51.   And they have both had top-seeded playoff teams on the precipice against eighth-seeded teams.

52.   And yet, for all that hard work, Lady Luck had always frowned upon Earnhardt and his Richard Childress Racing team on the day of the big race.

53.   And the Rockies seemed a young team on the rise.

54.   And, the local Browning gun manufacturing outlet store even has an autographed picture of the U.S. ski team on its wall.

55.   Animals also had a disaster relief team on the scene.

56.   Another tactic Holmgren is using to keep his team on track is to work them hard leading up to the games.

57.   And yet the response to the accomplishment was muffled by the absence of either team on campus Sunday afternoon -- and perhaps by the tasks to come.

58.   Apparently content with the prospect of a shootout against a good team on the road, D.C. seemed to sit on the ball in the second half.

59.   Anderson joined the team on the tail end of its February Western swing and then came home to face such behemoths as Sacramento, Golden State, and Washington.

60.   Apparently frustrated because of his fatigue, he got into a verbal exchange with Fitch in front of the entire team on Monday night.