11.   All along, American soccer officials have told us the World Cup would help establish a professional league here.

12.   But few good enough for major professional leagues.

13.   But if you prefer ball over decorating, you can take in a baseball game, watching teams from one of two professional leagues.

14.   But he is limited by his experience and the lack of a professional league in the US in which to develop players.

15.   But then, there was no professional league, little media coverage and even less outside interest other than the quadrennial Olympic celebrities.

16.   But the National Basketball Association barred him, and his lawsuit against the professional league was settled out of court.

17.   But what they wanted more than anything was a professional league to call their own.

18.   But when it comes to a professional league of their own, Americans remain blissfully indifferent to this variety of football.

19.   Camp Red Sox this spring is being shared by the Samsung Lions of the Korean professional league.

20.   Congress passed that bill so that antitrust laws would not apply to teams in professional leagues selling television rights to their games.