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          SPREE TO BE YOU & ME: NBPA Exec Dir Billy Hunter, asked
     if he could have helped Latrell Sprewell better prepare for
     his recent media appearances: "I would have probably --
     hopefully -- better prepared him.  I would have probably
     been a little more selective in terms of what shows I
     permitted him to go on."  The tour was scheduled by
     Sprewell's agent, Arm Tellem.  Hunter, meanwhile, "distanced
     himself -- and the union -- from the interviews."  Hunter:
     "It probably doesn't play too well with some people"
     (BLOOMBERG/PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 3/11)....Sprewell, on
     whether he feels a weight has been lifted from him since the
     ruling: "I'm starting to feel that as I can get out and tell
     people what really happened" ("Inside the NBA," TNT, 3/10).
          NOTES: Pilot Pen CEO Mike Davies is "seeking a four- or
     five-year lease with an option for another five years" from
     the USTA to bring the U.S. Women's Hardcourt Championship to
     New Haven, CT.  In Hartford, Greg Garber reports that if a
     deal is reached, Davies' organization "is prepared to
     piggyback local advertising for the women's event" with the
     men's Pilot Pen tournament (HARTFORD COURANT, 3/11)....Also
     in Hartford, Jerry Trecker previews the upcoming MLS season,
     and writes that the league "faces a continuing battle to
     gain acceptance beyond the already committed fans."  Trecker
     reports that the '98 season will open with "some positives,"
     including two new teams and a "better television package,"
     which includes games on ABC, ESPN, Univision and regional
     sports nets.  Trecker adds that "sponsor interest remains
     high, too, suggesting the business world has more confidence
     in" the sport, but that "in the meantime, a low profile is
     still the operative mode for MLS" (HARTFORD COURANT, 3/11).

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