41.   Ewing often points out that the Chicago Bulls are still the senior citizens of the league and the reigning champions, trying his best to bury the age issue.

42.   Figo leaves Barca for its hated soccer and cultural enemy, the reigning European Cup champion.

43.   Forget the fact that Philadelphia was the reigning Eastern Conference champion.

44.   Foyt has Roush Racing assembling the Olds engines used by Boat and teammate Kenny Brack, the reigning IRL champion.

45.   He arrived for his practice rounds at Augusta National considerably more relaxed and refreshed than last April, when he was the reigning PGA champion.

46.   Hampton is a former member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and Virginia State is the reigning CIAA champion.

47.   He has won Spanish and French amateur championships and is the reigning British Amateur champion.

48.   He is also the reigning British Open champion.

49.   He is the reigning United States Open champion, the winner last week at the GTE Byron Nelson Classic and arguably the best young player in the world.

50.   He will play the first two rounds with British Open champion Tom Lehman and the reigning US Amateur champion, Woods.