FRANCHISE NOTES: MN ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE TEAM HAS NAME

     The Minnesota "Fighting Pike" will be the name of the newest
team in the Arena Football League.  Pike President Tom Scallen:
"This isn't just about high-speed, in-your-face football action,
it's about saving an entire generation on Minnesota's game fish
from becoming shore lunch" (Fighting Pike)....Celtics Owner Paul
Gaston told Boston's WBZ-TV he has not abandoned the idea of
suing the Wall Street Journal for its report that cocaine
contributed to the death of Reggie Lewis (BOSTON GLOBE,
11/9)....COMSAT Entertainment Group, which owns the Nuggets and
Avalanche, has changed its name to Ascent Entertainment Group
Inc. (Comsat).