61.   If they sign both players, they will not have any scholarships to award in the spring.

62.   In most cases, those players are signed to one-year, minimum-wage deals.

63.   In return, the Devil Rays will help the Lions sign players outside Japan.

64.   In the short term, general managers acknowledge that speculation regarding supplement use is increasingly a factor in decisions on whether to sign players to multiyear contracts.

65.   Indeed, baseball believes the advantages of signing international players far outweigh the risks.

66.   In the Dominican Republic, for instance, the Diamondbacks could hold a tryout and sign players to contracts immediately.

67.   Indeed, these players were signed because of their creative abilities, which are superior to US standards.

68.   Instead, the hope is that in the rush to sign players, a chance will come and this time it will be the chance that lasts.

69.   Instead of Pippen, the Suns may only have enough money available under the new rules to sign a player such as Chicago center Luc Longley.

70.   International Ice Hockey Federation chairman Rene Fasel has reversed an earlier decision that barred European teams from signing NHL players.