31.   For another, the common belief is that the Giants will not be able to run the ball against that ravenous Raven defense.

32.   He is still haunted by a childhood watching bad television or throwing a ball against a wall.

33.   He had been tossing a ball against the garage door and, inevitably, pitched it through the glass pane.

34.   He lost the ball against McKey.

35.   He was an Orange County native and Eric Karros had played college ball against him.

36.   He was hurt in a basketball game, battling for a loose ball against Matt Muzikar, husband of jockey Julie Krone.

37.   He stretches, throws a ball against the wall and stretches some more.

38.   He will hear the crack of ball against bat.

39.   Hitting a ball against a backboard in tennis is not the same as playing and yet you do practice your strokes.

40.   I chip balls against the walls.