PGA Tour money leader DAVID DUVAL is profiled in USA
TODAY and the N.Y. TIMES. In N.Y., Clifton Brown writes
that while Duval's "marketability has risen, he has
definitely not gone Hollywood" (N.Y. TIMES, 5/28)....
..SYLVESTER STALLONE is at Monaco's Grand Prix researching
his $100M movie titled "Formula One." Former Ferrari racer
GERHARD BERGER is a consultant on the film. Stallone said
that he is the only "established actor" in the film, which
"will shoot all over the world" (USA TODAY, 5/28)....Former
Suns G KEVIN JOHNSON received his Bachelor of Arts Degree
for political science on Tuesday, from the Univ. of CA
(OAKLAND TRIBUNE, 5/27)....Dodgers OF GARY SHEFFIELD
officially launched Gary Sheffield Limousine Inc. in St.
Petersburg, FL. A rep said that this "is Phase One of a
corporate services business Sheffield plans to develop that
would include a new downtown spa and salon." Sheffield
plans to put some of the proceeds from the business toward
his nonprofit foundation (ST. PETE TIMES, 5/27)....South
Korean LPGA golfer SE RI PAK, who won the McDonald's LPGA
Championship two weeks ago, was profiled by B.J. Lee in
NEWSWEEK's overseas edition. South Korea "is obsessed by
golf. ... Pak's victory and the international hoopla gave
beleaguered South Koreans a renewed sense of national
pride." Pak has a 10-year, $3.6M deal with Samsung, and the
company said her win gave them about $150M worth of free
publicity. Samsung "predicts that Pak will be worth about
$1 billion to them over the next few years" (NEWSWEEK, 6/1).