FRANCHISE NOTES

          The N.Y. POST's Elsen & Popper report that two flight
     attendants who worked on the Knicks' private jet have quit
     "after claiming Patrick Ewing and another team member
     sexually harassed them."  Team sources say Ewing has denied
     the charge and the other accused Knick has not been named. 
     No legal charges have been filed in the case (N.Y. POST,
     4/16)....In Chicago, Jay Mariotti, on the 0-11 Cubs:  "You
     do not have a brain in your skull if you don't boycott this
     team and its pathetic ownership at once.  By boycott, we
     mean avoiding Wrigley Field not only until (if?) the Cubs
     win a game, but until Tribune Co. stops stealing your money
     and assembles a product and payroll worthy of a major
     market" (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 4/16)....The AAA Indianapolis
     Indians will offer to buy out its shareholders for $5,000
     per share.  The Reds' affiliate has 2,120 shares outstanding
     and 694 shareholders who receive financial reports and
     information from the team (INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS, 4/16).