41.   Bates resisted the offer then, as he clung to hopes of getting a chance to make the team as a player and breaking the service record.

42.   Beebe made the team last year as a rookie free agent.

43.   Because the surgery was recent, Orosco was told he would have to try out for the Dodgers in spring training to make the team.

44.   Becoming captain was a monumental achievement for someone who almost did not make the team.

45.   Before leaving for Puerto Rico in late May, Padilla said making the team typifies how far his basketball career has come in a short time.

46.   Before the Atlanta Olympics, the gymnasts with the best combined scores from the national championships and the Olympic trials made the team.

47.   Belanger made the team last year only because top-line center Jozef Stumpel was holding out in a contract dispute.

48.   Bela was asked if he could imagine a scenario in which all three of the Magnificents would make this team.

49.   Belli has missed the last few practices with a strained calf muscle, but he has a chance to make the team as a backup defensive tackle.

50.   Benoit Benjamin, trying to make the team as a backup center, had six rebounds and five points.