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          NHL: In Toronto, Damien Cox, under the header, "NHL
     Salaries Take A Turn For Owners," wrote that with the off-
     season "drawing to a close, it's tempting to suggest" that
     NHL owners "have fared much better this summer than in the
     four preceding ones."  Cox cautioned, "It ain't over yet.
     ... It's one thing to hold a hard line on a player in
     August; quite another in November after a 2-8 homestand"
     (TORONTO STAR, 8/30).  In Calgary, Hartley Steward wrote
     that NHL owners "seem at last to be playing hardball." 
     Steward added that "in the best showing of solidarity since
     Lech Walesa, no other NHL team has shown an inclination to
     make a deal" with Senators C Alexei Yashin or Bruins RW
     Dmitri Khristich.  Steward: "It's difficult to imagine one
     or more of the owners breaking ranks.  They understand they
     must find a solution to the holdouts which does not further
     the spiral of NHL salaries" (CALGARY SUN, 8/30)....Int'l Ice
     Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel said that "he can
     wait" until mid-November in order to give the NHL "a little
     extra time to decide" if its players will participate in the
     2002 Salt Lake Olympics (NATIONAL POST, 8/30).
          MLB: Tulane Univ. Sports Law Program Dir Gary Roberts
     called the "notion" of MLB consolidation "a legal nightmare,
     a public-relations disaster and economically stupid."  In
     Minneapolis, Jay Weiner writes that another byproduct of
     consolidation could be the "instant start-up" of a new
     league (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 8/31)....In S.F., Ray
     Ratto wrote on possible consolidation: "Anything is possible
     in this grand industry, including euthanasia. ... It's the
     fact that someone thought enough of the idea to float the
     concept in the media that should make you think, and shake
     your head in disgust" (S.F. EXAMINER, 8/30).
          BASKETBALL: CBA Owner Isiah Thomas has a "dress code
     and a downtown Detroit arena" as his "short - and long-range
     goals."  Thomas said that he wants to expand the CBA to
     "under-served sports cities from a basketball standpoint." 
     More Thomas: "We'll shy away from major cities, but I think
     Detroit is unique."  CBA players "will be required to wear
     shirts and ties or sport coats while traveling" (DETROIT
     FREE PRESS, 8/28)....ESPN's Ric Bucher: "The NBA recently
     sent a friendly reminder to its players that marijuana is
     now part of the banned-substance list and that under the new
     collective bargaining agreement, every player will be tested
     in training camp.  The letter included a warning that
     marijuana can stay in a person's system for 60-90 days.  How
     nice of them.  The message: Stop lighting up now, and you
     still have a chance" ("SportsCenter," ESPN, 8/30).

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