LEAGUE NOTES

          The Orioles and Red Sox "plan to send several coaches
     and players" to train Greek players at the conclusion of the
     '99 MLB season.  Also, MLB's Commissioner's Office has
     "offered to help refurbish" several baseball fields on an
     abandoned U.S. military base outside Athens, Greece (BOSTON
     GLOBE, 1/26)....GOLFWEEK's Jeff Rude writes that Michael
     Jordan should be involved with the PGA Tour "to broaden" its
     popularity.  Rude: "Let the brainstorming begin in [PGA Tour
     Commissioner] Tim Finchem's office. ... Give him sponsor
     exemptions. ... Let him underwrite and play on an MJ mini-
     tour.  Think of something" (GOLFWEEK, 1/23)....In Cleveland,
     Bill Livingston called it "very cool" when NBA Commissioner
     David Stern appeared on the "Late Show" recently. 
     Livingston: "It restores my faith in the NBA as the hippest
     league around. ... Stern now definitely qualifies as a dude.
     ... The NBA needs to look like it's having fun again, even
     at its own expense" (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 1/25).