21.   Coffey considers Wallin a Kevin Lowe clone ... Most everyone is working under the assumption that Portland, Ore., soon will land an expansion franchise.

22.   Count on incoming expansion franchises in Toronto and Vancouver to lead the chase for it if the Clippers let Grant go.

23.   David Poile, the ex-Capitals GM, now is in charge of assembling the expansion franchise that will open in Nashville next fall.

24.   Disney also is interested in pursuing a possible expansion franchise in Anaheim.

25.   Earlier this year, the NFL awarded an expansion franchise to Cleveland, but that leaves the league with an odd number of teams and with scheduling problems.

26.   Ed Roski thought he had prepared for every possible contingency in creating a redesigned Coliseum and preparing a bid for a NFL expansion franchise.

27.   Eleven groups from nine cities started making formal presentations Monday at a midtown hotel for expansion franchises in the National Hockey League.

28.   Energy billionaire Bob McNair went to the NFL owners meetings in Atlanta and brought back an expansion franchise.

29.   Even first-year expansion franchises in Minnesota and Columbus were better.

30.   Expansion franchises were opening up the Sun Belt and everybody agreed the sport was poised on the brink of a major breakthrough.