41.   Brian Jordan had just finished taking batting practice Friday afternoon at Turner Field, and he was engulfed by a swarm of reporters.

42.   Britton, a respected sex therapist, is taking her practice on to the Web, creating what she believes is the first on-line sex therapy clinic.

43.   Bubby Brister, who will start his fourth straight game, took full practice after sitting out Wednesday with a hyperextended right knee.

44.   But manager Glenn Hoffman was encouraged when Mondesi took batting practice Monday for the first time since last Wednesday.

45.   But one Fidelity Investments manager appears to be taking the practice to a new extreme.

46.   But later a Howland Township man contacted authorities and told them that he had been taking target practice in the woods about a mile west of the drugstore.

47.   But Oregon has taken the practice to a new level of extravagance.

48.   Canseco took batting practice last week for the first time since sustaining the injury.

49.   Catcher Todd Greene, still trying to recover from offseason shoulder surgery, took batting practice in Anaheim Wednesday and will go to single-A Lake Elsinore Friday.

50.   Chili Davis will take batting practice at Yankee Stadium on Monday before continuing his rehabilitation assignment at Class AAA Columbus on Tuesday. . . .