61.   I see an intelligent man who came into a field in which he had virtually no knowledge when he bought the team but who has been learning quickly.

62.   If Allen buys the team, he will likely pay the highest price ever for an NFL franchise.

63.   In a better world, some billionaire hockey nut would buy this team.

64.   In other news concerning the sale of clubs, Marlins president Don Smiley said a deal to buy the team from owner Wayne Huizenga could be completed by June.

65.   In recent weeks, he has been negotiating to buy the team.

66.   In what amounted to a pass-the-hat campaign to buy the team and build an arena, the fans gathered at a riverfront rally.

67.   In this fluid situation, the formers Browns star Jim Brown Monday backed Bart Wolstein, a Cleveland real estate developer, in his quest to buy the team.

68.   Indeed, how Parcells feels at the end of the season may be as big a factor in any retirement decision as who buys the team.

69.   It makes one wonder what owners who bought their teams on the cheap are thinking.

70.   It was at a team barbecue during training camp and shortly before Edward P. Roski Jr. and Phillip F. Anschutz bought the team.