1.   Sumner, before his home crowd, will compete with many Cleveland Park track specialists and riders who have made spectacular progress in previous World Championship tournaments.

2.   At a previous tournament game, other Bruins were afraid to wear special T-shirts that had become associated with losing a game.

3.   Akebono sat on the sidelines of the two previous tournaments because of a bad back.

4.   Ginepri had failed to get past the second round in his previous four tournaments.

5.   He said he was capturing the moment, something he wishes he had done in previous tournament trips that have left him with memories but no videotape.

6.   In the previous six tournaments before her win, she made only two cuts.

7.   In the Classic, he targeted an area where previous tournaments had been won.

8.   In truth, she had not played at her best in previous important tournaments, but Saturday she turned the hype into an accurate forecast.

9.   In the three previous tournaments, the Jayhawks had been bounced in the second round, and Williams did not want to go home early again.

10.   Never had the best American professionals defeated the best Canadians in the four previous Canada Cup tournaments.