41.   Before finding The Real Wiz for answers, Marc Lustgarten, the executive vice president of Cablevision, provided hopeful answers for sports fans.

42.   Besides, the attention span of the sports fan being what it is, Buddy was then and this is now.

43.   Bleak as it seems, there is solace for the local sports fan this time of year.

44.   Boomer Esiason, a New York sports fan from East Islip, N.Y., heard his friends razz him last year when the Giants won the exhibition game.

45.   Boston sports fans are still annoyed about Roger Clemens wearing a Yankees uniform.

46.   Boston sports fans truly are the luckiest people in the world.

47.   A casual sports fan was asked whether she had heard of Fernando Vargas.

48.   A couple days ago, I received an e-mail from a Boston sports fan who is attending school in Maryland.

49.   A huge sports fan, she really believes in this cause.

50.   A demonstrated sports fan and quick wit like Crystal would be an ideal Skybox guest, Fox officials figure.