1.   For a school art class assignment to paint a nontraditional portrait, he rendered a distorted image of himself looking at his reflection in a trophy cup.

2.   There were goblets and glass vases, tapestries and trophy cups.

3.   A free-lance photographer who circulated nude shots of Italian skier Alberto Tomba claimed he was injured by a crystal trophy cup hurled Sunday by the World Cup champion.

4.   Alberto Tomba, used to the limelight for his skiing, found himself under the glare of investigators Monday for allegedly striking a photographer with a trophy cup.

5.   He got out of the plane with a trophy cup, his prize in Berlin two years ago, which he takes along as a good luck charm everywhere.