51.   If you were rich enough, you might buy a professional sports franchise, or an island.

52.   In D.C., he likens his role to restoring a sports franchise fallen on hard times.

53.   In my MML, each participant drafts several sports franchises.

54.   Instead of relying on traditional television and radio broadcasts, professional sports franchises will use the Web to deliver merchandise and even the games themselves directly to their fans.

55.   It also enhances their bargaining positions for the next round of broadcast negotiations, a singularly important piece of the revenue pie for sports franchises.

56.   Indeed, media companies are increasingly becoming synonymous with sports franchises.

57.   It hurts to have a sports franchise, which one has grown up with, move.

58.   It is a dance like those that have been wrenching other cities desperate to keep or lure professional sports franchises, from Cleveland to San Francisco.

59.   It is, of course, a myth that politicians are held accountable for the disappearance of a sports franchise.

60.   It is highly unlikely we will ever see another sports franchise dominate an era like the Yankees have the one that ended Wednesday night.