THE WALLS HAVE EARS: NFL UPSET WITH BRETT HABER DC REPORT

          The NFL is "not at all pleased" with DC WTTG-Fox
     sportscaster Brett Haber because his Monday TV report
     contained details from a closed door session between NFL
     Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and the league's Finance
     Committee, according to Leonard Shapiro of the WASHINGTON
     POST.  Haber claims he was sitting in a hallway at the AZ
     Biltmore Hotel preparing his notes when he heard Tagliabue
     discussing the Howard Milstein-Daniel Snyder group's bid to
     buy the Redskins through closed doors.  Haber: "He was
     speaking loudly.  Once I realized it was him, my ears perked
     up and I listened to what he said."  That night, after
     consulting with station officials and attorneys, Haber "went
     on the air to report what he heard."  The report said that
     Tagliabue "wanted the finance committee to be careful about
     what they said before Milstein and Snyder came to address
     them lest it be used in legal action later."  When the NFL
     heard about the report, it became upset with Haber "and let
     him know about it the next day."  The league claims Haber
     was sitting in an area that was marked as being off-limits
     to the media and that he "had to know it."  An "NFL
     Authorized Personnel Only" sign was posted in the entrance
     to a hallway where Haber said he was sitting.  But Haber
     says he was in an area of public access and no security, and
     that "other crews had access to it every day."  A league
     spokesperson declined to comment (WASHINGTON POST, 3/19).
     For more on the Redskins and NFL, see story (#14).