp reports in
the S.F. EXAMINER that Olympic swimming and diving competitors
are looking to companies such as Nike to help them train. Knapp
profiles Nike's association with diver Roque Santos (S.F.
EXAMINER, 3/10)....Magic Johnson and the California Public
Employees Retirement System, the nation's largest public pension
fund, have announced a deal to build shopping centers and grocery
stores in California inner cities ("Sports View," CNBC, 3/8).
