FRANCHISE NOTES

          A Cowboys-Chargers scrimmage Saturday in El Paso, TX,
     drew 40,163 (S.D. UNION TRIBUNE, 7/27)....Eagles Owner Jeff
     Lurie, on rumors that he will relocate the team: "Pure
     drivel.  No, worse than that. ... We are working diligently
     for a stadium, but the Eagles aren't going anywhere"
     (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 7/27)....In Toronto, George Gross
     wrote that MLG Chair Steve Stavro "is being blamed for the
     Leafs-Raptors arena fiasco when certain individuals in the
     Raptors organization and the city hall hierarchy are the
     real stumbling blocks. ... Stavro could easily prove it
     isn't his fault, but he won't. ... Perhaps Stavro doesn't
     care about his public image, but he must realize the image
     of the Leafs is very much at stake" (TORONTO SUN, 7/27).