11.   Boudreau gave the game ball to his wife, Joan.

12.   -- Carroll awarded game balls to Esiason on offense, BOBBY HOUSTON on defense and KURT BARBER on special teams.

13.   A fuming M.L. Carr proceeded to get the game ball from a referee and lofted it amid the Knicks as they were leaving the floor.

14.   A game ball went out to him this past week.

15.   After being handed a game ball, he won it again, in a place where nobody has a bad thing to say about him.

16.   After the game, he was handed the game ball by Gruden.

17.   After the game, quarterback Kerry Collins awarded the game ball to Fassel, who then, his voice cracking, said the entire team had earned it.

18.   After Glatt won, he gave Crystal the game ball, a shirt and a cap and dedicated the victory to her.

19.   Afterward, the Clippers gave the game ball to Fitch, who won many, many times in this building put probably never in such an unlikely fashion.

20.   Afterward, the Miami players gave Wortmann a standing ovation upon his entrance to the locker room, and he was presented with the game ball.