11.   Junior wide receiver Michael Stewart of Cranston, R.I., waved a towel in the air and flapped his arms, cheering on his teammates.

12.   Late in the fourth quarter the Nets were waving their towels like college kids, from one end of the bench to the other.

13.   Must have ability to wave a towel and make the most out of one or two minutes of playing time.

14.   Near the end, the starters stood and waved towels.

15.   Pittsburgh was driving and thousands of Steeler fans were waving terrible towels and rocking Sun Devil Stadium.

16.   Ron Mercer, Antoine Walker, and Paul Pierce were on the bench looking like millenial versions of M.L. Carr, smiling and waving towels.

17.   That is why Gavitt, and Bird, and even Auerbach, now rank behind the man who waved his towels.

18.   The people waving yellow towels had gone home, and the local DJs no longer presumed their Steelers were going to the Super Bowl.

19.   The sight of thousands of fans waving white towels that had been distributed at the entrance gates increased the festive stadium atmosphere.

20.   They could have talked about all those fans waving towels and delaying the game when Rickey Henderson got a monumental hit.