81.   John Smiley played catch this week and kept the ball as a souvenir.

82.   Krylova and Ovsiannikov appeared to be having a ball as they danced to the music of African drums.

83.   Later, Lucarelli again found space in the defense, but a defender stripped the ball as the striker prepared to shoot.

84.   Like nearly every Iranian player, Azizi first became intrigued with soccer by kicking a flimsy plastic ball as a child.

85.   Long started in, then went sprinting back to the wall to retrieve the ball as two runs scored.

86.   McAllister tried to impose control soccer, holding the ball as long as possible and passing conservatively.

87.   Marshals poked through the grass with umbrellas looking for the ball as Woods and Thomas Bjorn strolled by.

88.   NEW YORK -- Ever since Mike Scmidt first hit a ball as a little boy, there was a chance this day would come.

89.   No one has hit the ball as hard and deep against her, Davenport said, except Seles when she was on the top of her game.

90.   On a wicket that seamed all morning, the Scottish batsmen just struggled to put bat to ball as fast bowler Ambrose and Phil Simmons enjoyed the morning conditions.