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THEY'RE TOO SEXY: RAPTORS AND LAKERS TO UNVEIL NEW UNIFORMS

          The Raptors will introduce to the public a "redesigned"
     uniform at a reception today, according to Robert MacLeod of
     the Toronto GLOBE & MAIL.  An unidentified team source
     called the changes "quite radical" and said, "Basically the
     front and the back are different colours.  It will be the
     first jersey (in the NBA) that actually does that."  The new
     design will not include the cartoon dinosaur, the team's
     logo since its inaugural season in '95-96, but will keep the
     team colors of purple and white.  The team's management
     decided that the Raptor icon "no longer fits the desired
     image" of the team and that the "need was for a mature,
     contemporary look" that was characteristic of a more "grown-
     up basketball team."  The source: "It [the logo] helped sell
     a lot of merchandise.  But for the players, ... they're
     especially pleased that icon has been removed."  The uniform
     was designed by the Raptors and Nike (GLOBE & MAIL, 9/30).
          STRIPE DREAMS: The Lakers' new uniforms will be
     unveiled at a press conference Friday and modeled by players
     Rick Fox and Derek Fisher, as well some celebrities.  The
     uniforms are "expected to be a modest adaption" of the
     current ones and will be all gold with a V-necked tank top
     and stripes going down the side (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 9/30).

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