21.   Barnes played some up-tempo ball at Providence when he had excellent guards.

22.   Beightol threw the ball at the knees of center Jim Sweeney, who simply retrieved it.

23.   Bob Baffert and family were scheduled to throw out the first ball at the Yankees-Florida Marlins game Friday night.

24.   Bobby Jones pitched six innings of perfect ball at Port St. Lucie, Fla., Monday in an extended spring training game against a Los Angeles Dodger minor-league team.

25.   Both are speedy, strong, and comfortable with the ball at their feet.

26.   A bowler, however, takes a running start before bouncing the ball at the batsman in order to intimidate him or force a weak swing.

27.   A nonreactive metal shaft, with a metal or ceramic ball at the top, is fitted into the thigh bone.

28.   A frenzied tension seemed to settle in the clubhouse, where the players expelled much of their competitive energy whacking a pingpong ball at each other.

29.   A fumbled punt return by Hughes gave Kansas City the ball at midfield.

30.   A team missing a field goal loses the ball at the spot of the kick rather than line of scrimmage.