Boston Globe columnist MIKE BARNICLE resigned from the
newspaper yesterday after "new questions arose over his
credibility." He agreed to quit after "being unable to
verify the facts" from an October 8, 1995, article on two
children who were cancer patients at Children's Hospital
(BOSTON GLOBE, 8/20)....Attorney ROBERT SHAPIRO has filed
suit against DARRYL STRAWBERRY alleging that he failed to pay
about $100,000 in fees for a contract settlement Shapiro
negotiated with the Dodgers four years ago (N.Y. DAILY NEWS,
8/20)....KOBE BRYANT, in Australia for a series of camps, was
profiled in the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. MICHAEL JORDAN "may
be the king, but in Kobe Bryant, basketball has a ready-made
prince" (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 8/19)....Figure skaters TARA
LIPINSKI and ILIA KULIK have broken away from Tom Collins'
Champions on Ice tour to join IMG's Stars on Ice. Lipinski's
one-year deal (plus an option) is believed to pay her close
to $2M (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 8/20)....JIM BROWN will play AL
PACINO's defensive coordinator in OLIVER STONE's upcoming
film, "On Any Given Sunday" (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 8/20).
