11.   Sunday in Montreal, Johnson told Cincinnati reporters that the lefty look was also to prepare the Reds for a possible NLCS matchup with the Atlanta Braves.

12.   That leads him to a possible matchup with Roy Jones Jr. next year.

13.   The return of Magic is also better than any midseason trade the Lakers could make to specifically bolster themselves against the Chicago Bulls in a possible NBA Finals matchup.

14.   The Tigers are inching closer to a possible matchup with USC in the Aloha Bowl.

15.   Then there was the normally taciturn Jeff Maggert offering this food for thought on the possible matchups.

16.   GOP Sen. John McCain is deadlocked with Vice President Al Gore and former Sen. Bill Bradley in possible November presidential matchups in New York, a new poll says.

17.   The survey looked at possible matchups pitting Bush, Gore and different Reform Party candidates.

18.   Williams is one round from a possible quarterfinal matchup against top-seeded Martina Hingis.

19.   Now Becker has only an unseeded foe in his path to the semi-final and a possible matchup with world number one Andre Agassi.