101.   The Revolution will remain in the playoff race through games against Kansas City Tuesday and at Miami Saturday.

102.   The playoff race is on.

103.   The Red Sox have gotten nothing out of second and third base this year, and are still hanging in the playoff race.

104.   The Sonics were eliminated from the playoff race Tuesday night, when Minnesota crushed Vancouver to secure the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

105.   The teams in the thick of the NFC playoff race are Green Bay, Philadelphia and Washington, Dallas, San Francisco and Carolina.

106.   The team leading the American League wild-card playoff race seemed to have everything under control.

107.   The victory enabled the Devils to move into sixth place in the Eastern Conference playoff race.

108.   The victory keeps the Stars in the race for the top seed in the Western Conference playoff race, and for first place overall in the NHL.

109.   Their recent nine-game winning streak put them in the playoff race.

110.   Then Beard called a matchup at home against Miami, which the Nets trail in the playoff race, the biggest game of the season.