11.   JUDO Scheduling the Olympic judo trials for early January has some athletes grumbling.

12.   Now, with corporations designing all this high- tech equipment playing such a visible role, we essentially have athletes representing companies like Speedo and Nike.

13.   One thinks it has the athletes.

14.   So far, USC has several athletes who have qualified for the NCAA meet.

15.   So the Suns have their athletes.

16.   The Australian campaign has Olympic athletes promising to put their lives in order after the Games.

17.   The athletes we have back there right now no matter who is playing corner or who is playing safety, we can get the job done.

18.   The Bearcats have the athletes but have struggled of late, losing to UNC-Charlotte in the Conference USA Tournament.

19.   The Eastern juggernauts have the athletes, the Western upstarts the student-athletes.

20.   The IAAF ruling has permitted countries to have four athletes in an event for the first time.