31.   Mavericks owner-in-waiting Mark Cuban said he has no clue whether the team will sign Rodman.

32.   Nine days later, presumably because Brown thought Willis would need a black roommate on road trips, the team signed Marion Motley.

33.   Nor had his team signed another American to room with him, as happened with Cofidis and Mapei.

34.   Not long afterward, another team signed the kid to a contract.

35.   Oakland Raiders vice president Bruce Allen told Bay Area media that the team is not signing linebacker Roman Phifer, who played with the Patriots last season.

36.   No other team signed Peter.

37.   Other teams cannot sign free agents to cover their own mistakes.

38.   Other teams sign free agents.

39.   Parcells will still have a say in whom the team signs but far less about how much those players are paid.

40.   One team signs a superstar, and then the other teams feel they have to go out and get somebody.