1.   And he did, coming home dead last.

2.   Boston is in the top five in offensive rebounding and dead last in defensive rebounding.

3.   All but a handful of preseason publications have picked the Tigers to finish dead last in the SEC West under first-year coach Tommy Tuberville.

4.   All five sportswriters for USA Today picked them for dead last in the National League West.

5.   But the funds performed so badly, dead last in the field, that the same fees measured as a piece of the profit looked dismal.

6.   California has the ignominious distinction of being ranked dead last in school financing.

7.   California ranked dead last in that comparison.

8.   Coming in dead last was lumberjack because of danger, poor work environment and job instability.

9.   Consumer Reports ranks the car dead last in reliability in its class.

10.   Dead last by virtually every social and economic measure, Tunica County was the worst-off county of the most poverty-stricken state in the nation.