21.   Cubs fans Mike and Karen Bressler were settling into the last row at Coors Field when the ball sailed over their heads like a plane taking off for Chicago.

22.   During one stretch, he won five in a row at tracks in Delaware and Maryland.

23.   Empty rooms are common up and down the two fraternity rows at ASU.

24.   Grambling closed the season by losing to in-state rival Southern for the fourth year in a row at the Bayou Classic in the Louisiana Superdome.

25.   Gulfstream Park reported increased total wagering for the eighth year in a row at its just-ended meeting.

26.   Gordon won his fifth straight road course race Sunday at Watkins Glen International and his third in a row at this ancient track.

27.   Hawkins, a trim, athletic man who spends his spare time climbing mountains and in the front row at Giants games, also became a media celebrity.

28.   He remembers sitting in the back row at a matinee.

29.   Henman buckled for a moment, serving up three double faults in a row at one point.