41.   The Rockies extended their lead in the ninth when Jeff Reed hit his second home run of the game, this one off Rick Gorecki.

42.   The textbook also says the lead boat in a race between equals should be able to extend its lead because of its ability to control tactics and pick shifts.

43.   The third period was more of the same, as the Friars extended their lead.

44.   They extended the lead just over three minutes later.

45.   Though Montgomerie failed to extend his lead, he showed resiliency by keeping it.

46.   Tiger Woods has extended his lead in the official golf world rankings with his victory at the Johnnie Walker Classic in Thailand.

47.   Torre deserved a major assist in helping the Yankees extend their lead over Baltimore to nine games.

48.   Twenty-six seconds later, the Bruins scored, and they seemed capable of extending their lead.

49.   Unfortunately for Houston, the Dodgers wasted no time extending their lead back to three runs in the bottom of the fourth.

50.   Van Horn went to the line with a chance to extend the lead but did not not make a free throw.