Despite reports characterizing Nuggets President Tim
Leiweke's reassignment last week as a step down, today's DENVER
POST describes the change as "hardly a demotion."  Leiweke now
shifts from "overseeing the Nuggets basketball operations to
heading COMSAT's Rocky Mountain Entertainment."  And, with that
position, Leiweke has become "something of an entertainment czar
in the Central Platte Valley."  Leiweke will be responsible for
atrracting an NHL team to Denver and managing construction of a
proposed $130M "state-of-the-art" arena.  Leiweke:  "People ended
up thinking it was some sort of power struggle, and it wasn't"
(Chance Conner, DENVER POST, 3/2).

     In an effort to "help sell what has been the last-place club
the past two years," the Brewers may use long-time broadcaster
Bob Uecker in the team's TV spots.  Uecker has been doing spots
for the IHL Milwaukee Admirals for the past three years that "may
be among the best ever produced in the Milwaukee area."  His
"comedic antics" are cited for helping the Admirals
"significantly" at the box office, "and the Brewers obviously are
looking for similar results."  Uecker:  "I don't know why we
didn't do it before.  I don't know if they didn't want to ask me
or what.  I offered to do it three years ago."  Although Brewers
officials "would not confirm" that plans, it is reported that
they already have an advertising deal lined up with
Laughlin/Constable Inc. of Milwaukee (Bob Berghaus, MILWAUKEE
JOURNAL, 3/1).

     The CFL extended their Tuesday deadline yesterday issuing
another "final" deadline "in an attempt to sell the floundering"
Rough Riders and Posse.  However, despite "the ultimatum," the
franchises "are still alive" (CP/Vancouver PROVINCE, 3/2).  The
Rough Riders are now being sought by Shreveport Pirates' GM Dean
Albrecht after Elliot Maisel of Mobile, AL, withdrew his bid.
Albrecht reportedly met with CFL Commissioner Larry Smith last
week in what was described as an "excellent conversation."
Negotiations on the Posse moving to Jackson, MS, have broken off
and "as stipulated by the league, a proposal must be submitted by
the end of the week" (Marty York, Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 3/2).

     Malcolm Glazer and his sons Joel and Bryan came away from
yesterday's meeting with the NFL's Finance Committee "optimistic
they will be approved to buy the Bucs" for $192M later this
month.  Joel Glazer:  "Things went very well and we're very
excited.  The process is moving forward.  Everything's right on
track for approval at the March meeting."  The committee will
meet again on March 11-12 in Phoenix "prior to the annual league
meeting, when it will formulate its reccommendation to
Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and the owners" (Nick Pugliese, TAMPA
TRIBUNE, 3/2).