101.   There was no top-flight professional league in the United States.

102.   There is no professional league for women in the United States.

103.   These are the kinds of days when the National Football League earns its status as the toughest of all professional leagues to play in.

104.   This despite the XFL being the first professional league designed for television.

105.   They have been able to see a World Cup, watch national team players, a professional league.

106.   Three other players, including point guard Randy Duck, are just back from a tour of the European professional league.

107.   To be sure, the financial track records for new professional leagues are dubious at best.

108.   U.S. professional leagues, too, have been flirting with reaching out beyond the northern border.

109.   Was it hypocritical to point the finger at the Nazis when back home, black athletes were barred from all professional leagues and so much of society?

110.   Unlike the professional leagues, with their advanced scouting of a limited pool of players, a solid college coach and an enthusiastic recruiting staff can unearth overlooked talent.