STEFFI GRAFF, from an interview in TENNIS MAGAZINE:
"[Wimbledon] is my favorite place in the world and where I
want to end my career" (TENNIS MAGAZINE, 6/14 issue).
...CASEY MARTIN has accepted a sponsors' exemption to play
in the Greater Hartford Open, July 2-5 (HARTFORD COURANT,
6/12)....In N.Y., Jeane MacIntosh writes that citing
"unrelenting public scrutiny," MARIAH CAREY and DEREK JETER
"have benched their romance -- for now" (N.Y. POST, 6/12).
...BRETT FAVRE and Univ. of WI football coach BARRY ALVAREZ
made appearances yesterday at a luncheon supporting WI GOP
Gov. TOMMY THOMPSON's re-election. The event marked the
first time Favre, not a registered voter in Green Bay, "had
been linked" to a WI political scene. ED GARVEY, the only
announced Democratic candidate for governor, said it was
"ironic" that he was the first Exec Dir of the NFLPA between
'71-82, when the union negotiated dramatic improvements in
players' salaries (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 6/12)....
NASCAR President BILL FRANCE JR. will deliver the keynote
address to open the national sports editors convention, June
24 in Richmond, VA (USA TODAY, 6/12).