41.   Because if replacement players are used for the entire season, team officials say the team will lose money -- big money.

42.   Batista has replaced Alex Gonzalez, whose services the team lost for the year in mid-May when he went down with a shoulder injury.

43.   Beard, meanwhile, merely said his team lost its composure down the stretch.

44.   Because of non-performance, the team lost some other funding and needed to cut back on expenses.

45.   Besides Williams, the team lost no one to free agency or trade.

46.   Better teams have lost to the Detroit Red Wings.

47.   Bettman said some teams are losing less money by not playing than they would if the schedule had begun.

48.   Bettman said that some teams were losing money, but he would not say which teams or how much money.

49.   Big East teams have lost three championship games by one point.

50.   Both teams lost a number of players last year.