NINERS TO MAKE A UNIFORM CHANGE IN CONJUNCTION WITH REEBOK

     The 49ers will change their traditional gold-and-scarlet
uniforms next year to a "tasteful, modernistic design," as part
of a new marketing agreement they are about to sign with Reebok.
49ers President Carmen Policy said in this morning's USA TODAY
that Reebok will be the team's "uniform sponsor and provider.
...If not from head to toe, then from ankle to head."  Policy,
who said the deal "should be completed within the next 55 days,"
stressed it agreement "is nothing like" Jerry Jones' deal with
Nike.  Policy: "This is an NFL Properties deal" (USA TODAY,
12/14).
     THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE NIKE: Gordon Forbes also
reports in this morning's USA TODAY that the Broncos "possibly
will sign with Nike in '97" (USA TODAY, 12/14).