31.   However, Bears coach Dave Wannstedt said his team is preparing as if Smith will be on the field.

32.   In the playoffs, though, teams prepared for the Sonics and adjusted well.

33.   In our league, teams prepare for you, know you inside out.

34.   It also took a couple of days before his team could prepare his Olds G-Force to race again.

35.   It showed not only in how his teams prepared on the court but in his recruiting.

36.   Last week, as his team was preparing to play against the Cowboys, Eagles Coach Ray Rhodes talked about the Dallas mystique.

37.   Miller said the team is preparing both ways.

38.   Operating out of a bombed-out store, a Salvation Army team prepared sandwiches and hot coffee for the crews.

39.   Other teams were preparing for the change in tires last season, by testing the new Goodyears.

40.   So the Ranger coach chatted at length Sunday in Playland Ice Casino as the team prepared for its flight to Dallas.