21.   As for Cal, coach Tom Holmoe has been under fire this season, but unlike Hackett, he recently signed a contract extension.

22.   As of Thursday, the team can offer the power forward a six-year contract extension.

23.   As predicted here last week, San Diego owner Alex Spanos granted GM Bobby Beathard a two-year contract extension late Thursday night.

24.   At Givenchy, Alexander McQueen has just received a vote of confidence from Bernard Arnault and is negotiating a contract extension.

25.   Ask Anaheim Angels manager Mike Scioscia about a possible contract extension and he might roll his eyes.

26.   At the time of their most recent contract extensions, he and Jay Buhner did indeed defer salaries.

27.   Barnett said Gretzky did not want to go through next season with the uncertainty that shadowed Messier last season when he played without a contract extension.

28.   Barnett received a contract extension last year that takes him into the next century, and nobody really expects him to fulfill it.

29.   Bayern is poised to win its second Bundesliga crown in a row, and the team wants him to sign a four-year contract extension.

30.   Besides that, what Franco would really like is a contract extension.