21.   Michigan has retired five numbers representing seven players.

22.   Mattingly officially retired Wednesday, and New York prepared to retire his number.

23.   Maybe the club will use the occasion to retire his number at last.

24.   Michael Jordan had his number retired Tuesday night during a two-hour, star-studded, nationally televised extravaganza on TNT.

25.   NASCAR does not retire numbers, and if an owner does not race a number at least five times in a season, he loses possession of it.

26.   NASCAR is not in the practice of retiring car numbers and has shown this year that it is unwilling to change that policy.

27.   Newspaper columnists have suggested that one reason Jordan did not want to un-retire his number was because it is part of the legend.

28.   Only those players who have been named NCAA Player of the Year in their respective sport can have their number retired.

29.   Reggie White, who had his number retired by the Packers this month, has told safety LeRoy Butler that he might try for a comeback next season.

30.   So Bourque assuredly made history of sorts Thursday night as the only athlete ever to have two numbers retired by the same franchise.