OLYMPIC NOTES

          USOC Exec Dir Dick Schultz said that next month's
     meeting in Switzerland could produce "major institutional
     changes.  That's the impression I get."  Asked if the
     removal of IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch would be a
     positive step for Olympic reform, Schultz said, "It would
     depend upon who replaces him.  If the vote of confidence
     comes back negative, then it's a whole new ballgame.  Our
     hope is that Samaranch can stay in control until they put
     some of these new things in motion" (GAZETTE TELEGRAPH,
     2/22)....Picabo Street was asked by Matt Lauer on "Today" if
     she thought some people would "turn away" from the Games
     because they are "all about money."  Street: "No.  I think
     we've got a long way to go to end up in the NBA ring like
     that and have people turn away from our sport like that
     because we as athletes don't deserve that punishment and I
     think American society is smarter than that to know that the
     athletes aren't the ones doing this" (NBC, 2/22).