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          Broncos QB JOHN ELWAY responded Sunday to reports that
     he was selling his car dealerships to Dolphins Owner WAYNE
     HUIZENGA for a reported $85M.  Elway said his business is
     not for sale "at this time" (DENVER POST, 8/18)....IMG
     football agent TOM CONDON, whose agency was bought out by
     IMG in '91, was profiled by Jonathan Rand of the K.C. STAR. 
     Rand: "He breaks just about every agent stereotype.  No
     leather.  No jewelry.  No hint of scandal" (K.C. STAR,
     8/17)....MARTINA HINGIS was the cover story of this
     weekend's PARADE (PARADE, 8/17)....PAUL ALLEN purchased a
     120-acre estate in Beverly Hills for about $20M (Mult.,
     8/16)....MARIO ANDRETTI and former Kmart CEO JOE ANTONINI,
     who started the Andretti Wine Group, within five years "hope
     to gobble up a big chunk of the wine industry and build an
     organization that produces, markets and distributes its own
     products" (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 8/16).

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