41.   It is the first such national marketing deal between a bank and any of the four major sports leagues, officials and observers said.

42.   It might seem logical that the exorbitant fees the networks pay to sports leagues to broadcast their games would also decline.

43.   It pays for sports leagues and provides anti-gang grants to give young people positive alternatives to crime.

44.   James Drucker, league commissioner, said that the payroll tax helps solve the dilemma faced by all sports leagues.

45.   Last May, the AAFL hired Game Plan Inc., a firm specializing in consulting to sports leagues and teams.

46.   Late in its fifth season, Major League Soccer, by the standards of the other professional sports leagues in America, is still an infant.

47.   Love claims that under the treaty, sports leagues will own all the statistical information they compile about their games.

48.   Lawyers from the major sports leagues are sorting through what could be a very troublesome issue.

49.   Many professional sports leagues try to reach agreements with sponsors that cover all teams, and then split the revenue among them.

50.   Maybe we need newer, smaller, purer sports leagues.