21.   -- While the Ducks played before only nine sellout crowds at the Pond this season, hockey fever is alive and well in Hockeytown.

22.   A few months ago she played before a handful of folks at the Kendall Cafe.

23.   A five-minute overtime period, using the new four-on-four format as an experiment, was played before regulation.

24.   A recording of Rene Rancourt singing both anthems still is played before every game.

25.   After a two-decade hiatus, Grand Funk, the band that played heavy metal before the term was coined, is back.

26.   After further cuts, and the addition of one scene that Wise himself directed while Welles was in Brazil, the film was played before another preview audience.

27.   After playing before the relatively staid crowds at the Masters, he will encounter sheer chaos when he tees it up Wednesday at The Players Club at Las Colinas.

28.   After the surgery, Nolan decided to focus instead on tennis, a sport he had never played before high school.

29.   Also, it was playing before its fans, though not because it had the best record.

30.   Briefly For the second time in as many home games, the Raiders played before a crowd exceeding the official capacity of Jones SBC Stadium.