YANKEES RETAIN POWER-BROKER DAVID BOIES ... JUST IN CASE

          The Yankees have retained well-known DC attorney David
     Boies to "defend them if the MSG Network sues the team in
     State Supreme Court over the Yankees' newest offer to sell
     their television rights," according to Richard Sandomir of
     the N.Y. TIMES.  Boies, who led the U.S. Justice
     Department's successful antitrust case against Microsoft, is
     part of VP Al Gore's legal team arguing the outcome of the
     FL presidential vote.  MSG has until today to decide whether
     to match the one-year, $52M offer made last week by IMG's
     TWI to televise Yankee games next season.  Since July, MSG
     has filed suits against the Yankees twice, stating that the
     TV rights offers "it was asked match were unfair and
     violated its contractual rights."  Sandomir: "The Yankees'
     hiring of Boies indicates a strong belief that the latest
     offer ... will also end up in court" (N.Y. TIMES, 11/16).