91.   The lawsuit is part of a wave of disputes pitting sports leagues and other live entertainment companies against news organizations.

92.   The nasty lockout threatened to result in the NHL becoming the first professional sports league in North America to lose an entire season to a labor dispute.

93.   The major North American sports leagues all see an enormous international TV market for their games.

94.   The National Basketball Association named two women to its officiating staff, making it the first major professional sports league to allow females to work regular-season games.

95.   The NFL is the most prosperous of sports leagues, and currently the sport is the healthiest it has been in decades.

96.   The NBA is the first professional sports league to make an agreement to have its entire schedule carried online.

97.   The NHL joins the National Basketball Association as the second major professional sports league to play regular season games in Japan.

98.   The major sports leagues, suddenly aware of their value as prime-time fare, escalated their demands for fees.

99.   The NBA is the only major professional sports league never to have lost any games to a work stoppage.

100.   The pair now seem primed to take on a new professional sports league.