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          SI's "Scorecard" critiques the new book by Jeff
     Benedict & SI Associate Editor Don Yaeger -- "Pros and Cons:
     The Criminals Who Play in the NFL."  It calls the book's
     "naive view" that NFL stars should be held "to higher
     standards" and the league should take a more active role in
     disciplining its players, "Wrong.  It's absurd to ask the
     NFL to police the off-field activities of more than 2,500
     players. ... Looking to the NFL for moral guidance is like
     asking the Vatican when to blitz" (SI, 11/16 issue).
          ABL: Opening night crowds were the "lowest in the
     league's three years," despite the NBA lockout and
     "increased marketing."  Average attendance for the nine
     opening games was 5,491, down from 6,265 for last season's
     openers (Portland OREGONIAN, 11/10).  A crowd of 1,129
     turned out for the Rage's 83-70 victory over the Xplosion at
     the Apollo of Temple last night (PHILA. INQUIRER, 11/12).
          MLB: MLB President & COO Paul Beeston, in an interview
     with USA TODAY's Hal Bodley, on the league's "most pressing
     problem" of competitive imbalance and payroll and revenue
     disparity between clubs: "[T]here might be 10 different
     methods to address this problem.  We must devote much of our
     offseason energies (to) addressing this" (USA TODAY, 11/12). 
     

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