11.   At the end, when Kevin Costner played catch with his long-dead dad in the cornfield Valhalla, I cried.

12.   Back in September, rookie Quincy Carter appeared to have about as much business playing quarterback in the NFL as the Grapevine mayor.

13.   Better that the Rangers get him healthy for the playoffs than play him in a series that might be virtually meaningless anyway by the time they get there.

14.   ----- He has Boston stamped all over him, but no one will be rooting harder for the Eagles than Jeffrey Lurie when they play the Patriots in Philadelphia.

15.   Abiola worked his way through the Baptist Boys School by selling firewood and leading a dance band in which he played banjo and talking drums.

16.   All the athletes are as good as the best athletes you played with in college.

17.   Ainge was greeted before the game by Fitch, the coach he played for in Boston.

18.   Almost since the inception of the Texas lottery, Oklahomans have been crossing the Red River to play lotto in Texas.

19.   But after playing the wonder and horror card for laughs, Spielberg starts playing it in earnest, and he keeps playing it.

20.   But I keep saying to myself that these are the same guys I played against in college.