WNBA SALES: Fred Meyer Inc. bought 500 season tickets
to help Portland's WNBA team reach 3,800 commitments. The
team needs to sell 5,500 tickets by October 15 (OREGONIAN,
9/24). In Miami, the Heat brought out G Tim Hardaway to
announce that he bought a season-ticket package and now the
WNBA team has 4,500 deposits (MIAMI HERALD, 9/24).
POWER PLAYERS: An AD AGE special issue lists "21 To
Watch In The 21st Century." Among those listed are Lions
Vice Chair William Clay Ford, Jr. and Redskins Owner Daniel
Snyder (AD AGE, 9/20). Snyder is profiled in a front-page
feature in the WASHINGTON POST, and Michael Leahy writes
that Snyder has "not sought to conceal his contempt for the
managerial ways of his predecessors, offering that, under
John Kent Cooke, the Redskins organization resembled a
'rudderless boat bobbing on the ocean'" (WASHINGTON POST,
9/24)....In Las Vegas, Steve Carp, on Mayor Oscar Goodman
meeting with NBA Commissioner David Stern & NHL Commissioner
Gary Bettman about bringing a pro team to the city: "The
guess here is that Goodman leaves New York with a definite
yes from the NHL provided he can produce an arena and a
likely OK from the NBA if he can guarantee [Padres Owner
John] Moores' backing, while resolving the issue of gambling
on NBA games to Stern's satisfaction" (LAS VEGAS SUN, 9/23).
