AFTER LENGTHY DISPUTE, BATTLE FOR BLUE JACKETS SETTLED

          A two-year ownership dispute for control of the Blue
     Jackets "appears to be over," according to Tim Doulin of the
     COLUMBUS DISPATCH, who wrote that a tentative agreement has
     been reached between the team's ownership group led by John
     McConnell and Chiefs Owner/MLS investor Lamar Hunt.  Hunt
     attorney Anthony Celebrezze: "Basically, both sides are
     going to go on their way."  The deal "ends Hunt's quest for
     a share of the team or damages for being excluded from the
     ownership group."  As part of the agreement, a lawsuit filed
     by Hunt in N.Y. on behalf of the initial partnership
     "seeking to keep the NHL from awarding the franchise" to
     McConnell and Wolf Enterprises "will be dropped," as well as
     one in OH.  Celebrezze added that "neither side is going to
     file an appeal" to the OH Supreme Court and that McConnell
     and Wolf Enterprises would be responsible for their own
     $920,000 in attorneys' fees (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 10/16).