1.   Keep in touch with the leaders, aim to hit the front a furlong out, stay out of trouble.

2.   HIGH CLASS hurdler Sybillin made a smooth debut over fences at Uttoxeter yesterday despite hitting the front far sooner than jockey Mark Dwyer intended.

3.   But center Lari Ketner caught a court-length pass from Chris Kirkland and fired a turnaround attempt that hit the front of the rim.

4.   I tried to hit the front of her car and not smack her broadside when I saw there was no avoiding her.

5.   The ball hit the front of the rim, went off the backboard and was rebounded.

6.   The shot was short, but just before the ball hit the front of the rim, Camby grabbed it and was called for goaltending.

7.   Baker took a jumper from the right baseline as time wound down, but the ball hit the front of the rim.

8.   He hit the first two, but his third foul shot hit the front of the rim and bounced away.

9.   Juwon Howard inbounded to Chris Webber, whose turnaround jumper hit the front of the rim with three seconds remaining.

10.   Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson knows his team has hit the front at just the right time with six games to go.