51.   The Jets also turned over the ball through interceptions and fumbles more than any team in pro football, which exacerbated bad defense and special teams play.

52.   The left-handers pitched shutout ball through six innings, leaving it up to the Arizona and Atlanta bullpens to decide the game.

53.   The Patriots made a couple of first downs, and Vinatieri kicked the ball through the snow and the uprights and the teams went to overtime.

54.   The six-person field aggressively passes a soccer-size ball through a gantlet of equally aggressive opponents, pushing, grabbing and even elbowing.

55.   The story of whether Michael Jordan will return to throw an orange ball through a hoop next season is growing as stale as the Whitewater investigation.

56.   Then he kicked another ball through the snow and the uprights at the other end of the field, and the game was over.

57.   There will be talk of his strong arm, of his ability to zip the ball through traffic to his receivers in a crowd.

58.   Tinsley is a smooth playmaker who can dribble in the paint, seemingly get lost for a second and then somehow flip the ball through the basket.

59.   To win, I had to curve my ball through the globes and nudge the jack.

60.   Toby Bailey went airborne at the free-throw line, glided toward the basket with a defender on his side and jammed the ball through the hoop.