1.   And someday, he hopes that people will look at him as Seay, the rising NFL rising star, rather than the Seay, the shooting survivor.

2.   Along with youngsters Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matt Kenseth, teenagers such as Adam Petty and Casey Atwood appear to have the potential to be rising stars.

3.   But that label has since been snatched away by rising star Terrell Owens, leaving Stokes with his first opportunity to play under a different microscope.

4.   But you know how athletic directors are always on the prowl for the bright, thirtysomething, rising star in coaching?

5.   Four months ago when the Center Party announced it would be headed by rising star Yitzhak Mordechai, the choice of was heralded with fanfare and great promise.

6.   Guess it took the death of another one of its rising stars, Blaise Alexander, for NASCAR finally to take some responsibility for the safety of its drivers.

7.   Less than a year ago, the two men were rising stars in the Bronx Democratic organization, representing a milestone for Puerto Rican politicians in New York.

8.   Now, both men are rising stars in a national Republican Party thought to have the intestinal fortitude for only one New York hotshot at a time.

9.   Sehorn and Way are rising stars in the National Football League whose contracts would have expired at the end of this season, making them unrestricted free agents.

10.   Teddy Maloney, another young rising star, started there even more recently.