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N.Y. POST HAS CABLEVISION TALKS ON YANKS "HEATING UP"

          Cablevision CEO Charles Dolan "is eager to buy" the
     Yankees and talks "are heating up" between he and Yankees
     Owner George Steinbrenner, according to sources of Jon Elsen
     of the N.Y. POST, who writes under the front-page header,
     "Bombers On The Block -- Cablevision Gets Serious In Talks
     With Boss About Buying Yankees."  Dolan and Steinbrenner
     have "been working for six months on a deal" that values the
     Yankees at $500M and would keep Steinbrenner "as a high-
     profile team consultant for at least five years after the
     sale" at $5M a year.  Elsen adds that Cablevision's TV
     rights to carry the Yankees expires at the end of the season
     and buying "all or part" of the team "would sew up broadcast
     rights for Cablevision's MSG Network and its Fox Sports New
     York regional sports channel."  Cablevision sources said
     that a deal "won't happen for months" (N.Y. POST, 9/16).
          ATTENDANCE UPDATE: After drawing 43,218 to last night's
     game against the Red Sox, the Yankees need to average 37,375
     a game for their last eight home games to reach three
     million in attendance for the first time.  Their season
     average is 37,514 (N.Y. TIMES, 9/16).
          THORN IN STEINBRENNER'S SIDE WINS PRIMARY: N.Y. City
     Council Speaker Peter Vallone, a proponent of a referendum
     on Steinbrenner's plan to relocate the team out of the
     Bronx, won the state's Democratic primary yesterday and will
     challenge NY Gov. George Pataki in November.  Vallone
     "easily defeated three candidates" (N.Y. TIMES, 9/16).
          NEW TEAM FOR CONEY ISLAND: The Mets will move their
     short-season Class-A Pittsfield, MA, team to a $20M stadium
     to be built on Coney Island.  The deal requires the approval
     of the Yankees (N.Y. TIMES, 9/16).  NYC has set aside $50M
     for the Coney Island facility that will seat 6,500 and have
     parking for 1,200 cars (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 9/16).  

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