71.   Major League Baseball so far prohibits ads in the grass, though as smaller-market teams struggle, some owners have campaigned for leniency.

72.   Most teams are either struggling mightily on the field or at the gate, despite having strong sponsorship, solvent ownership, and a viable operating plan.

73.   No wonder Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich, whose own team struggles while trying to mount a defense of its NBA championship, does not consider the situation hopeless.

74.   Nor has he proven to have one ounce of drawing power when the team is struggling.

75.   Nor was executive vice president Fred Claire taken to task for foisting an ill-conceived roster move on a team already struggling to retain its division lead.

76.   Not unless you love watching teams struggle to get open shots, struggle even when they got the shots and simply struggle all night.

77.   On the other hand, not every team struggles offensively here.

78.   On virtually every apparatus except for the dastardly pommel horse, on which the U.S. team always has struggled, there was improvement.

79.   One problem scouts had in scrutinizing both the Mets and the Yankees was that both teams struggled through much of September.

80.   One reason Keenan is trying to deal is that he is under orders to cut his payroll while his team is struggling to win.