AFL Commissioner David Baker was in Raleigh yesterday
to visit with the expansion team's Principal Owner Roddy
Jones and "discuss plans for the franchise." The team will
announce its name, colors, uniform and head coach on
November 12 (Raleigh NEWS & OBSERVER, 10/22)....Redskins
Owner Daniel Snyder, on his management style: "I think that
I will be there to always keep the team and the organization
accountable. It's my style. It's what has led me to
tremendous success" (WASHINGTON POST, 10/22)....L.A.
Memorial Coliseum Commission President Sheldon Sloan writes
a Letter to the Editor in today's WALL STREET JOURNAL
refuting an October 13 column by Smith College Economics
Professor Andrew Zimbalist stating that "public support for
a new stadium [in L.A.] was not yet in place." Sloan: "We
not only had and have the support of the entire spectrum of
elected officials, we already have the stadium" (WALL STREET
JOURNAL, 10/22)....In DC, Jason La Canfora writes that the
Capitals "plan to unveil" a new TV commercial tonight at
6:00pm ET on their Web site at www.washingtoncaps.com
(WASHINGTON POST, 10/22)....NV Resort Association President
Bill Bible has said that he "doesn't believe [NV] sports
books will be able to assert a united position on whether to
ban betting on NBA games" (L.V. SUN, 10/20)....NC-based
Advanced Internet Technologies has become the largest
sponsor of the CHL Fayetteville (NC) Force in a deal worth
$25,000-30,000 to the team (OBSERVER-TIMES, 10/21)....The
AFL Avengers unveiled their "Spanish Outreach Campaign,"
which includes the Spanish name "Vengadores," a separate
logo and an "Espanol" section on the Web site (Avengers).
