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          In Montreal, Jack Todd writes that by selling his stake
     in the Expos to Majority Owner Jeffrey Loria, Stephen
     Bronfman "has sensibly declined to come to the rescue" of
     the team.  Todd speculates that Loria "intends" to move the
     team: "If Loria doesn't have a back-door plan, why would he
     have gone out of his way to alienate the entire city of
     Montreal?" (Montreal GAZETTE, 6/27)....In Toronto, Jim Hunt
     cites sources saying that the Blue Jays "will be sold within
     a month" to cable-TV exec Ted Rogers.  Outgoing Sun Media
     Corp. CEO Paul Godfrey will be President of the team
     (TORONTO SUN, 6/27)....USA TODAY's Chris Jenkins examines
     the MLB Giants' Web-based ticket exchange program for
     charter seat holders and writes, "If this smells like team-
     sanctioned ticket scalping, people using the site don't seem
     to mind."  The program was launched in early June "with
     little fanfare," but the number of transactions has
     increased from 500 after the first weekend to 2,500 through
     the team's most recent homestand.  The team charges a 10%
     fee to the buyer and seller on each transaction (USA TODAY,
     6/27)....In N.Y., Celona & Connor write that over 50,000
     tickets have been sold for Friday's Braves-Mets game, which
     marks Braves P John Rocker's first visit to N.Y. since
     making disparaging remarks about the city in SI last
     December.  Ticket sales for each of the other three games
     "are hovering between" 35,000-40,000 (N.Y. POST, 6/27).
     ...ESPN's Peter Gammons, on the Yankees eyeing Cubs OF Sammy
     Sosa: "The MSG [TV] deal is up, [Yankees Owner George
     Steinbrenner] is talking about that cable network with the
     Nets and Devils.  Who better than to put on there for
     entertainment than Sammy Sosa?" ("SportsCenter," 6/26).
          SOL HOT: In Ft. Lauderdale, Sharon Robb writes that Sol
     merchandise "is outselling Heat merchandise two-to-one" at
     AmericanAirlines Arena and at the Heat Store at Bayside. 
     The "biggest sellers" are the jersey of G Debbie Black and
     inaugural season t-shirts (SUN-SENTINEL, 6/27).

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