ONE HORSE RACE? REPORT SAYS DOLAN WIDENING GAP IN JETS BID

          Cablevision Chair Charles Dolan "has taken a decisive
     lead in the bidding for the Jets" by making a "blockbuster
     offer ... believed to be more than" $600M and "possibly as
     high as" $650M, according to Myers & Cimini of the N.Y.
     DAILY NEWS.  Sources report that Dolan's partner in the bid
     is Devils Owner John McMullen, "whose stake is believed to
     be less than one-third" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 12/21).  
          JOHNSON PROFILED: In N.Y., Richard Sandomir profiles
     Jets bidder and Johnson & Johnson heir Robert Wood Johnson
     IV and writes that "although [he is] a stranger in the
     sports world, Johnson is well known in health care and
     Republican Party worlds" (N.Y. TIMES, 12/21).