21.   Moreover, basketball is already played by amateurs and professionals alike in many countries, notably in Europe, and the league gets most of the credit.

22.   NBC made money and the league got a devoted partner.

23.   Piazza chatted with pitcher Al Leiter about how the league has gotten better, how young teams like the Expos and Florida Marlins are growing up.

24.   Otherwise, the league should get ready for the same old show from the Rockets.

25.   That was the only way the Negro leagues got on the ball.

26.   The concern is the diminishing control over talent as the league gets younger.

27.   The league gets a percentage of the monthly membership fee paid for the health care services.

28.   The league gets its main financial support from Major League Baseball, the Ocean Spray and a few others.

29.   The league is getting more teams in the tournament.

30.   The league gets richer, the players get richer.