41.   Bettis has not been able to run against the Patriots the way he does against the rest of the league.

42.   Bob Costas asked Bill Russell how he and Wilt Chamberlain would have done against Hakeem Olajuwon.

43.   Besides, Litan said he had doubts about how well the private litigants will do against Microsoft.

44.   Brad Johnson gets a touchdown this week because he has done well against the NFC West and the Rams.

45.   After all, what good have those tactics ever done against the skilled and slithery skaters on this club?

46.   All those undersized Sixers scrambling around is not going to get it done against the Lakers.

47.   Brown may do as well against the Raiders as he did against the Seahawks.

48.   But as they did against Oregon State and Stanford, the Bruins lapsed into their fouling mode, moving their arms instead of their feet.

49.   But Bates, Fairuza Balk and Henry Winkler still are given relatively little to do against the likable character that Sandler has created for himself.

50.   But he also said the Cowboys had enough players to get things done against the Saints.