61.   Although they will be favored to win the Big East again next season, their schedule includes nonleague road games against the Southeastern Conference powers Florida and Tennessee.

62.   America has assembled a talented team that won two games against powerful Cuba in an exhibition series.

63.   An afternoon game against the Sabres follows on Saturday, and they close the regular season with the Flyers in Philadelphia.

64.   Amid the gloom, the Sox lost their way for the second straight game against a yeoman Yankee starter, this one Andy Pettitte.

65.   An emotional game against Baylor was barely under way when Texas wide receiver Kwame Cavil bumped into a familiar face.

66.   Among Atlantic Division rivals, the Celtics play four games against the Wizards and three against each of the other five teams.

67.   An assistant asked Gumbel if the touchdown that Miami quarterback Dan Marino had just thrown was his first or second of the game against the Raiders.

68.   And after a tumultuous week that was downright Red Soxian, the Patriots Sunday will play a wild-card game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Alltel Stadium.

69.   And after giving the Sox their first Fenway decision over KC in six tries, he is responsible for their only two wins in nine games against the Royals.

70.   And Elias helped get the Devils to this stage as he produced both goals in the deciding game against the Flyers in the Eastern Conference finals.