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MAPLE LEAF SPORTS EXEC SAYS RAPTORS KEY TO SPORTS EMPIRE

          After Raptors coach Butch Carter told the Toronto media
     that he feared that Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE)
     was not committed to the NBA team, MLSE President Richard
     Peddie called the company's ownership of the Raptors and
     Maple Leafs the "basic description of synergy."  Peddie:
     "One plus one equals three."  Meanwhile, Scott Burnside
     calls the Raptors a success at the box office, as the team
     has sold out 13 of their last 22 home games, including four
     in a row (NATIONAL POST, 3/23).  Carter, after his comments
     on MLSE and his concern that the NBA wants G Vince Carter to
     play in the U.S.: "I took my spanking from my general
     manager this morning."  He said MLSE has been "1,000%
     behind" the Raptors, but added, "Is there one person I've
     had a problem with on the hockey side?  Yes.  I thought I
     should have named that person (in yesterday's story)"
     (TORONTO SUN, 3/23).  NBA Senior VP/Communications Brian
     McIntyre, on rumors the league wants Vince Carter in the
     U.S.: "The simple notion that playing in Toronto is a bad
     thing is ludicrous.  If in fact there was a highly placed
     league executive saying that, well, there are moronic ideas
     everywhere.  A singular and stupid comment does not
     represent the NBA's point of view" (TORONTO STAR, 3/23).

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