END OF AN ERA AS O'MALLEY CONFIRMS HE WILL LEAVE DODGERS

          Dodgers CEO Peter O'Malley "will sever his ties with
     the club at the end of the year," according to Steve
     Springer of the L.A. TIMES.  Springer: "This would figure to
     be a sad time for O'Malley, who ... is leaving at a time
     when his dream of putting pro football back in Los Angeles
     seems to be close to reality, but with others in the owners'
     seat."  O'Malley and Dodgers President Bob Graziano spent a
     year "trying to pave the way" for an NFL stadium, but city
     execs asked O'Malley to "throw his support behind" the
     Coliseum group.  O'Malley: "It was a big disappointment. 
     But there's an old saying that you don't fight city hall"
     (L.A. TIMES, 10/30).  O'Malley said that he "was lining up
     investors, including Fox, to cover" the $500M expansion fee,
     and that one of his reasons for selling the Dodgers was his
     inability to compete for a team (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 10/30).