11.   Curtis was an unlikely hero, but in some ways, he was a likely hero, too, because the Yankees are a very deep team.

12.   Ebersol credits part of the rave ratings to the performance of the U.S. team, giving an assist to an unlikely American hero.

13.   Dye was just as unlikely a hero.

14.   Earl Spencer is an unlikely hero.

15.   For the second consecutive game, the Braves found some late-inning offense and another unlikely hero to beat the Astros.

16.   Fry was an unlikely hero.

17.   He is an unlikely hero.

18.   He was an unlikely hero in an unexpected sport, a running back stuffed inside a point guard covered over by a textile worker.

19.   If ever there was an unlikely hero, he is Ahmed Musa Mustafa Daqamseh.

20.   Ironically, an unlikely hero, isolationist Sen. Jesse Helms, may be the best hope of rescuing us from our own folly.