11.   For better or worse, stars generally get the big playoff call, but it is a leap from L.A. to N.J. to imply the games are fixed.

12.   Former Kennedy High star Garret Anderson got the start in left field Friday night after missing the past two games with a strained right hamstring.

13.   For one thing, the women Allen beds in his films continue to stay stuck in late-Lolita mode, while the star himself gets older.

14.   He and Michael Jackson are sufficiently tight that the notoriously inaccessible pop star got on the phone to comment on the young Chopra.

15.   Here, the stars get new.

16.   Holy Cross coach Billy Raynor hopes his star gets a chance.

17.   How many rock stars get to conquer MTV looking like Uncle Fester?

18.   In a team sport, an individual star often gets credit for the success of the group.

19.   In San Francisco, the stars got front-loaded pre-December deals, as some Cowboys did.

20.   In the politics of team sports, there is a diplomacy that usually prevails when a star gets his chops busted.