January 13, 1998

US Supreme Court begins hearings on dispute between New York and New Jersey over Ellis Island; Special Master Paul Verkuil, appointed last year by Supreme Court to study issue, has recommended that New Jersey get about 22.5 acres, essentially all landfill part of island, leaving New York with 3 original acres (M)

CBS returns to professional football after wrenching four-year absence with $500-million-a-year bid that assures National Football League of staggering television fees into next century; league confirms that Fox Sports has renewed its package for National Conference games, for reported $550 million a year; both deals, combined with others from competing networks, could push league's total television revenues over period over $15 million, making it by far richest sports television contract ever (M)

James Turrell, 54-year-old Arizona sculptor, is named recipient of this year's $100,000 Wolf Prize for the arts; French Culture Minister Catherine Trautman, in London, inducts five leading members of British film fraternity as Officers of the Order of Arts and Letters; inductees are actor Jeremy Irons and directors Mike Leigh, Stephen Frears, Peter Greenaway and Michael Radford; photo of Leigh; Joel Grey leaves New York City cast of musical Chicago after some 500 performances; photo (M)

Article profiles career of Atlanta Glory player-coach Teresa Edwards; photo (M)

Clyde Haberman NYC column discusses case of Paul O'Grady, charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass for running on field at Yankee Stadium during 1996 World Series game; O'Grady and his legal aid attorney are contending that he has been treated unfairly by criminal justice system because he has items written on his body; photo (M)