FRANCHISE NOTES

          USA TODAY's Michael Hiestand profiles U.S. Senator and
     Bucks Owner Herb Kohl (D-WI) in a Sports Cover Story.
     Heistand: "With his Senate seat and ownership of a major
     league franchise, Kohl alone has snared two of the most
     coveted, and increasingly pricey, status symbols in America"
     (USA TODAY, 3/23)....In S.F., Glenn Dickey wrote that 49ers
     co-Owner Eddie DeBartolo "made himself unpopular within the
     league," as his only friends among NFL owners are the
     "mavericks," including Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones and Raiders
     Owner Al Davis.  Dickey: "More and more, it seems that
     DeBartolo's quest to regain control of the 49ers is the
     impossible dream, and it's his own fault" (S.F. CHRONICLE,
     3/22)....DC real estate developer Douglas Jemal, who is
     heading the group trying to bring an MLB team to the area,
     on former Nuggets Managing Partner Bertram Lee, who has
     joined his group: "We both want to see a team that is
     predominantly owned by minorities and Bert Lee has the
     contacts in the minority community" (WASHINGTON POST, 3/23).