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          Agent JOHN LOUNSBURY has filed suit against Knicks F
     MARCUS CAMBY for allegedly breaking his promise of making
     Lounsbury his agent of record.  Lounsbury also named ProServ
     in his suit, because he said that they "induced Camby to
     break that promise" (HARTFORD COURANT, 2/18)....Former
     Eagles WR IRVING FRYAR will be in Miami on Monday shooting
     scenes for the OLIVER STONE film, "Any Given Sunday"
     (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 2/18)....OSCAR DE LA HOYA will wed
     actress and former Miss USA SHANNA MOAKLER (USA TODAY,
     2/18).  De La Hoya is on the cover of P.O.V. magazine and
     says that he would like to become his own promoter.  De La
     Hoya: "I have the name.  I have the base" (P.O.V., 3/99).
     ...Canadian basketball fan BRIAN LEBLANC spent about
     C$150,000 on Pro Line lottery tickets in Canada after he
     noticed the odds were based on team rosters before the NBA
     lockout.  Of his 6,000 tickets, more than 2,500 were
     winners, paying out C$1.7M (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 2/18).
     ...AZ STATE UNIV.'S SCHOOL OF BUSINESS will offer an MBA
     graduate degree program on Sports Business. JERRY COLANGELO,
     who is Chair of the Business College's Advisory Council,
     said, "It was something I immediately and enthusiastically
     endorsed" (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 2/18).....Mavs Gs ROBERT PACK
     and STEVE NASH attended a private screening of the film
     "PASSING GLORY" on Tuesday night in L.A.  MAGIC JOHNSON and
     QUINCY JONES are two Exec Producers  of the TNT film which
     airs at 8:00pm on Sunday (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 2/18).

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