FRANCHISE NOTES

Oakland Football Marketing Assoc. officials announced that next Sunday''s game against the Chiefs is sold out (OFMA). Raiders and OFMA officials "exhaled" when the tickets, extras made available to PS

Tags: Colorado Avalanche, Denver Broncos, Edmonton Oilers, Franchises, Kansas City Chiefs, NFL, NHL, Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Antonio Spurs

EXPOSING THE WORKINGS OF THE EAGELSON EMPIRE

MACLEAN''s magazine profiles LAWRENCE EAGLE-TRIBUNE sports editor RUSS CONWAY''s expose on former NHLPA Exec Dir ALAN EAGELSON, who is currently under investigation by U.S. and Canadian authorities an

Tags: Labatt Brewing, NHL, People and Pop Culture

STADIUM NOTES: CORPORATE SUPPORT FOR LOUISVILLE STADIUM

Supporters of a new football stadium for the Univ. of Louisville expect to announce next month that corporations have pledged almost $12-16M, which almost guarantees it will happen in time for the ''9

Tags: Facilities, Tampa Bay Rays

NBC'S EBERSOL SAYS "NO" TO RIGHTS REFUND ON NFL COVERAGE

NFL moves into smaller markets have "prompted network concern," according to Jim Baker in today''s BOSTON HERALD. While the AFC, and thus NBC, have been "hit the hardest," NBC Sports President Dick Eb

Tags: ABC, NBC, NFL, Media, Walt Disney

MARKETPLACE ROUND-UP

Miller Brewing announced plans yesterday to test market "Southpaw Light," a premium light beer from its Plank Road brewery. The brewer will decide in December whether to distribute Southpaw nationwide

Tags: Foot Locker/Venator Group, NFL, Reebok, SGMA, Subaru, Time Warner

THE HOUSE THAT WEBBER BUILT: WILL DC ARENA GET NIKETOWN?

When Bullets/Capitals Owner Abe Pollin opens his new MCI Center in downtown Washington in ''97, the new arena will include around 50,000 square feet of retail space. Noting rumors that a Niketown stor

Tags: NikeTown, Washington Capitals

TROUBLE PICKING UP THE PUCK? FOLLOW THE VAPOR TRAIL

The "techno-wizards" at Fox Sports are experimenting with a computer chip to be installed in pucks used for Fox''s telecast of the NHL All-Star Game on January 20, according to NEWSDAY''s Steve Zipay.

Tags: News Corp./Fox, NHL, Media

ANOTHER BALLPARK IDEA FLOATED FOR THE RED SOX

Developer Stephen Karp said yesterday he has had "preliminary" talks with both Red Sox and Boston city officials about building a new ballpark for the team at the site of the Sears building near Fenwa

Tags: Boston Red Sox, Facilities, Sears

REFS UNION WON'T VOTE ON NBA PACKAGE; NO NEW TALKS SLATED

The NBA said it has reached its "negotiating limit" with its locked-out referees and that they are prepared to play out the regular season with replacements, according to the PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS.

Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, NBA, Time Warner

WHAT'S JAPANESE FOR "GOT 'IM, GOT 'IM, NEED 'IM, GOT 'IM"?

NL Rookie of the Year Hideo Nomo is giving card collecting in Japan "a real boost," as fans in the Far East who never collected before want Nomo cards, according to the S.F. EXAMINER. U.S.-style tradi