Heat G Tim Hardaway, on the team's new uniforms: "The
[design of the] neck makes us look like girls, like a WNBA
team" (MIAMI HERALD, 11/12)....Penguins Owner Mario Lemieux,
on Senators holdout C Alexei Yashin: "When you have a
contract in hand you have to play." NHLPA President and
Canadiens C Trevor Linden added, "A contract is something
you respect and not only because your name is at the bottom
of it" (TORONTO SUN, 11/12)....On CBS SportsLine, Mike Kahn
wrote that the "best chances" for Bill Laurie to own an NBA
team "might be" if Rockets Owner Les Alexander "tires of
fighting a losing battle for a new arena" and sells, or if
Hornets ownership "continues to fail" in its efforts to get
a new arena (CBS SportsLine, 11/11)....The Bills announced a
five-year deal to hold their training camp at St. John
Fisher College beginning in July 2000. Fisher officials
said that although the Bills will pay more than $200,000 a
year for rent, room and board, "it's a break -even
proposition after expenses" (Rochester DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE,
11/12)....The Galaxy defeated the Burn 3-1 last night in the
MLS Western Conference championship before a crowd of 25,703
at the Rose Bowl (San Gabriel VALLEY TRIBUNE, 11/12)....USA
TODAY's Greg Boeck reports that Michael Jordan is "still
quietly pursuing [an NBA] team" (USA TODAY, 11/12).
