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LEAGUE NOTES

     The men's singles champion at Wimbledon will receive a
record $593,000, while the lady's singles champion will win
$533,000 ("Sports View," CNBC, 6/17)....ATP CEO Mark Miles said
he was disappointed in an ITF plan to put three '97 Davis Cup
rounds into the tennis calendar before the U.S. Open.  Miles said
such a plan would result in conflicts with ATP Tour Tournaments
and would "only be harmful" to the Davis Cup (ATP Tour)....MLB
labor talks resume today in New York.  Ownership sources told the
WASHINGTON POST they're "optimistic the long-awaited breakthrough
in bargaining could be near" (WASHINGTON POST, 6/18)....In
Toronto, Marty York reports on the pending MLBPA announcement set
for Thursday to introduce plans for the MLB Players Trust for
Children, which will make donations to youth programs throughout
Canada and the U.S.  Former Blue Jays Chair Peter Widdrington
will help with the program's administration.  One union exec:
"We have to build some new bridges with fans.  Players like
[Albert] Belle and so many others have hurt our image
dramatically" (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 6/18).

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