81.   That might not have been the assessment a week ago, when the Lakers set off on their final road trip of the season.

82.   The bizarre trip of wide receiver Carl Pickens ended last week when he signed a multiyear, incentive-laden contract with the Tennessee Titans.

83.   The computer-controlled, gyroscope-balanced Segway is designed as a bridge between walking and driving on trips of a mile or two.

84.   The Giants will get plenty of hot and humid days on the longest road trip of the year.

85.   The Dodgers open their final trip of the season in Denver, where they were battered their last visit.

86.   The first leg was little more than a float trip of a couple of miles, until we entered the canyon itself to make camp.

87.   The Knicks have a difficult trip starting Thursday, when they embark on a six-game Western road swing, their longest trip of the season.

88.   The Maryland contest was so competitive that Clinton, in his last political trip of the campaign, traveled to Baltimore on Sunday to implore Democrats to vote.

89.   The Los Angeles Lakers are limping into their first extended road trip of the season.

90.   The last thing Boston College needed before hitting the road for its longest trip of the season was an upset loss.