21.   In two embarrassing losses last season, Baldwin felt his team had given up.

22.   It just might have been the most embarrassing loss of the year, because of the fumbles.

23.   It showed again that the Sonics are resilient, able to absorb an embarrassing loss and quickly resurface.

24.   It might be too much to ask to bounce back from another embarrassing loss and a severe injury.

25.   It would have been a perfect evening for Magic to rescue a rusty Lakers squad from an embarrassing loss to the inconsistent Blazers.

26.   Last year after their ring ceremony, they came out flat and ended up with an embarrassing loss to the Jazz.

27.   No matter who gets the start against Dallas, the Oilers are trying to forget their embarrassing loss in Indianapolis.

28.   Nobody was celebrating, but there was no trace of the humiliation that existed following the embarrassing loss to Penn State a year ago.

29.   Oxford Health Plans, the big managed care company based in Norwalk, Conn., and Kaiser belatedly discovered embarrassing losses for last year.

30.   Players vowed to never again suffer such an embarrassing loss.