41.   Luna said Nike is now the favored brand name at the local schools, and school teams are hoping for a lasting relationship.

42.   Miller said he and his team hope to look at whether green tea supplements prevent cancer.

43.   Nearly three dozen strong, young players attend the academy run by the Red Soxs, a team only lately hoping to tap into a lode of baseball talent.

44.   Nearly three dozen strong, young players attend a academy run by the Red Sox, a team only lately hoping to tap into a lode of baseball talent.

45.   Or so the mission team hopes.

46.   Other unrestricted free agents the team hopes to re-sign are offensive tackle Flozell Adams, safety Izell Reese and defensive tackle Michael Myers.

47.   One series of tests is complete, and ground control teams hope to borrow oxygen from another source on Columbia for another series of tests later in the mission.

48.   Quarterback Troy Aikman said the team hoped to try something else when the offense lined up at the outset.

49.   Scioscia said he had no problem with the long delay because the team was hoping to play and does not need rest at this stage of the season.

50.   Seemingly every team is hoping this draft pares their payroll.