31.   In his absence, a rebuilding U.S. team kept losing.

32.   In the National Hockey League, the drafting team keeps the rights to the player as long as he plays college hockey.

33.   In the good old days, superior teams kept their edge because of the reserve clause that bound a player to his club until his legs fell off.

34.   International teams keep their coaches and players together for years, not a fortnight like this U.S. Pan Am team.

35.   In this day of the salary cap, teams cannot keep all their top players.

36.   It looked as if both teams might just keep tossing the ball at these shaky cornerbacks and the game could be a true scoring fest.

37.   Last year, the team kept four running backs and a fullback.

38.   Long-term, it will allow teams to keep anteing-up at free-agent time.

39.   Los Angeles has fewer lakes, but the team kept the Laker name.

40.   Make it so a team can keep as many of its drafted and developed players as it wants.