CART driver CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI was profiled on
"Extra" by Rick Schwartz. Schwartz: "Fittipaldi is on the
fast track to fame. The 27-year-old Brazilian is being
compared to the Titanic heartthrob [LEONARDO DICAPRIO]"
("Extra," 4/16)....UCLA dedicated its new, $4.5M health
center in honor of ARTHUR ASHE (L.A. TIMES, 4/17)....TIGER
WOODS is scheduled to appear tonight on "The Tonight Show"
with JAY LENO (HARTFORD COURANT, 4/17)....Former Alan Taylor
exec WAYNE CATAN has opened his own PR agency, NY-based
CATAN COMMUNICATIONS. Catan's clients include Y2K Apparel,
Syracuse Univ., The Female Athlete, Inc. and Cubs RF Sammy
Sosa, among others (THE DAILY)....On this week's "Inside
Stuff," tomorrow on NBC, RAY ALLEN discusses his role in
SPIKE LEE's film, "He Got Game." Allen, on how the role
carried over to his basketball career: "I learned to have
patience on the set and that you can't rush. That's what
I've added to my basketball life" (NBAE)....Univ. of TN
women's basketball coach PAT SUMMITT was in CT to promote
her new book, "Reach for the Summitt." In Farmington, more
than 600 people waited in lines for up to 3 1/2 hours to see
her (HARTFORD COURANT, 4/17). Summitt told CHARLIE ROSE
that while she has been asked to run for Governor of TN, she
will likely put a political career on hold. Summitt said
she would run on the GOP ticket (USA TODAY, 4/17).
