21.   Among NBA class notables, Sonics guard Hersey Hawkins is officially considered an all-around nice guy.

22.   And how Clyde, a nice guy who finished first at last, would take his first-ever champagne shower.

23.   And considering how well-known they are for delivering wildly colorful dialogue with deadpan panache, it is no less unexpected to find them cast as blandly nice guys.

24.   And as the game tries to win back the fans it alienated during the players strike, it needs all the nice guys it can get.

25.   And in addition to being a nice guy, he was a great hitter who sometimes seemed so good he appeared to be able to hit on cue.

26.   And Singh is as nice a guy as you are going to run into on the first tee.

27.   And we know where nice guys finish.

28.   Anthony Avent is that nice guy who plays defense at practice.

29.   As a born-again nice guy, he has spoken against the movement to the Pentagon, the FBI and to thousands of students in American schools.

30.   As I recall, a very tall, very slim, very nice guy named Alex Beam. . .