1.   Because he was a gate attraction for an event on its last legs with a lackluster field.

2.   If Lewis wins, Tyson will not be finished as a fighter, but his gate attraction will be greatly diminished.

3.   McGriff is a Tampa native and a natural gate attraction for the expansion club.

4.   No gate attraction.

5.   No financial dummy, Lennox Lewis realizes that Tyson is the only megabuck gate attraction in the division.

6.   Professional tennis is rolling in millions now, but Lenglen was the first gate attraction, the godmother of the game.

7.   That marketability is often tied to the player whose outrageous conduct off the field is matched by brilliant play on the field, and who is a gate attraction.

8.   The return is one highly prized home-run hitter and the biggest gate attraction since Reggie Jackson.

9.   They needed a gate attraction to spur interest in yet another dismal season.

10.   Today, both men are huge gate attractions.