1.   Four days later at Huddersfield the realities hit home.

2.   And probably sometime soon, Stars defenseman Darryl Sydor figures the reality will hit.

3.   And then reality hit.

4.   As with many books about black history, reality hits with a hard thud.

5.   A hard reality has hit Salt Lake City since the flame for the Winter Olympics was extinguished.

6.   After all those yards and all those points, reality hit Cos Abercrombie, and it felt like a smack in the face.

7.   But every now and then, reality hits close to home.

8.   But for workers in the dot-com world, brutal reality hit months ago.

9.   But reality hit home Thursday night.

10.   But then reality hit hard.