MLB MEETINGS, V: TAVARES SAYS DISNEY ALL EARS ON SALE TALK

          Anaheim Sports President Tony Tavares, on reports of
     Walt Disney's sale of the Mighty Ducks and Angels: "We're
     not nearly as close as everybody thinks we are."  Tavares
     said the Angels have not sought MLB's permission to show
     their books to prospective owners, but the company has
     "taken a position that it would listen to logical offers for
     its teams, but I don't think there's any auctions going on." 
     Tavares: "The best way to describe the situation is that
     Disney is in a listening mode right now.  But if you're
     asking me my intuition on the thing, I think they'd sell
     both.  They wouldn't sell one" (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 9/16).
     FSN's Keith Olbermann noted Tavares' comments came "even
     though [Disney's] own sports Web site" has reported that the
     "company has completed the parameters of a deal to sell both
     teams" for $650M.  Olbermann: "If [Tavares is] in a surfing
     mode, he can read on ESPN.com that the halos and quackers
     are going to Henry Nicholas III" ("Primetime," FSN, 9/15).