THE PSINET AND THE PENDULUM: NEW RAVENS STADIUM TO GET NAME?

          The Ravens and PSINet, a VA-based ISP, are in talks
     over naming rights to the Ravens downtown stadium, according
     to sources of Jon Morgan of the Baltimore SUN.  Sources said
     issues that still need to be "worked out" include how much
     PSINet would pay for the rights, but the team "is focusing
     on a deal with PSINet."  Morgan writes that the Ravens "were
     asking" $4M per year over 20 years in naming rights talks
     with other suitors this year.  Ravens Exec VP David Modell
     declined to confirm or deny that the Ravens are negotiating
     with PSINet, but PSINet Senior VP/Corporate Marketing Robert
     Leahy "flatly denied having any talks with the Ravens on
     naming rights."  PSINet serves business customers, providing
     Internet access, e-mail service, Web site design and secure
     electronic commerce (Baltimore SUN, 11/12).