The Raiders-Cardinals game at the Oakland Coliseum on
Saturday drew 31,858, the smallest Coliseum crowd for a
Raiders game since '67 (S.F. EXAMINER, 8/30)....More than
6,000 pilots shut down Northwest Airlines this past weekend,
grounding all of Northwest's 400 airplanes. Northwest
currently handles charter services for nine NFL teams: the
Vikings, Bills, Patriots, Raiders, Oilers, Lions, Eagles,
Bucs and Packers (THE DAILY)....The Broncos have settled a
class-action lawsuit brought by fans who were not allowed to
sell rights to their season tickets during a change in
ticket policy in '95. Once the $400,000 settlement is
divided up between the fans and attorneys, each fan will get
an average of $100. The team has since changed its ticket
policy, allowing ticket holders to transfer ticket rights
(DENVER POST, 8/28)....Stars & MLB Rangers Owner Tom Hicks
talked to Randy Galloway of the FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM and
discussed a rumor that he may buy the Mavericks: "I tried to
buy the team once before. ... But things have gone in a
different direction." But Galloway adds, "In the future, it
would not be a surprise if Hicks adds the Mavericks to his
ownership cartel" (STAR-TELEGRAM, 8/31). ...In Cleveland,
Tony Grossi reported that Browns bidder Howard Milstein was
"told by league officials to remove the Browns and Countdown
to '99 logos from his Cleveland Sports Ventures Web site.
He complied" (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 8/30).
