51.   In the midst of his withering parting shot at the Red Sox, Rick Down did sound a few positive notes after being fired as hitting coach.

52.   Instead, the Bullets underachieved early, and Jim Lynam was fired as coach in February and replaced by Bernie Bickerstaff.

53.   Instead, when Sidney Lowe was fired as coach of the Timberwolves, he blamed the whole thing on Laettner.

54.   It filed an arbitration claim against Arthur Benson, who was fired as head of its U.S. trading operations in February last year.

55.   It has been four years since Art Shell was fired as head coach of the Raiders.

56.   It is almost four months since Jimy Williams was fired as Boston manager by Dan Duquette.

57.   It was certainly sad to see Ken Hitchcock fired as coach of the Stars, but there is a time for everything.

58.   It was unclear whether the suspects continued to fire back as the car was moving.

59.   It will be the second time Hackett has been fired as a college coach.

60.   Just fired as the head coach in Chicago, Wannstedt will not resume the defensive coordinator duty he had under Johnson in Dallas.