WARM UP THE DAWGS: BROWNS TICKETS GO ON SALE TODAY

          Former Browns season-ticket holders will begin
     receiving brochures for 8,000 club seats for the new stadium
     in Cleveland, a sale "considered the deal-maker -- or maybe
     the deal-breaker" in the city's agreement with the NFL,
     according to David Adams of the AKRON BEACON JOURNAL.  Sales
     begin today of the seats, priced between $100-235 per game,
     in three, five and seven-year lease commitments, plus a one-
     time PSL fee of $1,000.  Payments can be spread out, with
     the first due by January 31, the second in March '98, and
     the last expected by March '99.  Cincinnati-based Star Bank,
     the club seat sponsor, will offer fans "competitive rates"
     on loans to pay for tickets and PSLs.  Season-ticket holders
     have until January 10 to buy club seats, before sales open
     to the public on January 13 (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 12/18).