1.   Get the volume cranked up, then the crowd roar as they step out... awesome.

2.   Crowd roars sounded like distance whispers at times, and it fit a game in which the Lakers muddled through the first half without much electricity themselves.

3.   In between, the lights throb, the bloodthirsty crowds roar and two drummers, as if possessed, beat a mad tattoo on the congas.

4.   The crowd roars, and officials wink, then profess shock and outrage when one or the other gets carried away and commits aggravated assault, or worse.

5.   The crowd roars and claps, and many reach for their cameras.

6.   The crowd roars as Pope John Paul II, dressed in a flowing white robe and skullcap, shuffles slowly toward his beige throne on the stage.

7.   Suddenly, a bell chimes a death toll, crowds roar, and the screen turns bright red.

8.   The crowd roars again before the two rise, wave their arms and pose on one foot like cranes.

9.   The crowds roars for the favourite died in their throats as this remarkable mare remembered what racing was all about.