11.   Gretzky, an attacking center, has no goals in nine games and only one assist in the last six.

12.   He missed his first two shots and made the last six.

13.   He then got the last six.

14.   His last six teams made the playoffs, two reached the Super Bowl and one won it.

15.   In fact, they have lost their last six straight.

16.   In the last six, defenses have taken a different approach, and New England has not answered.

17.   It was, after all, just four weeks ago that the Giants had lost three straight games and five of their last six.

18.   Last night was the fourth time in the last six games that Garciaparra has extended his streak on the first at-bat.

19.   Most employers have cut or dropped coverage for retirees in the last six or seven years as health care costs have soared.

20.   More women born in the first six months of the year developed anorexia than those born in the last six.