1.  Agere concluded that StarGen could deliver more quickly than an in-house team could.

2.  But as long as baseball is exempt from the antitrust laws, he says, large-market teams can and will veto moves that undermine their profitability.

3.  But the regular season does establish what teams can and cannot do.

4.  But whether his team can is a much more difficult question to answer.

5.  How could a team with so much promise one season become so ridiculous the next season?

6.  In a lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday, the Islanders claim that the conditions are so unsafe that the team can no longer play hockey in the arena.

7.  In a season in which teams could force the Rockets to rely on their infrequent ability to shoot well outside, only Mobley improved as a perimeter shooter.

8.  It is the first time Reeves has made any sort of public prediction on how he thinks the team could or should finish this season.

9.  Kareem, if the team showed any improvement under him, could, with his presence alone, help the Clippers keep and attract free agents.

10.  No team can.