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CARGILL COMPANY TO AID TWINS? IS TAYLOR THE MAN FOR VIKINGS?

          MN State Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe said that he
     has "heard rumors" that MN-based Cargill Company "is
     interested" in trying to help build a ballpark for the
     Twins, according to Sid Hartman of the Minneapolis STAR
     TRIBUNE.  Cargill execs could not be reached.  But Twins
     Owner Carl Pohlad is telling people "that it might be too
     late to save the Twins because the Metropolitan Sports
     Facilities Commission [MSFC] is playing hardball, and
     refuses to work out a two-year lease extension with the team
     to see if plans for a new stadium can be worked out in the
     next two years."  Hartman wrote that MSFC Chair Henry
     Savelkoul "and his politically appointed board are going to
     drive the Twins out of town if they don't work something
     out."  Meanwhile, Pohlad's "close friend," NationsBank CEO
     Hugh McColl, "continues to put pressure" on Pohlad to move
     the Twins to Charlotte next season (STAR TRIBUNE, 6/27).
          PURPLE REIGN: The Vikings' search for a new owner,
     which has reached its 10th month, "has degenerated from the
     silly to the absurd," according to Zgoda & Fiedler of the
     Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE.  Vikings co-Owner Wheelock
     Whitney: "It's going to be a relief for everybody when this
     thing is over."  After reviewing a list of possible suitors,
     Zgoda & Fielder conclude that T-Wolves Owner Glen Taylor
     "appears to be the fail-safe owner for the NFL and the
     Vikings" (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 6/28).  In a sidebar,
     Jerry Zgoda writes that Taylor "is intrigued by the
     possibility of a year-round Minnesota sports entertainment
     company," but that "he's not interested in buying the Twins"
     (STAR TRIBUNE, 6/28)....On Sunday, the STAR TRIBUNE profiled
     five potential Vikings bidders -- team president Roger
     Headrick; Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Chair J. Bruce
     Llewellyn; former Spurs/Nuggets Owner Red McCombs; Glen
     Taylor; and Carl Pohlad (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 6/28).

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