1.   Any possibility of ending the skid was dashed largely because UMass sophomore backup forward-center Ajmal Basit played his best collegiate game.

2.   Can the American Football Conference end its skid?

3.   One American, the rambunctious Mayweather, has a very good shot at ending the skid against Lorenzo Aragon on Thursday.

4.   Reeves hopes to end the skid this week at Lambeau Field.

5.   But he picked on his favorite pitching staff to end the skid.

6.   In New York, the Knicks avoided matching their longest losing streak in six years, beating Golden State to end their skid at five games.

7.   The win over the Packers ended that skid.

8.   They won their first two games, then lost seven in a row before finally ending the skid last week by beating Baylor.