71.   But he will be on the minds of team officials, nonetheless, when the NFL draft begins Saturday.

72.   But if the appeal is shot down, the league thinks it will not be long before other imaginative maneuvers are employed by team officials and players.

73.   But one team official, speaking on condition of anonymity, disagreed.

74.   But lacking a dazzling concept -- the Islanders, after all, skate in uniforms with a map of Long Island as the emblem -- team officials were stumped.

75.   But Romanian national team officials said on Thursday that they would not do that.

76.   But team officials questioned his discipline.

77.   But team officials say that fans would be more willing to endure the hassle in midtown than they have been in the South Bronx.

78.   But team officials would rather redouble their efforts to unload a recalcitrant player than stand firmly on principle and suspend him.

79.   But team officials assured us Friday that Cedric is a new man.

80.   But team officials stopped it, telling Vermeil they were dead-set against it.