BEARS ASK MAYOR DALEY FOR A TEMPORARY HOME

     The Bears "demanded" yesterday that Chicago Mayor Richard
Daley line up a temporary home for the team during the '97
season, according to the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES.  The team argues the
mayor's Soldier Field renovation proposal would cost the Bears an
entire season.  Bears VP Ted Philips: "We're told by our stadium
experts that it will cost us probably a season.  We need a
contingency plan if we miss the 1997 season."  The mayor's
stadium advisor, Edward Bedore, said there is no need for a fill-
in: "We have no (alternative) place for them to play at this
particular time because we don't believe there's a need to do
that.  Our plan works" (Fran Spielman, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 11/29).