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          In Montreal, Jack Todd writes that MLB "might announce
     its approval of the Expos business plan tomorrow," with a
     press conference possibly "as early as Thursday."  But Todd
     writes that "it's time to worry" if a deal isn't worked out
     in time for MLB's winter meetings in Anaheim on December 10
     (Montreal GAZETTE, 11/29)....A newspaper ad in Vancouver
     "urges" Grizzlies fans to go to the team's home game against
     the Rockets tonight to see Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon
     and "that other guy," referring to Steve Francis, who was
     drafted by the Grizzlies, but later demanded to be traded
     (CP, 11/29)....In Boston, Will McDonough noted that the
     Celtics average attendance is down 2,000 fans from last
     season.  With an average ticket price of $50, that's
     $100,000 per game, which would come out to a $4M drop in
     revenue for the entire season (BOSTON GLOBE, 11/27). 
          POLLIN SPEAKS OUT: Washington Sports Chair Abe Pollin
     took out a full-page ad in the WASHINGTON POST last
     Wednesday in the form of an open letter and wrote that his
     reputation "has been challenged by inaccurate statements and
     false innuendo" in regard to the Rising Tide legislation
     killed by Congress last week (see THE DAILY, 11/18).  Pollin
     stated that he was promised the chance to refinance the debt
     at MCI Center with tax free bonds by the city, which later
     was forced to rescind its offer.   Pollin: "Rising Tide was
     an effort to induce others to invest in the city as I have
     done. ... A part of Rising Tide would also allow MCI Center
     to refinance its staggering debt with tax free bonds and
     bring my debt service close to what was originally promised
     to me. ... To deprive the Nation's Capital of all the
     benefits that Rising Tide would provide because of, in my
     opinion, a factually incorrect headline and an equally
     misleading article in the Washington Times, is
     unconscionable. ... I am ... deeply saddened about the
     unfair and unjust charges made against me" (THE DAILY).      
           

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