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          Federal investigators "have expanded their probe" of
     49ers co-Owner EDDIE DEBARTOLO JR. with a subpoena of the
     Sands Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ, to turn over
     records of any personal gambling activities he may have
     conducted there (S.F. CHRONICLE, 12/19)....A tennis benefit
     organized by CBS' TIM RYAN for his wife Lee, who has
     Alzheimer's, raised an estimated $50,000 to $60,000 for the
     National Alzheimer's Association and its Boise chapter. 
     JOHN MCENROE and PATRICK MCENROE, who replaced an injured
     JIM COURIER, played in the event (N.Y. TIMES, 12/19).
     ...Seven wives, PEGGY HARTSBURG, SHARLENE SYDOR, DEBBIE
     SAKIC, DIANE HEXTALL, TRACEY ROENICK, KELLY WARD and DENISE
     CLARK, and one mother, JAN LEETCH, of eight NHL members will
     donate more than $10,000 worth NHL products to BIG BROTHERS
     BIG SISTERS in Canada and the U.S. (THE DAILY). 

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