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NAMES IN THE NEWS

     Spotted courtside for the Knicks/Bulls game were boxer OSCAR
DE LA HOYA, ELLE MacPHERSON, and THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS
PRINCE ("NBA on NBC," 3/10)....Giants OF BARRY BONDS "won a near-
total victory" in divorce court Friday, as a judge ruled he could
keep two multimillion-dollar homes and reduced support by half to
ex-wife SUN BONDS.  In addition, Sun must formulate a job-
training plan or face losing support altogether (S.F. CHRONICLE,
3/9)....ILIE NASTASE's run for Mayor of Bucharest is profiled in
today's N.Y. TIMES.  Nastase: "I love the States and France.  I
took their money and their women, but I'll always be a Romanian"
(N.Y. TIMES, 3/11)...."CBS This Morning" reports the Marlins
"have found their crowd pleaser" in Cuban pitcher LIVIAN
HERNANDEZ.  One fan:  "What Nomo did for the Dodgers, maybe he
can do with the Marlins" (CBS, 3/11)....BOB COSTAS, commenting on
DENNIS RODMAN's headwear during an interview: "The last time I
saw a hat like that it was on ROCKET J. SQUIRREL" ("NBA on NBC,"
3/10).

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