11.   He had been fired hours before by Dan Duquette, summoned to a morning execution at Fenway Park.

12.   He should be given props for that, especially since many GMs are fired before ever assembling a playoff team.

13.   He said he did not remember being asked about the incendiary devices and he thought probably no one considered them important because they were fired hours before the fire.

14.   His predecessors, Chris Ford and Mike Dunleavy, were fired before their contracts ended.

15.   Investigators said they could not discount the possibility that the assailant intended to rob McLaughlin but fired before carrying out the robbery.

16.   It would turn out to be the final game for coach Jim Harrick, fired before the start of the next season.

17.   Karpovtsev fired before Brodeur could get back in front of his net.

18.   More people get fired just before Thanksgiving than at any other time of the year, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas.

19.   On Tuesday, police were told by a witness that no words were fired before the shooting, sources said.

20.   Problem was, Williams got hurt and so did Johnson, so Kuharich got fired before that team had time to blossom.