VP AL GORE will represent the U.S. at Nagano's opening
ceremonies and First Lady HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON will attend
the closing ceremonies (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 11/9)....PETER
MAX pleaded guilty to charge of concealing more than $1.1M
in income from the IRS. He is expected to be sentenced in
February (N.Y. TIMES, 11/11)....TERRY BRADSHAW's "Home Team"
is being pulled as the "ratings-challenged" first-year talk
show halted production (N.Y. POST, 11/11)....ESPN's JOE
THEISMANN commented on MIKE DITKA, after reports that Ditka
made a $25 bet with his Defensive Coordinator before their
game against the Raiders on Sunday, and Ditka's recent
appearance on an "SNL" skit in which he said his team
"sucks." Theismann: "You were a heckuva football coach in
the eighties. I don't know this guy in the nineties. ... I
see a self-promoter who cares about himself a lot more than
he cares about his football team" (ESPN, 11/10)....MARTINA
HINGIS was a guest on the "Late Show." On her U.S. Open
win: "It's always big fun winning in New York, especially
playing someone like Venus Williams. Beating her in the
finals was probably my biggest win ever" (CBS, 11/10).
