Sunday's 11.8 big-market overnight rating for Game 3 at.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - NBC viewers turned off by Lakers' dominance] Reference

In many ways the definition of big-market clubs is big-media clubs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Local TV gives Yanks money to burn] Reference

He'll have virtually every big-market team bidding for his services.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Top 20 free agents] Reference

The Chicago Cubs are supposed to be a big-market and big-money team.    From Wordnik.com.  [Long winter for troubled Twins] Reference

Will someone please tell us when the Expos became a big-market team?.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Colon deal to Expos defies belief] Reference

Now, they're just another big-market bully with cash to throw around.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steve Almond: Why Boston Teams Can't Win For Losing] Reference

If any of the "big-market" teams are to be celebrated, it's the Yankees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joshua Neuman: Letter From a Spoiled Yankees Fan] Reference

The Red Sox have the intensity of a big-market team, but in a small market.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dispatches from Mudville] Reference

"I wasn't worried too much about that," Crosby said of going to a big-market team.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Penguins perfectly clear: They're drafting Crosby] Reference

Many of the big-market boys (the Mets, Rangers, Cubs, Orioles) have already fallen.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Free advice for ballclubs that can't pay] Reference

That the team doesn't get the media attention big-market teams do is another reason.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Young, Teixeira making Texas-sized impact] Reference

We shall increase our effectiveness by abiding to the small government, big-market principle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Text of South Korean President] Reference

"We're not going to go crazy," he said, "but we're a big-market club and we understand the marketplace.".    From Wordnik.com.  [New MLB labor deal just around the corner] Reference

The point is, even when the Bucs were successful, the city wasn't big-market enough to get very much love.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laine Ewen: Bucs vs. Jets Preview: Under the Radar] Reference

We always see and take note of the big-market, big-revenue teams spending freely on high-profile free agents.    From Wordnik.com.  [covering baseball for USATODAY.com.Bottom line holds true for cash-rich teams] Reference

None of this means that big-market, high-value teams necessarily grow at a slower rate than small-market teams.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baseball's Shopping Season] Reference

The Red Sox system, a big-market adaptation of the approach that has come to be called “Moneyball,” can work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dumping Damon] Reference

This postseason it's dramatic because these are big-market teams that come at you with the middle of their lineups.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Tired pitchers need a break; schedule needs cut] Reference

Having the resources to sign free agents, make trades and assume contracts give the big-market Mets a huge advantage.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Minaya masterminds Mets makeover] Reference

TPM is the Montreal Expos of political reporting, developing great talent, which is then seized by the big-market teams.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signing Off -- Farewell, TPMers] Reference

There's the big-market factor: The NBA playoffs haven't gone without a team from New York area or Los Angeles since 1976.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Stern says NBA is opening eyes worldwide] Reference

At the other end of the scale, the NFL's low-revenue teams are struggling to keep pace with their big-market competition.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Most Valuable NFL Teams] Reference

Schuerholz isn't fond of the system that makes it impossible for even a big-market team like the Braves to keep its players.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Cox deserves raves for job he does with Braves] Reference

While it has sold small-market stations in the past year or two, it may be interested in big-market outlets at the right price.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Reality for TV-Station Owners] Reference

In addition to revenue sharing - a complex formula where rich teams with big-market TV contracts share their profits with smaller.    From Wordnik.com.  [Selig full-time part-time commissioner] Reference

It's more than remarkable that Boston turned into a big-market franchise even as fans shouldered 86 years of often-brutal heartache.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ode to the Red Sox] Reference

The Tampa Bay Rays have slain the big-market bullies from New York, Chicago and Boston, but the team will soon face a much greater foe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Money Squeeze Play Bedevils Rays] Reference

Clearly the big-market teams compete for talent, but when you define big markets it's much broader than New York, Boston and Los Angeles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Questions for: Arn Tellem] Reference

Brown worries that the big-market teams will be able to avoid sharing revenue by rigging the criteria for smaller teams to get the money.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Wilson eyes Bills' future as city readies for worst] Reference

Consider: we're not going to outbid the big-market teams.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brew Crew Ball] Reference

"You have to look at the big-market teams," Hernandez said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taipei Times] Reference

Thanks to its revenue-sharing philosophy, there is no big-market advantage in the NFL.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories: Local News] Reference

Oh, and one more thing: it was great for the big-market, star-studded Los Angeles Lakers.    From Wordnik.com.  [MVN] Reference

Fueled by two big-market, 3-1 teams, Sunday Night Football saw a big increase in ratings on NBC.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sports Media Watch] Reference