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 PSL holders, "sold swiftly."  The final two
homes games against the Steelers and Broncos are expected to sell
out as well, avoiding TV blackouts (Robert Salladay, OAKLAND
TRIBUNE, 11/22)....With 20,000 seats unsold, the NFL Oilers need
a "miracle" to keep Sunday's game on local TV (HOUSTON CHRONICLE,
11/22)....The crowd of 9,384 for the NHL Oilers' Monday game vs.
the Avalanche was the franchise's smallest attendance ever (N.Y.
TIMES, 11/22)....Peter Vecsey reports the Spurs turned down an
$85M offer from the Maloof brothers (N.Y. POST, 11/22).