31.   But strange things began to happen after Gillom blocked a shot by Janeth Arcain into the hands of Comets backup center Yolanda Moore, who scored her only basket.

32.   But the Knicks expect to re-sign the backup center Herb Williams within the next few weeks.

33.   But when Sloan and backup center John Amaechi argued during a Jazz timeout against the Clippers on Wednesday, Ostertag played peacemaker.

34.   But this week he did not do the long snaps, and now the backup center Adam Schreiber is the long snapper.

35.   Can Ellison log a full season, particularly if he is asked to play significant minutes at backup center?

36.   Consequently, on the eve of the past two playoffs, Karl switched to his backup centers, Perkins and Cummings.

37.   Doctor snap It was reported earlier that backup center Mike Devlin and his wife welcomed daughter Carlie Elisabeth, their third child, into the world on Tuesday.

38.   Desperately seeking answers, reporters clustered around Sonic backup center Frank Brickowski, who was equally helpless to the task.

39.   Erik Norgard, a backup center acquired as a free agent from Tennessee, also quit.

40.   ESPN reported Wednesday that Kukoc is not in the deal and that backup center Matt Geiger is the second significant player involved.