1.   It was time to topple an elite team.

2.   An elite Phoenix Fire Department team was airlifted to Oklahoma City on Wednesday to listen for heartbeats in the rubble.

3.   And Miami defensive lineman Warren Sapp helped restore the Hurricanes among the elite major teams, and received an unexpected source of support.

4.   And just as they slip below the tier of elite teams, the Knicks find a way to end up deep in the playoffs.

5.   As quarterback Drew Bledsoe so aptly put it this summer, you are not an elite team until you beat the elite teams.

6.   At the same time, Cohen acknowledged, elite Air Force teams have been assigned to the region to rescue any U.S. fliers downed in the combat zone.

7.   A sheepish grin spread across the face of Nebraska football coach Frank Solich yesterday as he feigned confusion about a sudden reversal in the way elite teams are judged.

8.   But going into their next two games against elite teams Dallas and St. Louis, the Kings need to regroup mentally.

9.   But if there was a part of him that had wanted to be wooed by the elite teams, it was left waiting for the limos to arrive.

10.   But in their second encounter against an elite Western Conference team, the New York Knicks failed on Tuesday night.