1.   Frank Grant retained his British middleweight title in emphatic fashion at Bradford last night, stopping John Ashton in the seventh round.

2.   Texas buried the ghosts of Septembers past Saturday at Royal-Memorial Stadium and did so in emphatic fashion.

3.   The two-time defending World Series champions lost four games in their backyard in emphatic fashion and trudged around like shadows of their former selves.

4.   Brooke Wyckoff scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds for the Miracle, which saw its modest three-game winning streak stopped in emphatic fashion.

5.   He could not have been right in more emphatic fashion.

6.   Pentire won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes here on Saturday in emphatic fashion -- avenging his runner-up spot in the race last year.

7.   Pakistan started in emphatic fashion and made a goal-scoring attempt in the very first minute.