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     The Heat announced a $20,000 donation to the Magic Johnson
Foundation.  Johnson will accept the donation from Pat Riley at
halftime of tonight's game (Heat)....The Sabres will unveil their
new uniforms and logo on April 11.  They will wear their new look
next season (Sabres)....Despite comments by Chris Webber's agent,
Fallasha Erwin, criticizing the Bullets and 76ers as the only two
NBA teams to charge players for the difference between a single
and double room, a WASHINGTON TIMES survey shows a majority of
teams charge their players such extra fees.  Fifteen of 17 teams
that responded said they charged players (WASHINGTON TIMES,
3/27)....Special commuter rail service for Orioles games between
DC's Union Station and Camden Yards will be discontinued.
Operator CSX Transportation cited crowded track time in the
evening (WASHINGTON POST, 3/27)....The Raiders will hold
preseason camp in Napa, CA, returning to Northern CA after 11
summers in the L.A. area (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 3/27)....Nearly
11,000 FL Panthers playoff ticket packages have been sold, and
tickets for the final regular-season games are "scarce" (MIAMI
HERALD, 3/26).

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