WILL MARVIN DAVIS DO IT "FOR MY BOYS?" HE SOUNDS SERIOUS

          Ravens Owner Art Modell said Marvin Davis is serious
     about paying $1B-plus for an L.A. expansion team.  Davis
     told Modell, "I'm not going to back off of it.  I'm real
     serious about getting a team for my boys" (USA TODAY, 9/22). 
     In his Pro Football column, USA TODAY's Gordon Forbes writes
     that NFL owners "will be making a serious mistake if they
     follow the money trail and place a team at Hollywood Park." 
     Forbes: "Houston might be a smaller market, but Texans have
     a passion for the game that Los Angelenos can never match.
     And if the owners care more about fan loyalty than dividing
     Davis' expansion money, they'll welcome [Houston bid leader
     Bob] McNair into the lodge" (USA TODAY, 9/22).