SE RI PAK, on last year: "I tried to do everything when
I was a rookie. I tried everything non-stop. After the
tour I knew it was too much. I pushed myself and other
people pushed me too" (GLOBE & MAIL, 1/28)....In Denver,
Norm Clarke wrote that Broncos P TOM ROUEN and Olympic
medalist AMY VAN DYKEN, "an item for about six months now,"
have been seen out together in Miami (DENVER POST, 1/27).
...DAVID LETTERMAN, noting that MARK MCGWIRE kissed Pope
John Paul II's ring on Tuesday while meeting him in St.
Louis: "Today, listen to this, the Pope auctioned it off for
$3.2 million" ("Late Show," CBS, 1/27)....The MIKE TYSON-
FRANCOIS BOTHA fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas grossed
$7,051,800, making it NV's sixth-biggest live gate ever (USA
TODAY, 1/28)....Seahawks/Blazers Owner PAUL ALLEN's Charter
Communications and TCI will acquire certain cable systems
owned by InterMedia Partners for $2.4B (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER,
1/28)....The U.S. headquarters for FILA in Sparks, MD, is
being honored by the American Institute of Architects for
interior design (Baltimore SUN, 1/28).
