TYSON THE TALK OF THE SPORTS REPORTERS

           ESPN's Tony Kornheiser, on MIKE TYSON'S NJ hearing
     last week: "They poked him with the stick enough, he got
     angry.  So if New Jersey now doesn't want to give him a
     license, they don't have to."  ESPN's Michael Wilbon: "Let
     him go out there and get popped one more time by EVANDER
     HOLYFIELD, and then he can quit after he gets knocked out
     another time by him."  ESPN's Bill Conlin: "I think the
     whole thing is beating a dead horse.  I don't think this guy
     can fight anymore -- boxing is in such a desperate state ...
     that they absolutely need him back.  New Jersey will give
     him a license and he will fight Evander Holyfield again." 
     Kornheiser: "Ultimately, it's not really about justice in
     this situation, it's about money" ("Sports Reporters," 8/2).