An Amtrak train carrying Jets fans from Albany, N.Y. to
Buffalo for yesterday's Jets-Bills game struck an abandoned
car on the tracks just outside Albany. No one was injured.
The Bills also chartered an Amtrak train from Albany for
fans to make the 290-mile trip (USA TODAY, 11/25)....The
Bills are considering operating excursion trains from
Toronto and Cleveland to some home games next season. The
chartered train from Albany yesterday brought 980 fans,with
1,500 more on a waiting list. Bills' Marketing Dir John
Livsey: "We were surprised at the response. We've been
working on a deal with Amtrak for two years and when we
announced this, it sold out in two days" (TORONTO STAR,
11/23)....The announced Astrodome attendance for the
Panthers-Oilers game was 20,107. The record low was 20,082
on September 15, '96 (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 11/25)....76ers
President Pat Croce was profiled in the N.Y. DAILY NEWS.
Croce: "I don't get it with these autographs. I mean, a
signature on a piece of paper. Why? But hey, why not?
I'll never say no" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 11/24)....In
Minneapolis, Target Center Exec Dir Dana Warg says an IHL
team is available for the '97-'98 season if he can find
financial backers (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 11/24).
