21.   But Howell stalled in late summer when he was struggling with a balance between his personal life and practice time.

22.   But he predicted Thursday, in his only practice time this week, that he would play today.

23.   But he quickly cobbled together a summer trip to Europe that also bought the Bonnies some extra practice time.

24.   But Robinson was not worried by the lack of practice time.

25.   By taking over Staples Center, Jackson forced the Trail Blazers to push their practice time back to late afternoon.

26.   Cleamons blames the lack of teamwork on a lack of practice time because of a busy game schedule, but makes no excuses for the turnovers.

27.   Coaches, of course, always like practice time.

28.   Costa has also benefited from a maturing offensive unit and a share of practice time that did not come until the final two years of his career.

29.   Danny Kwan, her father, said she had been taking over-the-counter painkillers and had reduced her practice time to keep from further injuring the toe.

30.   Dalrymple said the injury was not reported because Aikman did not miss any practice time.