FRANCHISE NOTES

     The Cavaliers will increase ticket prices at Gund Arena next
season by an average of 2.4% -- about $1 more for most seats.
Lower-level seats will now sell from $28.50-$51.  Upper-level
seat prices will range from $17-32.  Club level seats, which cost
more than $80, are not included in the increase (Cleveland PLAIN
DEALER, 5/29)....The Ravens took out a two-page spread in today's
Baltimore SUN promoting their PSL plan.  The piece features
charts comparing their PSLs to the Panthers and Rams, along
descriptions of PSLs and where the revenue will go (Baltimore
SUN, 5/30).... Packers stockholders elected Wisconsin AD Pat
Richter to the team's Board (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL,
5/30)....In New York, Wallace Matthews sees Yankees Owner George
Steinbrenner's questioning of NYC as a baseball town as part of
his "N.J. Scheme":  "We know what you're up to George.  It's your
mission, and it's well on the way to being accomplished" (N.Y.
POST, 5/30).