31.   A Houston businessman immediately expressed interested in having the Cardinals relocate there, but team officials dismissed the idea just as quickly.

32.   A more radical suggestion, heard increasingly among even moderate team officials, is to change the off-sides passing rules to create more offensive opportunities.

33.   A Panathianakos team official, who wished to remain anonymous, said Thursday his club will not pursue Wilkins.

34.   A team official said the Whalers are negotiating with officials in Raleigh, although no agreement is imminent.

35.   A team official stayed with Warren throughout Saturday night to watch him.

36.   A team official indicated the team would work out Sanders and Tre Thomas, a rookie safety the Giants also cut at the end of training camp.

37.   A team official said that Anderson was caught off-guard by the arrest and that he was insisting that his child-support obligations had been met.

38.   A team official said the second-year center was told by Burns to make himself unavailable to the media.

39.   A team official said Karros was experiencing back pain before he left Los Angeles on Sunday on a red-eye for Dodgertown.

40.   A team official said the beast, which is gold, blue, silver and orange, is a saber-toothed tiger.