1.   As a baseball beat writer, I wrote passionate pleas for common sense and goodwill to prevail.

2.   At the time, I was the Rams beat writer for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, and knew every player on the team.

3.   Atlanta Braves beat writer I.J. Rosenberg answers questions about the agreement.

4.   Beat writers get honored, you bet.

5.   Branch was impressive Material from personal interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and team sources was used in this report.

6.   After Material from personal interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and team sources was used in this report.

7.   But by Wednesday, Bryant was light-hearted with teammates and greeted beat writers on his way out of the gym.

8.   But I never wrote any stories raising questions about steroids, nor did the five other beat writers covering the team in those years.

9.   Coach Barry Switzer growled at a beat writer who tried to probe for details.

10.   Despite his hefty salary and endorsement potential, Giambi has already become known among the Yankee beat writers as a candid, free-wheeling source of postgame quotes.