41.   The NBA makes it far more enticing for players to skip college.

42.   The Sonic superstar has tried desperately to erase the child part of the man-child label that has stuck to him since he skipped college for the NBA.

43.   Then the best athletes started skipping college, or dropping in just for a semester or two.

44.   When his mother died, it would have been easy to stay home and skip college.

45.   Will he skip college and go to the NBA?

46.   Yesterday, Tracy McGrady of Mount Zion Christian Academy in Durham, North Carolina, said he would skip college and go to the NBA.

47.   You may recall that KG and his shaky high school transcript completely skipped college.

48.   An adventurist who skipped college, Tompkins made a fortune with the Esprit clothing company, which he founded with his then-wife, Susie.

49.   Moses Malone skipped college to play in the ABA a year earlier.

50.   Several of the top prospects are high school graduates who opted to skip college.