91.   CART star Michael Andretti said he hopes the Penske-to-Indy defection rumors are untrue.

92.   Could the rumors possibly be true?

93.   Currency traders said the rumors were credible because of a string of evidence of a weakening Japanese economic and financial system.

94.   Dave Pilipovich, owner of a used-car dealership and auto repair shop, says his business slows virtually every time there is a rumor of a strike.

95.   Despite denials, there are rumors that the Jets are looking around for a new general manager or a new coach or even a new quarterback.

96.   DiGenova has pronounced the Clinton rumor to be false and absolved all Bush officials of criminal behavior.

97.   Di rumors, of course, are as common hereabouts as Jackie O rumors once were.

98.   Diggs, too, insisted the rumor was unfounded.

99.   Duquette refuses to negotiate during the season and there already are rumors flying about a spring-training trade.

100.   Ebbers was combative at the conference call, saying that there were unfounded rumors about the company.