1.   I started shooting, then, to prove the gods were really smiling on me, Gary Smart appeared in shot.

2.   And if the gods of college football smile upon the Wildcats one more time in this improbable season, a national championship is within reach.

3.   At that, Turner folded his hands and looked upward, as if the gods were smiling on him.

4.   But the parking gods have been smiling lately, at least on certain consumers.

5.   For whatever reason, the hoop god smileth on Walton, the Celtics, and their fans for that one glorious season.

6.   That was an indication the football gods were smiling on Atlanta.

7.   The columnist gods smiled upon me.

8.   The football gods are smiling.

9.   The golf gods smiled on Mickelson in a different way.

10.   The rain gods smiled on Tony Stewart again Friday and apparently helped him to his first pole position of the Winston Cup season.