1.   Six men were needed to hoist the ball up its flagpole.

2.   The team seems bound by tradition to hoist the ball skyward even when logic dictates otherwise.

3.   When the mood suits, a mirror ball is hoisted and the platform becomes a dance floor.

4.   You normally get two points for that, although when Majerle hoists the ball, he usually gets three points.

5.   Bells were simultaneously rung at churches and synagogues citywide as the ball was hoisted into position.

6.   Under pressure in the first rally, she hoisted the ball into the clouds only to watch Graf miss what should have been the easiest of smashes.