JOHN KENT COOKE REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO BUY REDSKINS

          In his first interview since the death of his father,
     John Kent Cooke yesterday said he would like to buy the
     Redskins from the foundation that controls his late father's
     estate and will pass the team on to his sons one day,
     according to Richard Justice of the WASHINGTON POST.  The
     late Jack Kent Cooke "already may have transferred a portion
     of team ownership" to his son, but John Cooke declined to
     say whether that was the case.  After the death of his
     father, "lawyers and others speculated" that John "might not
     have the financial resources to buy the team."  But John was
     "emphatic" that he would be the team's owner.  Cooke: "I
     intend to control the team" (WASHINGTON POST, 5/15).