NFL: Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones "will provide a
Thanksgiving meal" for Vikings Owner Red McCombs and his
family, who will sit in a luxury box at Texas Stadium for
Thursday's Vikings-Cowboys game. McCombs: "I'm convinced he
(Jones) won't be trying to poison me" (PIONEER PRESS, 11/25)
....In Chicago, Rick Telander writes that Bears President
Michael McCaskey "has not brought this city a winner, has
not been able to get along well enough with Mayor Daley or
any [IL] governor to build a new stadium, has not displayed
any light at the end of the tunnel" (SUN-TIMES, 11/25).
NOTES: Joe Buzas signed a letter of agreement to sell
the Class AA New Britain [CT] Rock Cats after the '99 season
to CT attorney Coleman Levy and NYC attorney William Dowling
for $7.5M (HARTFORD COURANT, 11/25)....Former Bears Walter
Payton and Matt Suhey "are seeking" an AFL team to play in
Chicago's Rosemont Horizon in 2000 (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 11/25).
...Approximately 150,000 entries were received for the
Mariners' '99 Safeco Field Inaugural Game ticket lottery
(Mariners)....The MLS Rapids announced that ticket prices
will remain unchanged for the '99 season (Rapids).
