51.   Many athletes have typically skipped the indoor world championships to catch a break before training for the more important outdoor season.

52.   Maybe Mark Greene can finally catch a break, now that he is dead.

53.   Maybe we could catch a break.

54.   Maybe baseball will catch a break and Michael Jordan will get knocked out in May.

55.   Mowers and the team caught a break with the relatively slow pre-Christmas schedule, and he missed only three games.

56.   Microsoft catches a break.

57.   None of the Marvel heroes could catch a break, and the grandiosity of their pain had a peppery bite.

58.   On the surface, it might appear the Kings are catching a break by facing the expansion Minnesota Wild this afternoon at Staples Center.

59.   Pressed against its own goal line, Kansas State failed to make a first down but caught a break when cornerback Jeroid Johnson brushed punter Eric Hardy.

60.   Rafael Palmeiro led off the sixth inning with a double, but the Mariners caught a break when the Orioles first baseman made a baserunning blunder.