81.   While Sosa and McGwire are among the league leaders in RBIs, Sosa leads in strikeouts, with McGwire not far down the list.

82.   While hardly among the league leaders, it has cruised to the middle of the pack.

83.   With Brian Leetch and Aleksei Kovalev manning the points, the Rangers are among the league leaders with the man advantage.

84.   Ziggy Palffy, among the league scoring leaders until missing four games with a bad back, should make the European squad.

85.   Oviedo helped Real Madrid by dealing league leader Deportivo de La Coruna its first defeat of the season.

86.   Police are investigating Dutch league leader Feyenoord Rotterdam for suspected tax evasion and fraud involving millions of guilders, a spokeswoman said Friday.

87.   Paul Warhurst, Jason Wilcox and Chris Sutton scored the Rovers goals at Ewood Park while Forest had few chances to threaten the league leader.

88.   Patrick Berger is firing goals for English league leader Liverpool and is idolized by the fans.

89.   Portuguese league leader FC Porto on Wednesday said it signed Swedish goalkeeper Lars Ericksson, a replacement for the two it lost to suspenion and injury.

90.   A four-time league leader in plus-minus, Gretzky ranks dead last among NHL forwards in the category this season.