A CT cardiologist paid $12,100 on eBay yesterday for
four box seats to Game Three of the Yankees-Red Sox series,
which will feature a pitching matchup of PEDRO MARTINEZ vs.
ROGER CLEMENS (BOSTON GLOBE, 10/14)....WPIX-TV Yankees play-
by-play announcer and WFAN radio host SUZYN WALDMAN was
profiled by Dan Rather on CBS "Evening News" last night.
Rather noted that a month before her TV debut, Waldman was
diagnosed with breast cancer. Waldman, on the timing of her
diagnosis: "Women have been waiting a thousand years for
this. I've been waiting a long time for this. I can't not
do this. I remember telling [Yankees Owner GEORGE
STEINBRENNER], is this going to stop me from getting me my
TV job? I promise you I won't throw up in the booth, and I
won't appear bald on the air." Rather: "Today, Suzyn is an
integral part of the Yankees team -- a full time announcer
and a part-time counselor to players like DARRYL STRAWBERRY
[who was diagnosed with cancer last year]" ("Evening News,"
CBS, 10/13)....SERENA WILLIAMS made a PR swing through N.Y.
yesterday, as she gave a "motivational visit" to Harlem's
Public School 129 yesterday, along with interviews with
BARBARA WALTERS and CONAN O'BRIEN (N.Y. TIMES, 10/14). On
"Late Night with Conan O'Brien," Serena said, "You know,
Conan, ... since I won the U.S. Open I was thinking every
time I answer my phone I should be, ring, ring, 'Hello. U.S.
Open champ.'" Serena, when asked by Conan if she has
thought about different hairstyles: "I have thought about
different hairstyles. This is my trademark. I've been
doing this for a long time. I think maybe next year even,
or maybe a couple years from now, I think I might change up
a little bit" ("Late Night," NBC, 10/13)....Both NICOLE
KIDMAN and GREG NORMAN will run the Olympic torch across
Sydney before the Opening Ceremonies for the 2000 Olympics
(DAILY MIRROR, 10/13).....In L.A., Howard Beck reports that
Lakers F RICK FOX is Exec Producer of the 20-minute film
"Four Faces of God." Beck: "It's the latest step in Fox's
steady transition from basketball player to Hollywood
player" (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 10/14)....Entertainment Tonight's
Bob Goen reported that "a feature film on [WILT
CHAMBERLAIN's] life, in which he was participating, is
expected to begin production next year" ("ET," 10/13).
