LEAGUE NOTES

          The NFL Coaches Association (NFLCA), which has 400
     members, including 16 head coaches, wants "to improve
     retirement and health benefits for the membership."  But
     NFLCA Exec Dir Larry Keenan says that the NFL is "not taking
     his group all that seriously."  Keenan: "I think they just
     want us to go away."  The league has "urged" teams to deal
     with coaches' issues "on a team-by-team basis and formed a
     working group of owners to study the issues and advise the
     teams."  The Cowboys, Bengals and Saints "won't allow their
     coaches to join" the NFLCA (WASHINGTON POST, 12/9)....The
     ABL took out a quarter-page ad in USA TODAY featuring Jenny
     McCarthy under the tag "Looking For Some Action."  The text
     reads, in part: "This is Jenny McCarthy, and do I have a new
     game for you -- the ABL.  Check out the best in women's pro
     hoops this Sunday on Fox Sports Net."  McCarthy's sister,
     Joanne, plays guard for the Chicago Condors (THE DAILY).