1.   The jam around the Olympic Stadium could get particularly ugly.

2.   Things could get ugly soon, possibly when union honchos and player reps get together in San Antonio over All-Star weekend.

3.   Fists were thrown and for a while things began to get very ugly.

4.   Already, it has gotten ugly.

5.   And it could get ugly.

6.   And then things got ugly.

7.   And the raucous environment got ugly in the final two minutes.

8.   And, believe me, it is going to get ugly.

9.   As the show neared the end of its seventh season, however, things got increasingly ugly.