1.   They are the last pro sports team left in the United States that does not play in a metropolis.

2.   Among most pro sports franchises, there is a mind-set of giving the paying customer a little something extra.

3.   An hour later, though, Johnson was quite earnest when he said the offers to make him the highest paid coach in pro sports scared him.

4.   And a disagreement over compensation is hardly a novelty in pro sports.

5.   And the patience of fans of all pro sports is wearing thin.

6.   And Los Angeles is a winner because it set its priorities and stuck to them, a rare accomplishment anymore in the overlapping worlds of pro sports and politics.

7.   And that was from the Cincinnati Bengals, who play in one of the smallest markets in all of pro sports.

8.   And they were surrounded by an aura of invincibility like nothing ever seen in college or pro sports.

9.   And you thought Green Bay was a small market for a pro sports team.

10.   And, perhaps, avoid shutting down another pro sports league.