1.   Ian Wilson declined the invitation and is training with the City of Leeds club, including Olympic champion Adrian Moorhouse, in Florida.

2.   Including the champion?

3.   It already includes the champions Housebuster and Affirmed.

4.   Jaworsky enters a weight class that includes world champion Terry Brands of Iowa.

5.   Over the next two decades, King became nearly as famous as his fighters, who included such champions as Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes.

6.   Three of the four teams, including national champion Arizona, literally swooshed up and down the court as TV cameras zoomed in on their Nikes.

7.   Other first-round action Monday included Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek, seeded fifth a year after reaching the final in Rome, against another Italian, Diego Nargiso.

8.   Other U.S. downhillers, including Olympic champion Tommy Moe, traveled home for the Christmas and New Year holidays.

9.   Other teams, including league champion Real Madrid and runner-up Deportivo de La Coruna, narrowly averted similar punishment as they filed their documents at the last minute.

10.   Ottey easily beat a field that included world champion Zhanna Pintussevich of Ukraine.