11.   Even besides such eye-opening Left Coast moments, I can acknowledge legitimate excuses for letting your focus occasionally wander from the road.

12.   Grant Hill has a legitimate excuse to not play for his country next summer.

13.   However, he had a legitimate excuse for coming in late on Thursday.

14.   Injuries are only an offensive excuse, although a legitimate excuse.

15.   Meanwhile, Outofthebox had a legitimate excuse for his loss.

16.   Naturally, we wanted to win the Arkansas Derby or, if we got beat, to have a legitimate excuse.

17.   That fact is our only legitimate excuse for ignoring the Blades.

18.   The injuries that hampered the Rangers during the post-season were legitimate excuses, but they come with the territory with a lineup stocked with older players.

19.   The inexperience was a legitimate excuse.

20.   The symposium is considered so crucial for rookies by the NFL that players who skip it without a legitimate excuse are fined.