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FRANCHISE NOTES

          ISLES SOUND-OFF: In the N.Y. DAILY NEWS, Save The
     Islanders Coalition President Steve Ellers wrote on the
     team's ownership situation under the header, "Milstein Has
     Ruined Isles," and that the NHL "should step in and take
     over the team's operations until more suitable owners ...
     acquire the club" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 4/11).  Also in N.Y.,
     Tarik El-Bashir wrote that the Isles "cannot be respectable
     until there is stable ownership," and that the Milsteins and
     co-Owner Steven Gluckstern will put the team on the market
     and entertain offers of $150M or more, down from the $195M
     they paid in February '98 (N.Y. TIMES, 4/11). In Toronto,
     Tim Wharnsby writes that Islanders fans attended the team's
     home finale on Saturday to "voice their displeasure with the
     team's dismal season."  The game ended with fans chanting,
     "We suck, we suck" (TORONTO SUN, 4/12).
          49ERS: In S.F., Glenn Dickey writes that the 49ers
     ownership "struggle may seem like a soap opera, but it has a
     serious side: If a new stadium isn't built, the 49ers may
     leave San Francisco" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 4/12).  But ESPN's
     Chris Mortensen wrote, "Don't necessarily expect the 49ers
     to go on the market in the wake of a stunning lawsuit" filed
     by the DeBartolo Corp. and co-Owner Denise DeBartolo York
     against her brother Eddie DeBartolo, Jr.  Mortensen: "Word
     is, John York (Denise's husband), is very much enjoying his
     appointment as the 49ers' overseer" (ESPN.com, 4/10).

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