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Clearly, the XFL experience hasn't turned Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation off of weekly TV. On June 21, MTV will premiere WWF Tough Enough, a reality series that will take 13 wrestler wannabes and throw them all into a house for three months. The contestants will live and train together, and then gradually pare down their numbers, a la Survivor, until only two competitors are standing—one man and one woman. The two winners will then sign WWF wrestling contracts. The WWF says it received about 10,000 applications from wrestling hopefuls. No word yet on whether any of them were submitted by He Hate Me....

Mike Piazza is finally getting into a New York state of mind. The All-Star catcher (right) has been hunting for that perfect Manhattan bachelor pad, looking at everything from lofts downtown to luxury spreads uptown—some as pricey as $7.5 million. In the end Piazza plunked down less than $2 million for a penthouse condo in New York's tony Gramercy Park neighborhood. The 2,345-square-foot duplex apartment features two fireplaces and a 431-square-foot terrace with built-in barbecue....

Viewers tuned in to MSG's broadcast of the May 15 Yankees game in Oakland got to see an alltime high. At one point the camera panned to the sparsely populated bleachers, where a fan wearing a Mets cap could be seen. As announcer Al Trautwig noted what a tough time it was to be a Mets supporter, the fan pulled out a marijuana pipe and took a big hit. Producers scrambled to cut away, but not before Trautwig deadpanned, "That guy's got some issues." Says MSG producer Michael Santini, "That's the first time I can remember showing a fan smoking pot. Of course, it was the Bay Area."