LEAGUE NOTES

          SI's Jackie MacMullan writes on the IRS investigation
     of NBA refs on tax evasion.  MacMullan: "Although NBA
     commissioner David Stern has publicly adopted a wait-and-see
     stance, league sources confirmed that a ref's conviction
     will result in his automatic termination -- the penalty for
     any felony conviction, as spelled out in the collective
     bargaining agreement."  More MacMullan: "Even if more
     indictments are handed down soon, the NBA feels it can get
     through the season" (SI, 3/24)....In Miami, Edwin Pope
     writes on tennis' Lipton Invitational and tournament
     promoter Butch Buchholz.  Pope notes the event has donated
     food to charitable agencies, and "generated millions" for
     inner-city youth tennis, boys and girls clubs and the
     homeless.  Buchholz: "What we're trying to do goes beyond
     tennis.  This is about entertainment, about food
     experiences, about fashion-shopping experiences.  It's about
     serving the customer" (MIAMI HERALD, 3/21).