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Hot, hot, hot! Pssst! Sneed hears rumbles that a group of MajorLeague Baseball owners, in search of a full-time commissioner (and indesperate need of revitalizing baseball) are considering NBACommissioner David Stern. Stern's an important guy. Maybe he canhelp out a dying sport.The Rodman report . . .

Chicago Bulls basketball star Dennis Rodman bid $827,500 at aSotheby's auction Monday for a gold coin originally designed forPresident Theodore Roosevelt (the "Saint-Gaudens" 1907 Ultra ReliefDouble Eagle). Is the coin a Christmas present for Dwight Manley,his agent and a big coin collector?The flu file . . .

Mayor Daley's bout with the flu is so serious he had to …