1.   But he played splendid golf, which at least kept his fans in good spirits.

2.   The game kept fans on the edge of their seats.

3.   Fifth bottom is quite enough for the chairman and the manager to continue their policy of keeping the fans in the dark.

4.   And the band pioneered the diverse, improvisational approach to rock that keeps fans so deeply engaged.

5.   Attendance is down in Milwaukee, where their new ballpark has a retractable, although cursed, roof that should keep Brewers fans safe from horrendous weather.

6.   A rock dam was erected to keep bat fans out of the tunnel.

7.   Also, many of the cards were televised live, which provided the promoters with healthy rights fees but contributed to keeping fans away.

8.   All these years George Steinbrenner, the Yankees principal owner, told us that the hostile and intimidating atmosphere around the Stadium was keeping fans away.

9.   But they also underscore the challenge of keeping fans who are an ocean apart from actual sweating, dunking teams from spending their sports money elsewhere.