1.   As he met the media, Pierce coughed.

2.   Before the verbal slings and arrows, Barkley and Crystal met the media.

3.   About two hours before game time, Cardinals outfielder Jim Edmonds, manager Tony La Russa and pitcher Woody Williams met the media in the interview room.

4.   Burns was so distraught after the game that he declined to meet the media for the first time in his tenure in Boston.

5.   But after the verdict was read in court Wednesday, Powell met the media with silence.

6.   But surgery was deemed necessary, reducing him almost to tears when he met the media two hours after receiving the diagnosis.

7.   But the Sonics met the media before practicing at the United Center with their chins up even if they must play with their guard down.

8.   But they meet the media anyway.

9.   By the time Lambright met the media Monday, he was still willing to confess that what happened in Miami was the biggest win of his career.

10.   Cooper and Arizona State Coach Bruce Snyder met the media at Rose Bowl headquarters on Wednesday.