21.   During the conversation, I asked him to pick the greatest player he had ever seen.

22.   Even for one of the greatest teams and greatest players of all time, it was a process.

23.   Even without the greatest player in the world, the SHO will go on.

24.   Finally, before the place went dark, there was the final opportunity to see the greatest player who ever wore skates.

25.   For now, Bonds and Ruth, the greatest players of their respective generations, are forever united on a pedestal of prominence.

26.   For eight seasons, Coates has been the greatest player New England never knew.

27.   Golf lost one of its greatest players and its sweetest swinger Thursday when Sam Snead died at his home in Hot Springs, Va.

28.   Greatest player of his time returns to game.

29.   Gretzky called Messier the greatest player he ever played with and Lemieux the best he ever played against.

30.   Harry Sinden, the president and general manager of the Boston Bruins, took aim at Gretzky, the greatest player of this generation.