Katie Couric

Even at age 6, Kacie Remeto was turning heads on the track.As her father, Stuart, would run laps at Fallston High School trying to stay in shape, he would notice his daughter, who often tagged along, trailing behind him."At first, she was just running to fool around, but, after awhile, she was trying to stay with me," recalled Stuart Remeto, a physical education teacher in Baltimore County and former shortstop at Oregon and Towson State. "I noticed she had really good stamina."Nearly a decade later, Kacie Remeto, 15, is still running.

Planned network television coverage of Princess Diana's funeral tomorrow:On ABC:L 2 a.m.-5 a.m.: "World News Now," including live BBC coverage5 a.m.-8 a.m.: Live funeral coverage, with Peter Jennings and Barbara Walters8 a.m.-11 a.m.: Further coverage, plus a rebroadcast of major portions of the day's eventsOn NBC:2: 30 a.m.-3: 55 a.m.: Simulcast of MSNBC coverage, with Ann Curry3: 55 a.m.-10 a.m.: Live funeral coverage, with Tom Brokaw and Katie CouricOn CBS:2:...

I NEVER thought much of O.J. as an actor, although I loved him, as we all did, in "Goldie and the Boxer."But now he's taking on the most challenging role of his life: In which O.J. tries to win back the people, and maybe also his job as football analyst for NBC.All he has to do is go on TV tonight and convince about a hundred million viewers that he's the old rent-a-car O.J. with the winning smile and not some wife-batterer- turned-demented-killer with...

Could Katie Couric be leaving "Today"?A week ago, the question might have seemed totally off the wall.But, earlier this week Couric was on the telephone promoting "Now With Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric," a weekly, prime-time newsmagazine that premieres at 9 tonight on WMAR (Channel 2)."Everyone around the 'Today' show asks me, "Oh, you're not going to leave the 'Today' show are you?' " Couric says."And, really, I just have to see how it goes. . . . After all, this is going to be live every Wednesday night, and I don't want to be a basket case on Thursday morning when I do the 'Today' show.

Think you're way cool?Take a number. According to Entertainment Weekly's current "What is Cool" issue, you're behind David Letterman (there's news); a dead man (cult film director Ed Wood); the assembly-required furniture at Ikea and "Today" anchor Katie Couric (doesn't she belong in the "So uncool, they're cool" column?).The June 25 issue of the weekly magazine identifies cool people, places and things that have "the power to swing the thermostat of popular culture."Yes, but what is cool?

IF ARTHUR Kent, NBS' high-profile war correspondent, got pregnant, would he be bumped off the network?Probably not. The network would find a way to accommodate him. If he wanted maternity leave for four years, I suspect he'd get it.NBS would be good to him either way.I know I'm perpetuating a feminist fantasy here, but VIP news jobs are still pretty male-oriented, as are presidents of big corporations and prestigious spots in our federal government.The...