EVER-IMAGINABLE HEAT VIDEO CAUSES ANGST FOR DAVE CHECKETTS

          MSG President Dave Checketts is upset over a Heat-
     produced in-game video which saw "Go Heat" placards placed
     on N.Y. landmarks, according to Ethan Skolnick of the PALM
     BEACH POST.  A "few Heat staffers" had gone to N.Y. to put
     "Burnie dolls" and "Go Heat" signs around the city, and the
     three-minute video was played at AmericanAirlines Arena
     during Games One and Two of the Knicks-Heat series.  But
     sources say that Checketts "was so peeved about one shot --
     of the 'Let's Go Heat' display on the Diamondvision at
     Yankee Stadium -- that he contacted the Yankees."  Skolnick
     reports that Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner "was angry at
     the employee who helped the Heat staffers get that shot, and
     the Yankees sent a letter to the Heat, informing them they
     had infringed on copyright laws."  The Heat sent a letter of
     apology.  The team can continue to air the video, but "with
     the shot of Yankee Stadium edited out" (P.B. POST, 5/15).