41.   Like DiMaggio and Mantle, like Russell and Jordan, Piazza wants to be remembered as a great player who was also a great champion.

42.   Look at Akebono, the great Sumo champion who recently retired with honor and fortune.

43.   Look what a fighter she still is, what a great champion she is.

44.   Most of the charm of the PGA Senior Tour is seeing great champions prolong their competitive careers.

45.   No great champions.

46.   Nobody but yourself, which is all Highsmith will have Friday night when he walks into the Sports Pavilion as so many great champions have.

47.   Not a homecoming, but maybe a coming to terms with the responsibilities of a great champion.

48.   No doubt, that great champion of democracy would have sung the song of the Internet.

49.   On the court inside Rod Laver Arena, Sampras was spotted practicing with the vigor of a great champion not ready to fade away just yet.

50.   One night, if he keeps going, Holyfield will drop like all the great champions before him.