1.   And even the trained eye has to notice that for a start-up NFL franchise like the Texans, a potential marquee player like Harrington has other advantages.

2.   And unlike other previous one-season sports wonders full of no-names, the Mariners have marquee players sure to increase sales.

3.   And what better time for the Hawks to bring in a legitimate marquee player, with Michael Jordan gone from the Bulls?

4.   Another series, another marquee player to guard.

5.   Are they going cheap, not willing to spend big bucks to land the marquee players available?

6.   Armstrong would not comment Friday, other than to reiterate that the club does not discuss contract negotiations and that it intends to re-sign both marquee players.

7.   As the Mariners prepared Sunday to play their second game without their marquee player, outfielders Jay Buhner and Darren Bragg reflected on The Play.

8.   At some point, of course, the Kings will need to find a marquee player to fill the Staples Center when it opens next year.

9.   Baugh, once the marquee player of the Southwest Conference and then the National Football League, is his own man.

10.   Before the tournament even starts, there are some marquee players you probably can mark off the list of contenders.