71.   We need to capture the more casual fan, and our direction now is important.

72.   What distinguishes an event from just another game is when casual fans feel the urge to go out of their way to check it out.

73.   While ardent hockey fans certainly could be drawn to such a competition, casual fans might not.

74.   Will the casual fan sit through a number of undercard bouts before Tyson fights?

75.   Yet the casual fan probably remembers him most this season as the player upon whom Bill Romanowski spat during a Monday night game.

76.   Additional marshals may be on the course this weekend, but Berry said casual fans may not even notice.

77.   As even the most casual fan knows, the game changes during the playoffs.

78.   But as long as the recording is clear and there are no sour notes, it probably makes little difference to the casual fan.

79.   But the big game can also make serious bettors out of casual fans, said Edward Looney, executive director of the New Jersey Council on Compulsive Gambling.

80.   Certainly a lot of casual fans found themselves pulling for the Yankees, mostly because of Torre.