NOTED HECKLER ROBIN FICKER NOT RENEWING HIS WIZARDS TICKETS

          NBA fan Robin Ficker, "whose heckling of opposing
     players forced the NBA to change its rules on fan behavior,"
     did not renew his season tickets, in part because his two
     seats directly behind the opposing bench at US Airways Arena
     were going to be moved to underneath the basket at the new
     MCI Center, according to Thomas Heath of the WASHINGTON POST. 
     Washington Sports' VP/Communications Matt Williams said
     Ficker's $200-per-game seats "for a time were among several
     set aside for possible use by physically disabled fans." 
     Ficker claimed that it "has nothing to do with disability,"
     but added that while cost was "a factor," the NBA and Wizards
     "wanted to silence him" (WASHINGTON POST, 8/23).