21.   And yet season after season, generation after generation, people bring their humble offerings.

22.   Angels general manager Bill Stoneman asked the league office to expedite the matter because the Angels and Red Sox are not scheduled to meet again this season after today.

23.   Arnold was not offered a contract for another season after special-teams gaffes cost the Seahawks at least two or three victories last season.

24.   As he returns to the Cafe Carlyle season after season, the most remarkable thing about Short is that he never gets stale.

25.   As a result, the Suns lost for only the second time all season after leading after three quarters.

26.   At Florida, he knocked in his first three-pointer this season after hitting two in one game a year ago.

27.   At Georgia, Smith would have competed against his brother, former Bulldogs point guard G.G. Smith, who stayed in Athens for two seasons after his father left.

28.   Avalanche bad boy Claude Lemieux, who has been sidelined all season after undergoing abdominal surgery, skated for the first time last Tuesday.

29.   Baker even made consecutive free throws for the first time this season after missing his first two.

30.   Baltimore Orioles reliever Roger McDowell will miss the rest of the season after being diagnosed with a shoulder injury that will require surgery, the team said.