1.   Jelani Gardner is just the latest symptom of a national obsession that is running the college game straight into the ground.

2.   The team went into a tailspin and lost six straight games.

3.   Walton lost four straight games.

4.   Brian Graham and Tommy Taylor both had to move up one position and lost in straight games to second string John Warwick and third string Dennis Baines respectively.

5.   Along with Derek Harper, he has not played the fourth quarter in two straight games.

6.   Although when the Tigers entered the thick of the ACC schedule, Clemson lost five straight games.

7.   Amid the gloom, the Sox lost their way for the second straight game against a yeoman Yankee starter, this one Andy Pettitte.

8.   Anaheim left wing and former Coyote Jim McKenzie missed his fifth straight game Thursday because of a cut above his right eye.

9.   And a manager whose reconstructed second starter has just won his third straight game following a team loss ought to be grateful for the presence of a stopper.

10.   An error cost the Astros for the second straight game in the bottom of the fourth.