WASHINGTON POST HAS REDSKINS CLOSE ON FEDEX NAME DEAL

          The Redskins have "reached a tentative agreement" on a
     $200M-plus, 27-year deal with FedEx for the naming rights to
     the team's stadium, according to Thomas Heath of the
     WASHINGTON POST, who reports that under the agreement, the
     stadium will be renamed FedEx Field.  The negotiations,
     handled for the team by Owner Daniel Snyder, President
     Stephen Baldacci and Exec VP David Cope, "are expected to
     produce an agreement within a week."  The $200M deal would
     be the "largest overall amount ever paid in such an
     agreement, although the average amount per year -- [$7.5M] -
     - is not the largest" (WASHINGTON POST, 10/28).