1.   The remainder of those first franchises divided into second and third tiers according to the economic base provided by the populations they served.

2.   All once skated for the first NHL franchise in the Deep South.

3.   Dallas becomes the first franchise to win Super Bowls under different ownership.

4.   It badly wants to become the first franchise to win five Super Bowls.

5.   It should be enough that Milwaukee got our first franchise.

6.   That same year, Joe Andrews of Alice, also near Corpus, received the first Whataburger franchise.

7.   The company is opening its first Australian franchise in Sydney this December.

8.   The combination enabled the Braves to become the first franchise to win the World Series in three different cities.

9.   The fledgling Tejanos were the first U.S. franchise to join the CIMEBA, a top Mexican professional basketball league.

10.   The Raiders were the first major-league franchise in Oakland, and they still are the only one that started in the area.