1.   And while protecting the spectators is one thing, greater attention is going to have to be given to protecting the athletes.

2.   Athletes are protected there because people can see they have a chance to make something for themselves and get out of there.

3.   Heading aside, there are things parents, coaches and trainers can do to protect young athletes from head injuries and neurological damage.

4.   In turn, to protect athletes who truly want a degree, the NBA should institute a ban on drafting underclassmen.

5.   Maybe some coaches protect their athletes.

6.   So much for the time-honored practice of trying to protect precocious athletes as though they were hothouse orchids.

7.   The Cubans said they had not taken special precautions to protect their athletes from sabotaged food and drink.

8.   They acted like they had to protect the athlete from himself, but I knew from the get-go I was OK.

9.   AOC secretary-general Craig McLatchey said Fleming would be responsible for the development of a multi-tiered program which is aimed at protecting athletes.

10.   And they said they were not taking any special precautions to protect their athletes from sabotage.