At the request of the NV State Athletic Commission,
MIKE TYSON "underwent several hours of psychological and
neurological tests" at MA General Hospital yesterday "to
determine his mental fitness to return to boxing" (BOSTON
GLOBE, 9/24)....In N.Y., Mitchell Fink reports that MSNBC's
KEITH OLBERMANN "hates the network's obsession with the
MONICA LEWINSKY scandal" and has "asked out of his three-
year contract." But Fink's sources say that NBC News
President ANDREW LACK "isn't about to let his new star off
the hook" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 9/24)....SEAN "PUFFY" COMBS "has
ankled" out of the film "Any Given Sunday," causing Director
OLIVER STONE to delay the start of shooting from November to
January (DAILY VARIETY, 9/24)....Blazers free agent G DAMON
STOUDAMIRE was in Vancouver this week taping an episode of
"The Sentinel" TV series (TORONTO SUN, 9/24)....Orioles 2B
ROBERTO ALOMAR, on his relationship with tennis star MARY
PIERCE: "We are living together but taking everything else
one step at a time. We are not ready to make any big
announcement yet. We want to maintain this for a while and
not rush into anything. When the time comes, we will move
to the next level" (TENNIS, 10/98 issue)....The U.S. WOMEN'S
NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM visited TIPPER GORE yesterday. On hand
were local youth coaches, corporate reps to Mrs. Gore,
Health & Human Services Secretary DONNA SHALALA and feminist
BETTY FRIEDAN (WASHINGTON POST, 9/24)....The October issue
of Maxim magazine, which hit newsstands Monday, celebrates
the start of the '98-99 NHL season by featuring Devils KEN
DANEYKO, KEVIN DEAN, KRZYSZTOF OLIWA, BRIAN ROLSTON and
SHELDON SOURAY (Maxim)....Bucs DT WARREN SAPP donated
$50,000 toward the purchase of 10,000 pairs of shoes for
needy Tampa-area students as part of his "Sapp for Shoes"
program (TAMPA TRIBUNE, 9/23)....WAYNE HUIZENGA's Florida
Panthers Holdings bought the Golf Club of Plantation (FL),
and FPH spokesperson Stan Smith said the club would be
"completely redesigned" (Ft. Lauderdale SUN-SENTINEL, 9/24).
...Disney CEO MICHAEL EISNER appeared on NBC's "Today" this
morning to talk about his new book, "Work In Progress."
Eisner, on people saying he involves himself with every
aspect of the company's business: "I'm getting more credit
than I deserve. Yes, I run around and I make myself a pain
in the ass and I have fun doing it." NBC's KATIE COURIC:
"This is a family show by the way, Mr. Disney." Eisner will
appear on "Today" tomorrow to discuss Disney (NBC, 9/24).
