The Buzz

1. Life's a Beach
The awarding of the NFL's 32nd franchise to Houston ensures that Los Angeles, the country's second-largest television market, will be without a team for the foreseeable future.

2. Philadelphia Evils
To the Eagles fans who cheered lustily when Cowboys wide-out Michael Irvin lay on the Veterans Stadium floor with a spinal injury, then cheered louder when a stretcher arrived to remove him, we hereby impose a life

sentence—life rooting for the Eagles.

3. The Legend Grows
If their first four games had ended at the two-minute warning, the Packers would be 0-4. But the 3-1 Packers have hope. His name is Brett Favre. For the third time this season he threw a last-minute, game-winning touchdown pass, this time beating the Buccaneers 26-23. "We got Favred," moaned Tampa Bay quarterback Trent Dilfer.