51.   More than any other sports league, the NBA promotes its stars over the game itself, and Jordan is the star of stars.

52.   Most professional sports leagues, as well as the National Collegiate Athletic Association, have called for the prohibition of on-line wagering.

53.   Nike and the sports leagues have worked in loose concert to create the sports orgy that now pleasures them.

54.   New sports leagues are usually judged by their financing, quality of play and television exposure.

55.   No American sports league has ever given anybody one-tenth of the information we have.

56.   No professional sports league has ever lost a full season because of a labor dispute.

57.   Now here comes an entire so-called mainstream sports league, predicated on the wrestling shock culture of McMahon and validated by a network big boy like Dick Ebersol.

58.   No such limit exists in any major sports league.

59.   Olson said he favors an NCAA certification program for attorneys and agents, similar to those developed by most professional sports leagues.

60.   On Saturdays, they create foot traffic in SUV heaven by walking to synagogue and steering clear of everything from shopping to kiddie sports leagues.