11.   Although the terms were agreed upon nearly two weeks ago, teams were taking runs at Payton and his Sonic teammates.

12.   An Anderson single and walk to Scott Spiezio put the tying run at the plate in Tim Salmon in the sixth.

13.   An experts-only run at one resort could be an intermediate run at another..

14.   And besides, Chicago was consumed by the Cubs, who were making a run at the playoffs.

15.   And in seeing third-place San Diego make a run at the Rockies in their three-game series that begins tonight in Denver.

16.   And it brings Green back to his original team, just in time to make another run at a championship or two.

17.   And Fawcett is planning on taking a second run at Olympus next year.

18.   And he made a run at Spurs playmaker Avery Johnson during the final minute that helped Johnson miss a layup attempt.

19.   And it will take some consistency to make a serious run at Couples and the rest.

20.   And such wholesale roster changes put the Knicks and the Heat in position to make a run at a title.