1.   And that was against a team with three solid NBA pros on it, not the fifth-place European qualifier, which is what this Spanish team is.

2.   According to speculation, Pantani will quit his Italian team, Mercatone Uno, and join a Spanish team at the last moment.

3.   After graduating from Clemson, Iturbe returned to play for a Spanish professional team called Real Madrid, where Paniagua represents him.

4.   Dr. Nicolas Terrados Cepada of the Spanish team ONCE also was placed under investigation.

5.   In a competition for athletes of limited intelligence, the Spanish team was filled with men of higher intelligence but lower ethics.

6.   Like his more famous brother, Laurent, he rides for the Spanish team ONCE.

7.   No date has been set for the trip, which would be the second by a member of the Spanish investigating team.

8.   Of the major Western powers, only the doggedly disappointing Spanish team will be conspicuously absent.

9.   Other no-shows were the two Spanish teams, Vitalico, and the Kelme team, of which fourth-place Fernando Escartin is a member.

10.   Separately, games of the Spanish national team against rivals from other countries are shown on one of the government-owned channels operated by Television Espanola.